Well, I have been in doubts about the rumored Ocarina of Time remake, but I may stand corrected. Nintendo has just announced a Star Fox remake last night, which was another big part of the same rumors. It felt a bit too convenient after the Fox McCloud cameo in the recent Super Mario Galaxy Movie, since these projects should be entirely unrelated (they even said that the idea came from Illumination, not from Miyamoto himself), but here we go.
Anyway, the Ocarina of Time rumors are getting a lot more support now, mainly from Nash Weedle. My biggest question always has been about the development team, because it seemed unlikely that the main Zelda team or GREZZO have had the time to be working on this. And apparently it's Monolith Soft, the studio behind the Xenoblade Chronicles series, who helped creating the world of Breath of the Wild. I hope they are ready to work on Majora's Mask right afterwards, making them a third Zelda team for years, but first let's see how their version of Ocarina of Time is going to look like.
Nash even had the idea that they are going to split the game up, similar to the Final Fantasy VII remakes. One game for young Link and one game for adult Link. But this makes me only doubt that he has ever played Ocarina of Time before in his life. And this would mean that we're not dealing with a proper remake here, but some crazy re-imagining that has only the name and characters in common with the original. A new game based on the classic ideas. However, if this was the case, then switching between past and future would mean switching between games, similar to how Oracle of Ages & Seasons worked on the Game Boy Color. And no one wants that. Still, it could be that this is indeed not a mere remake, but a re-imagining with a much bigger world and all that.
Like everyone and their mothers, I'm expecting there to be a Nintendo Direct in early June, which is hopefully going to put an end to all these rumors. It's time for the 40th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda to kick in, where I'm sure that it's going to feature some remake next to the upcoming movie.
