There are just nine weeks to go before The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time arrives on Switch 2, and you better believe that the countdown has well and truly started for me.
While scanning the calendar earlier this week, it suddenly dawned on me that the time left until launch poses the perfect amount of time for a replay: nine weeks, nine dungeons.
An idea started to form in my head. What if I started a playthrough of one of my most-played games again, but only in small chunks at once this time? I'd only need to clear one dungeon a week to take me right up to the big release date, and wouldn't it be a fun experiment to revisit some of my favourite puzzle boxes so I'm completely clued up on how and what has changed in the remake?
And so, welcome to the first of nine weekly features from yours truly, where I delve into an Ocarina of Time dungeon and note down all the things that tickled me along the way - and what I hope might get tweaked in the remake.
Naturally, I'll be going into dungeon specifics here, so if you've never played OoT before and you are saving yourself for the remake, just know that there are spoilers ahead!
We start at the very beginning, with one of the most iconic dungeons in the series...
I've made my love for this dungeon no secret in the past, so rather than bang the nostalgia drum once again, I thought I'd focus this time on everything that still makes me smile, over 25 years on.
It starts with the opening. Literally. The Great Deku Tree opening its mouth and beckoning you inside remains absolutely terrifying to this day. The mythical being that speaks to me in my dreams and for whom I have literally dodged boulders and spent all my money to meet is now going to... eat me? What?
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