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Monday18th Mar 2024
Random This Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Mod Lets Link Falcon Punch His Foes
It's dangerous to go alone, eat this!
Despite Ocarina of Time's brilliance, there is a boatload of frustrations to find in the polygonal plains of Hyrule. Pesky Kokiri get in your way, paths are barred by gates or tombstones, NPCs watch your every move. You could solve the necessary puzzles to move on, but wouldn't it be easier to, we don't know,...
Monday4th Mar 2024
Random Zelda Modder Recreates TOTK's Ultrahand In Ocarina Of Time
Sheiking things up
When it came to exploring The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's massive Hyrule, Ultrahand felt like a gift from Hylia herself. Why would you walk anywhere when you could build a hoverbike in seconds? A part of us wished that such a feature had always been around to help us traverse Link's previous trials. If only there was a...
Friday9th Feb 2024
News Nintendo's The Legend Of Zelda Orchestra Concert Is Now Available To Watch For Free
Da-da-da-DAAAAAAA
Ready for some Hylian tunes? Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda orchestral concert is now available to watch on YouTube for free! This broadcast follows the cancellation of Nintendo Live 2024, with both The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon concerts being rescheduled for today and tomorrow respectively. The eagle-eyed viewers out there...
Saturday20th Jan 2024
News LEGO Zelda 'Deku Tree' Set Rumours Resurface Online
Tread carefully, Link
Early last year, there was a rumour going around about LEGO working on a Legend of Zelda 'Deku Tree' set. Now, in an update, the well-known LEGO leaker and Instagram user '1414falconfan' is claiming the set will arrive this September and will contain 2,500 pieces. The rumour stems from a marketing survey about several future...
Wednesday10th Jan 2024
Random Wait, Is Ocarina Of Time 3D Old Now?
"Like a river's flow, it never ends"
Here's a little fact that made us choke on our Cornflakes this morning, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is old. Okay, maybe not old-old, but older than the original N64 release was back in 2011. Yes, the time between today (10th January 2024) and the release of OOT 3D (16th June 2011) is now one day...
Wednesday22nd Nov 2023
Random Ghibli-Inspired Animation Of Zelda's Castle Town Looks Even Better In Third Person
Update: RwanLink's latest project is a stunner
Update [Wed 22nd Nov, 2023 17:00 GMT]: You might remember a few weeks ago, we flagged the latest project from YouTube channel RwanLink, which saw Zelda: Ocarina of Time's Castle Town reimagined in the style of a Studio Ghibli film. We only had a teaser to show you at the time, but now the channel has...
Random Ocarina Of Time's Link Has Been Beautifully Recreated In Unreal Engine 5
Retrospective breaks down the creative process
As The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time marks its 25th anniversary, folks the world over have been celebrating Nintendo's seminal N64 masterpiece. Going one step further, however, Curiomatic, a collective of creative minds, has showcased its vision of what Link might look like if he were faithfully...
Tuesday15th Aug 2023
Random Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Very Nearly Had Its Own Hobbit Character
“It’s a dangerous business, Link, going out your door."
By the time The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time launched in 1998, J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' had already been on shelves for over 60 years. It should come as no surprise, then, to assume that the iconic fantasy title would have some influence on Nintendo's own N64 adventure title...
Thursday13th Jul 2023
Random Fan-Made Legend Of Zelda Trailer Is A Wholesome Link To The Past
Grab the tissues
It's sometimes easy to forget just how far The Legend of Zelda franchise has come over the years and how much we've all collectively experienced as fans. From the humble 3D beginnings of Ocarina of Time to the bonafide masterpiece that is Tears of the Kingdom, the franchise has explored many different paths yet has somehow still...
Tuesday16th May 2023
News Expect More Open-World Zelda Games Going Forwards, Suggests Eiji Aonuma
Count us in!
When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild launched back in 2017, it definitely seemed like a turning point for the franchise; we all felt it, right? 3D Zelda games have generally always felt quite similar to one another in terms of structure ever since Ocarina of Time. Titles like The Wind Waker and Skyward Sword bent and stretched...
Monday15th May 2023
UK Charts Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Is The Biggest Boxed Launch Of 2023
So far, of course..!
Happy Monday! The latest boxed charts are in for the UK and, to no one's surprise, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom comfortably takes the top spot. According to Chris Dring from GamesIndustry.biz, the latest Zelda entry from Nintendo is the biggest boxed launch of 2023 so far, beating out Hogwarts Legacy by 54%. It...
Friday14th Apr 2023
Poll Which Is The Best Ganondorf?
Let's grade the gorgeous Gerudo
Let's talk about Ganondorf. Yes, that final trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom really was something, but what was the internet's biggest talking point once it was out in the open? Ganondorf got swole. Now that we know of Ganondorf's appeara
Thursday13th Apr 2023
Video We're Playing More Zelda: Ocarina Of Time In Our YouTube Series 'First Bytes'
The adventure continues
We are back for another entry in the 'First Bytes' series over on our YouTube channel which sees the wonderful Felix playing through a collection of classic games for the first time. This week, Felix is continuing his adventure through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is the third livestream in the series and he...
Tuesday4th Apr 2023
Video We're Playing Zelda: Ocarina Of Time In Our New YouTube Series 'First Bytes'
Hey, watch!
We've got a couple of new things going on over on our lovely YouTube channel at the moment. And in one of our new series, Felix is tackling older games that he's never played before, yet among our community, are highly beloved. First Bytes has been kicking around as an idea for a while here at Nintendo Life because not everyone in the...
Friday17th Mar 2023
News Legendary Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma Has Turned 60 This Week
Many happy returns!
If you're a fan of The Legend of Zelda, you know who Eiji Aonuma is. While Shigeru Miyamoto is credited as the franchise creator and has played a prominent role in its growth, Aonuma has arguably had an even more significant impact on the franchise, serving as a director on classics like Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, The Wind...
Monday20th Feb 2023
News Lego Issues Copyright Strikes On Legend Of Zelda Deku Tree Set Videos
But what does this mean?
Various videos featuring the rumoured Legend of Zelda Deku Tree Lego set have been removed from YouTube. Lego has been issuing copyright strikes to a number of people who have spoken about the video on the video sharing platform, with Nintendo Prime sharing the notice they received. Fans have been begging for a Zelda-themed...
Tuesday24th Jan 2023
Random Zeldathon Runner Beats Ocarina Of Time Ganon By Throwing Ruto At Him
Fin-ish him
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is probably one of the most popular games for speedrunning. One of the many well-known tricks in the game is that Ruto, the Zora princess you need to rescue from inside Lord Jabu-Jabu's belly, has a hitbox if you throw her. As you can imagine, this can be used for many different things all the time...
Wednesday30th Nov 2022
Random Unseen Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Proto Footage Found On Rare VHS Tape
Hey! Look! Listen!
We love a bit of unseen footage here at Nintendo Life - especially when Zelda is involved. The N64 games have often been goldmines for this, with original trailers winding up on VHS tapes years later and revealing a whole host of unseen goodness for some classic titles. One such example has recently been the case for a little...
Tuesday18th Oct 2022
Random This Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Map In Halo Infinite Is Absolutely Brilliant
Master (Chief) Sword
Halo Infinite's Forge Mode leaked earlier this year ahead of its 8th November beta release date, and for months now, players have been expressing their creativity by creating a plethora of unusual maps in Microsoft's premier first-person shooter games. One popular map builder, Red Nomster, has created a map that may well lead to...
Monday3rd Oct 2022
Random Zelda Texture Bug Explains Ocarina Of Time & Majora's Mask Deku Difference
A sticking point..?
If you've spent a good amount of time with the N64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and its sequel The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, you may have become quite familiar with the visuals of each games and which assets were brought over from one title to the other. The keen-eyed among you may even notice some small...
Wednesday7th Sep 2022
Random Is Masahiro Sakurai Throwing Shade At Pokémon's Trees?
"Don't just make a tree and be done with it"
Over the past few weeks, veteran game developer Masahiro Sakurai has been posting videos to his YouTube channel 'Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games', detailing various aspects of game development and how aspiring creators can apply it to their own work (don't worry though, we won't be covering all of them...
Wednesday31st Aug 2022
Random The Sky In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Is One Big Optical Illusion
What's in the box? Everything, it turns out
Back in the days of the N64, developers were still trying to figure out just how to wrap their heads around the world of 3D gaming, even Nintendo itself. With The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, we were treated to visuals the likes of which had yet been seen, including the vast landscape of Hyrule Field,...
Saturday20th Aug 2022
Random We've Been Waiting Over Half A Decade For A "New" Mainline Zelda Game
It's the "longest ever gap" between new entries
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an amazing game and we probably could keep playing it forever, but as you might recall, it's now been well over five years since this latest entry in the series was released (and next March will mark six). Yes, we're talking about brand new adventures here -...
Wednesday20th Jul 2022
Random Someone's Built A Zelda-Themed Deku Tree PC
Hey, look!
What's your dream PC build? The best specs, graphics, something that lights up with pretty rainbow colours? But surely it's going to be something minimalistic, right? Well, the latest project for gaming PC builder 1YardLoss was anything but minimalist, but it's certainly a Nintendo fan's dream — particular a Zelda fan. 1YardLoss was...
Friday15th Jul 2022
News Zelda: Ocarina Of Time PC Port Can Now Be Played On Mac OS and Wii U
If the Wii U is hacked, mind
The PC port for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been out for a few months now, and modders have been doing some pretty crazy stuff with it, too. Now, it looks like the port can also be played on Mac OS and hacked Wii U consoles, opening it up to a much wider audience. As reported by
Tuesday5th Jul 2022
Random Witness The Star Trek DS9 Intro In Glorious 64-Bit, Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Style
It is not linear
A little while ago we covered the incredible work of @SpinaSanctuary and their Zelda 64-inspired, low-poly Star Trek creations. The last batch focused on the crew of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation, rendering them in brilliantly blocky 64-bit form with a variety of instruments — Data with his violin, Riker...
Monday4th Jul 2022
Watch This Insane "Triforce%" Speedrun Turns Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Into Breath Of The Wild
Breath of the Ocarina of Wild Time
SGDQ, or Summer Games Done Quick, is a speedrunning charity fundraising marathon that wrapped up last weekend with a total of over $3 million raised for Doctors Without Borders. It included a run of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, a tense relay race in Super Mario Maker 2, and an absolutely nuts...
Thursday16th Jun 2022
Random Junji Ito Meets Zelda In These Renders Of Ocarina Of Time's Scariest Monsters
Warning: Body horror
There are two types of people in this world: Those who still have nightmares about Dead Hand and ReDeads, and those who have never played Ocarina of Time. For the former, which is probably all of you reading this, even just the words "Under The Well" and "Shadow Temple" might send shivers down your spine, and these...
Thursday26th May 2022
News This N64 ROM Hack Turns Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Into A New Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Conquest!
The Star Fox series has not been given the best love from Nintendo over the years. With the popularity of Star Fox 64, fans were expecting a brand new 3D rail shooter on the N64's successor, the GameCube. Instead, Nintendo's then-collaborator Rare created something fans weren't expecting — Star Fox Adventures, a fully 3D...
Wednesday25th May 2022
Random MS Paint Artist Imagines "Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Team" Mashup
Legend
You might not have heard of Jim'll Paint It — but you've probably seen his work. His real name is James Murray, and he's an artist from Bristol whose chosen medium is... MS Paint. Yeah, the one from your school's creaky old Windows computer that you used to draw terrible squares with. If you think to yourself, "there's no way that someone...
