The Ocarina of Time remake raises big questions about the future of Zelda
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Nintendo announced The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake after weeks of swirling rumors. The reveal trailer didn’t give us much to go on — just a tapestry and a sleepy Link, really — but the remake's existence is enough to make me wonder what Nintendo has planned for Zelda's future in the short term and whatever's next after Ocarina of Time.
Shortly before Tears of the Kingdom launched in 2023, series producer Eiji Aonuma said he and the Zelda team wanted Breath of the Wild's style of "open" play to be the series' cornerstone moving forward. Then at the end of that year, Aonuma said Nintendo was definitely done with Calamity Hyrule — no Tears of the Kingdom DLC or direct sequel.
Which leaves the Ocarina of Time remake in an unusual, but potentially exciting position. Nintendo could take the safe route of turning the project into a faithful 1:1 adaptation of the Nintendo 64 game and use........
