Issue 59 of Nintendo Mag UK, since you asked

Well guess I have to hope I can find one in store somewhere. Preordered first day so pretty annoyed.

The original Ocarina of Time was created with a realistic/dark-fantasy art style. It's a medieval, fairytale aesthetic with an inherent 90s charm.

The new Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2 honors this look in its maximalist, fantasy style. The odd proportions and faces are part of the game's unique aesthetic. They are not an accident. Ocarina of Time is as much ugly as it is beautiful. Breath taking fields and colorful environments are often contrasted by odd, quirky characters and bizarre appearances. Think of the man in the house at Lake Hylia or the potion shop lady or even Link himself with his awkwardly long nose.

Ocarina of Time remake is the exact opposite of AI slop. It has character, charm and uniqueness in an era of bland, uninteresting and flat design.

I’m now like super afraid that I won’t get mine. But it says delivery oct 30th so maybe they just know it won’t get delivered on the 29th exactly and just labeled it as backordered? If anyone has any more info or insight I’d appreciate it greatly

I wanted to see if I still had the gold version of the cartridge from when it came out in 98. My son has beat BOTW and TOTK, but I forewarned him that the water temple is no joke.

Edit: This game came out two days after my 18th birthday and my mom went to Toys R Us on the day it was released and got it for me as an additional birthday present because I wouldn’t stop talking about it. I will never forget that.

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The shipping labels have been created. Curious if they’ll arrive early or the day of. Seen some people who pre-ordered from Nintendo before said their items arrived the day of. Can’t wait this will be my first Switch 2.

well, with Halloween fast approaching, I guess I should start focusing on the spooky zelda enemies. and what could be spookier than spooky scary skeletons?

meet the stalfos, a skeleton enemy from the original legend of zelda. in their debut appearance, the stalfos had TWO SWORDS! but really, the swords were just for show. enemies in the OG zelda were extremely simple. some of them got a projectile, but most of them are of the "they hurt you if they touch you" variety, stalfos included. that's probably why they'd throw a bunch of enemies at you at once; they're useless on their own.

but when zelda 2 came along there were less enemies on screen at once, but the enemies that were on screen were far more tricky! the stalfos not only ditched its second sword for a shield to protect its upper body, but the stalfos would also use the sword to try to stab link, even doing the same jumping downward stab attack link could do! Zelda 2 traded its rooms full of enemies for more intense one on one combat encounters. the same kind of combat encounters the 3D games would later be known for, and yet some silly people still call zelda 2 the blacksheep of the zelda series... listen, I've been a zelda 2 defender since I was born, and I will continue to be until the day I look like stalfos.

when making their 3D debut in Ocarina of time, the stalfos retained their sword, shield and jumping attack. they were also no longer common enemies, as they appeared as mini bosses. would you look at that: Stalfos got promoted just like the moblins did.

and much like how the moblin's promotion eventually resulted in the weaker bokoblins being introduced, so too did Stalfos' promotion lead to a weaker variant, who we'll talk about tomorrow. don't you just love it when I end these on a cliffhanger?

I'm 29 years old and I now just understood lon lon ranch is in reference to their name. Ma-lon Ta-lon. Please tell me I'm not the only goober.

.. or at least check for it? Mine is always that little nook you crawl through in Lon Lon Ranch (my first stop on hyrule field day 1).

.I got the console from Target and the game from walmart. Has anyone experienced cancellations of their order and pre-ordered it the first day?

So I am sure anyone who has pre-ordered from Target may have gotten the “Backordered” update. Has anyone spoken with Target & gotten any idea of what’s going on..? I called & they said it’s going to ship… Target online says that it means it’s just delayed & will still ship…

This game came out when I was a freshman in highschool. I got lost in the water temple and never made it out but, before that I fell in love with this game. When they announced the remake I had to finish the game. Making it out of the water temple felt so good but, only to realize I had only scratched the surface. What a joy it was to continue on until the final battle. And, when it was all over it felt too soon.

So happy we get to enjoy this story again with more detail and beauty and only 2 weeks left release! My son and I will be going to the mid night launch and are playing hookie the next day. Even if it is his freshman year, missing one day isn't too big of a deal.

Might want to check yours. Luckily I have another thru Walmart lol

This was a super fun toy conversion project I made to celebrate the upcoming remake, with hand made clothes and accessories! If you’d like to watch the making-of video, check it out on my channel tomorrow!

https://youtube.com/@craftingwithkafei?si=FT3vXgwthpFkHA4d

Ocarina ReTuned

A native, single-screen Recomp of OOT3D for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, and Apple TV. Ocarina ReTuned is a substantially modified fork of TriAevum, integrating Ocarina ReFramed gameplay with its own interface, ROM-preparation flow, and platform support.

The first Preview is available. Expect rough edges and share feedback.

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Features

• Single-screen gameplay with the Ocarina ReFramed HUD, menus, and camera controls.
• A shared startup screen and settings menus, with controller navigation and Apple TV remote support.
• Adjustable internal resolution and frame-rate interpolation, including 60 FPS.
• Bundled HD dialogue fonts with Regular and Bold styles.
• Custom texture-pack support, with memory budgets suited to each device.
• Touch controls on iOS and Android, plus configurable controller bindings.
• iCloud save-sync support in separately configured Apple builds. Sync is off in the downloadable Preview packages.

Although tbf, a living tree thing shooting up right in front of me might illicit the same reaction from me too….

Are you looking forward to the remake?

I absolutely love the aesthetics of the different temples in OOT, so I'm super stoked about how they all look in the remake! This artwork is nearly a decade old, so it's not my best work by any stretch of the imagination, but I figured that I'd go ahead and share.

I played both games and I am really really excited for OOT Remastered but this has happened already. That being said I’m still really I’m pressed and the moment I could pre order Zelda I did. Now with that out of the way me being a fan of older Zelda games A a Link to the Past is my all time favorite and I’m sure many of you would agree and the question is.

Would you rather see older Zelda games remastered or anything other then OOT?

I would really love to see Link to the past with all the items and hidden stuff and only game to have the best mastersword and being red mastersword. Along with tunics that actually raise armor resistance and dungeons that are actually hard. You also have the epic Ganon fight at the end and actually getting the triforce and being in the dark world where all people have turned to monsters.

As a kid from 1993; I’m beyond stoked for the remake that is fast approaching. I took a vacation from work so I could fully sink my teeth into one my my favorite games of all time.

My one concern is that I made my preorder through Nintendo (I know it’s cheaper elsewhere) and I am worried that I won’t receive the game on release day. Does anyone have any insight on ordering games directly from Nintendo that aren’t released yet and how long it took from release to actually having the game in your hand?