Nintendo releases Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time
Hidemaro Fujibayashi, director of Breath of the Wild, receives a producer credit on the remake, which players have greeted warmly.
Nintendo has released a Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and the response from players has been celebratory and largely positive, according to Polygon.
Early reservations about the remake's art style appear to have faded since launch. Hidemaro Fujibayashi, who directed Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, is credited as a producer on the remake.
The release was not the only Zelda-adjacent item on the platform. A Switch 2 port of Sword of the Sea, the 2025 indie game from Abzû developer Giant Squid, arrived a few weeks before, and a Switch 2 Edition of Pikmin 4 has also been released.
In the run-up to the remake, Polygon's Switchboard newsletter noted last week that one of its writers had not yet started the game. This week the outlet published a piece by Corey Plante on his memories of playing the original Ocarina of Time with his grandmother, alongside a first-timer's account from writer Jen Glennon.
Quick answers
Who produced the Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time?
Hidemaro Fujibayashi, director of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, receives a producer credit on the remake.
What else has come to Switch 2 recently?
A port of Giant Squid's Sword of the Sea arrived a few weeks before the remake, and a Switch 2 Edition of Pikmin 4 has also been released.