Ocarina of Time Remake Launches at £59.99 With Voiced Cutscenes and Modern Controls
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Updated · The Guardian · Nov 4
Ocarina of Time Remake Launches at £59.99 With Voiced Cutscenes and Modern Controls
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Nov 4
Summary
Nintendo’s Ocarina of Time remake arrives on 5 November for £59.99, keeping the 1998 game’s structure, dungeons and puzzles intact while overhauling presentation and playability.
Fully voiced cutscenes, expanded dialogue and an all-orchestral score recast key story beats, including Link’s seven-year time jump, in a style the review says draws on Tears of the Kingdom.
Modernized controls make the game easier to handle: Link can jump freely, gear is mapped to quick-select shortcuts, combat feels faster, and players can even use the Switch 2 microphone to play the ocarina.
The remake also redraws Hyrule with a hyperreal, toy-theatre aesthetic that the review largely praises, though it notes some character changes—especially to Sheik—may divide longtime fans.
The review’s verdict is that Nintendo has turned one of the best games of the 1990s into a standout release of the 2020s without losing the original’s melancholy tone.