Zelda: Ocarina of Time won't be a 1:1 remake, leaks suggest ahead of the 40th Anniversary Direct

The upcoming Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for the Nintendo Switch 2 is shaping up to be much more than a simple graphical facelift. Following its official announcement during Nintendo's June Direct, speculation regarding the scope of the project has intensified. Recent industry leaks strongly suggest that Nintendo is abandoning the idea of a strict 1:1 recreation in favor of a vastly expanded reimagining of the 1998 classic.

Nintendo insider and leaker Necro Filipe recently weighed in on the issue in a post on X. According to his sources, the Switch 2 remake will absolutely not be a 1:1 recreation, noting that the development team applied a "diversity of modernizations" and completely rethought entire gameplay systems. Industry observers have pointed out that a strict 1:1 remake of a game as groundbreaking as Ocarina of Time would fail to meet modern expectations anyway, especially given the massive scale established by recent open-world Zelda titles.

Adding weight to the theory of a broader reimagining, recent retail database leaks point to Monolith Soft as the primary developer behind the project. Handing the reins to a studio known for sprawling environments indicates that the new Ocarina of Time could feature expanded Hyrule landscapes, entirely new dungeons, and modernized mechanics that depart significantly from the original Nintendo 64 formula.

A major French retailer, Cdiscount, recently accidentally leaked several internal product listings tied to the game's release. The leaked SKUs confirm that a standalone Collector's Edition is on the way, alongside a wave of themed hardware, including a dedicated Ocarina of Time Nintendo Switch 2 console and a custom Pro Controller.