After years of rumors and numerous fan-made Unreal Engine tech demos of various high quality, it seems like we would lastly be getting a ground-up remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
That’s in line with Nintendo insider NatetheHate, who stated within the newest version of his podcast {that a} remake of the seminal Nintendo 64 sport can be coming to Swap 2 within the second half of 2026. The dependable tipster stated he doesn’t know whether or not Nintendo is making a 1:1 remake of the unique 3D Zelda entry, or one thing “that’s a little bit extra free to discover design selections,” including that he was initially reluctant to share the data he’d acquired in case we ended up getting little greater than an HD remaster. Nevertheless it seems like this can be a extra formidable enterprise than that.
Ocarina of Time has after all been remastered earlier than, with 2011’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS usually thought of to be one of the best model of the sport you may play immediately. The unique 1998 sport can be simply accessible through emulation by way of Nintendo Swap On-line, however a contemporary remake for Swap 2 does make some sense.
For one, 2026 marks the collection’ fortieth anniversary, and when you requested each Zelda fan alive what their favourite entry is, you may guess that OoT would characteristic fairly excessive within the last rankings. We’re additionally getting that live-action Zelda film subsequent yr, and Nintendo will little doubt need to be certain audiences have finished their homework on the video games that impressed it.
In fact, none of that is official, so have these grains of salt on the prepared, however NatetheHate did additionally declare that anybody hoping for a brand new 3D Mario sport to reach in 2026 goes to be dissatisfied. That’s extra more likely to arrive in 2027. In higher information, we’re apparently additionally getting a model new “classic-style” Star Fox sport this summer time, which might mark the return of the spacefaring Fox McCloud after a decade spent in Nintendo’s unloved mascot closet.
This rumor appears logical after Nintendo’s shock announcement that the anthropomorphic crimson fox goes to characteristic in The Tremendous Mario Galaxy Film, which arrives subsequent week. He’s being voiced by Glen Powell, due to course he’s.
NatetheHate’s info on all the above has been corroborated by VGC, which says it traces up with what it is heard from its personal sources. And within the case of the Ocarina of Time remake, that current Lego set all of the sudden makes a number of sense.
If certainly we do get the remake of Metacritic’s highest-rated sport of all time later this yr, bodily collectors may have a tough option to make, after Nintendo introduced that bodily variations of first-party Swap 2 video games are about to develop into dearer than their digital counterparts. This adjusted pricing will come into impact when Yoshi and the Mysterious E-book launches on Might 21.
