In a major announcement from its Paris presentation Tuesday, Japanese gaming powerhouse Nintendo has confirmed that a brand-new remake of its genre-defining 1998 action-adventure masterpiece *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time* is in development for the company’s upcoming Switch 2 console. The reveal came during a pre-recorded livestream showcasing Nintendo’s pipeline of upcoming releases, though company representatives shared only limited details about the highly anticipated project, confirming only that the title will launch sometime this year to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the entire *Legend of Zelda* franchise. When the original version of Ocarina of Time launched for the Nintendo 64 console in 1998, it revolutionized the global gaming industry. It introduced players to an unprecedentedly immersive, intricately detailed open 3D world and a groundbreaking combat mechanic that let players lock on to individual enemies— a feature that is now a universal standard across nearly all 3D action and adventure games today. The game follows its iconic green-tunic-clad hero Link on a sprawling adventure that bends time itself, splitting his journey between childhood and adulthood, as he battles the dark tyrant Ganondorf to rescue Princess Zelda and save the kingdom of Hyrule from destruction. For decades, *Ocarina of Time* has retained its reputation as one of the greatest video games ever created, consistently topping “best games of all time” lists from leading gaming publications and holding a nearly perfect 99% aggregate critic score on the review platform Metacritic. This is not the first time Nintendo has revisited the classic title: back in 2011, the company released an updated remake for its Nintendo 3DS handheld console, which reworked the original’s low-polygon graphics to leverage the device’s stereoscopic 3D display technology. The entire *Legend of Zelda* franchise has grown into one of Nintendo’s most successful and enduring intellectual properties, with global sales of all series entries topping 140 million units to date. The most recent mainline installment, 2023’s *The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom*, became the fastest-selling game in franchise history, cementing the series’ ongoing popularity decades after its debut. Beyond the new game remake, Nintendo is expanding the Zelda franchise beyond interactive entertainment: a big-budget live-action *Legend of Zelda* feature film is currently in production and scheduled to hit theaters worldwide in April 2027.