Nintendo 2026 Plans — According to NateTheHate

[Chrkeller]

Soundwave said:

Chrkeller said:

I hope it is true, and I hope the S2 gets WWHD and TPHD at 4k 60 fps.  

I am very skeptical of this tbh.  I get Nintendo remade a few games on the 3DS, but generally speaking Nintendo isn't a company that typically remakes games.  Thousand and Mario RPG were more remasters.  A complete reimagining of an old title doesn't seem very Nintendo to me.  

Game development times also didn't use to be 8+ years for a new Zelda game. 

Shit changes, "doesn't seem Nintendo to me" is a very tired (and quite often false) talking point, Nintendo changes policy all the time for whatever suits them in the moment. There are dozens of things they do today that would have been unthinkable to a lot of people even 6-7 years ago. Their big product release for the first half of this year is really a Hollywood movie, most people would never have seen that coming a few years ago even. 

If it makes sense to get a Zelda remade earlier in the Switch 2 cycle so they can sell systems rather than waiting until freaking 2031 for the next proper Zelda, then that's what Nintendo will do. 

There's a lot of reasons why an OoT Remake makes a lot of sense. 

Lol, except in the 80s Nintendo did make movies.  Mario and Wizard.  They also had a Mario and Zelda TV show, and Pokemon.  So, the whole movie thing isn't a huge surprise.  At least I am not the least bit surprised.  

I think a OoT Remake (new graphics, QoL) makes sense.  I don't think a BotW imagining makes sense.  Let us be careful here and use the right terms.  As previously mentioned, I could see a RE4 Remake, not a FF7 Remake.  Many people are expecting an Ocarina meets BotW, that I don't see happening.  

If it happens, I think it will stay damn close to the original source material, like RE4 did.