{"id":383500,"date":"2026-11-08T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=383500"},"modified":"2026-11-08T04:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:12:17","slug":"nintendo-now-says-ocarina-of-time-is-zeldas-perfect-starting-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/nintendo-now-says-ocarina-of-time-is-zeldas-perfect-starting-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo now says Ocarina of Time is Zelda\u2019s perfect starting point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nintendo is now treating The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/a> as the clearest starting point for the series. Bill Trinen, Nintendo of America\u2019s vice president, called the 1998 game the \u201cperfect place\u201d<\/strong> to begin.<\/p>\n

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His case is pretty straightforward. Ocarina of Time introduces Link, Princess Zelda, Ganondorf, and a lot of the mythology that went on to shape the series. It also puts one of Zelda\u2019s central ideas right up front: wisdom and courage<\/strong> beating brute force. For someone coming in fresh, that gives you a cleaner read on what Zelda is about than the newer games, which are larger, busier, and much more ambitious on the mechanical side.<\/p>\n\n

That case gets even easier to make if the reported Nintendo Switch 2 remake<\/a> shows up with the upgrades people have been talking about, including modern camera controls<\/strong>, a manual jump button, updated visuals, orchestral music, and full voice acting. Still, a couple of things haven\u2019t been spelled out yet. We still don\u2019t know how localization will be handled outside English-speaking markets, and it\u2019s also unclear what kind of accessibility support players with disabilities will actually get.<\/p>\n\n

For newcomers, there\u2019s a strong reason to pick it up. Ocarina of Time helped set the template for 3D action-adventure games<\/a>, especially with Z-targeting. Nintendo says it sold about 7.6 million<\/strong> copies on Nintendo 64, then another 6.44 million on Nintendo 3DS as of December 2022. Those numbers help explain why Nintendo keeps going back to it as the series moves past 190 million copies sold, again by Nintendo\u2019s count. Even so, not everyone agrees it\u2019s the easiest door into Zelda. Some players still point to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a> as the smoother modern entry, especially with the live-action Zelda movie set for April 30, 2027 and the 2027 Zelda concert tour also on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n

Right now, you can play Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 64 or through its Nintendo 3DS remake. The reported Nintendo Switch 2 version still hasn\u2019t been fully detailed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nintendo is now treating The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as the clearest starting point for the series. Bill Trinen, Nintendo of America\u2019s vice president, called the 1998 game the \u201cperfect place\u201d to begin. His case is pretty straightforward. Ocarina of Time introduces Link, Princess Zelda, Ganondorf, and a lot of the mythology that … Continue reading “Nintendo now says Ocarina of Time is Zelda\u2019s perfect starting point”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":383499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-383500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t