Upon accepting Nintendo of Europe's invitation to spend two hours with the Ocarina of Time remake, my expectations were so astronomically high that it felt almost unfair. Over time, we all learn to temper expectations, to sidestep disappointment and maybe even inject some pleasant surprise into our lives, but it's difficult to do that with something this formative.
The kid in me — the one who first encountered The Legend of Zelda with an N64 pad in hand — wanted more than another enjoyable dip into the back catalogue while Switch 2 awaits a genre-definer to call its own. More than that baseline Nintendo polish and quotidian competence, I was jonesing for wonder.
Ocarina defined childhoods, putting many players and developers on a path with the medium. And it's that childhood connection that's the biggest hurdle for any remake. Our attachment makes it dangerously personal. It's really not Nintendo's game they're remaking; it's ours.
An impossible task, then. Yet you wouldn’t bet against Nintendo threading that needle, would you? And you shouldn't. After a couple of hours with it, the impossible feels, if not assured, then within reach.
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