The Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Trailer Showed Us Almost Nothing, and I Think Nintendo Has Made Exactly the Right Move

This is an IGN opinion piece from writer Logan Plant. The Legend of Zelda is his favorite video game series, and he plays Ocarina of Time to completion at least once a year. How many Zelda reveals do I have left in my life? I think about this more than I probably should. There are few better feelings than the precise instant I’m exposed to a new interpretation of an old friend: the shock of Link trading in his green tunic for a blue one as he fires a high-tech arrow into the eye of a spider-like robot. The roar of the crowd as a dark, grittier version of Hyrule is revealed and Shigeru Miyamoto rushes onto the stage. And now, the gasp I let out as a gorgeous tapestry telling the familiar tale of a boy without a fairy seamlessly transitions to our first look at an unfamiliar hero. I don’t know him yet, just as I used to not know of Guardians or the Twilight, but I will soon enough. My initial response to the brief teaser for Switch 2’s remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time aligned with much of the internet’s: “That’s it??” But while wrapping up our live Nintendo Direct reaction show and flying home from a busy week in Los Angeles, I couldn’t get that tiny glimpse into Link’s

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