Nintendo 2026 Plans — According to NateTheHate

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zorg1000 said:

Soundwave said:

150 hours for BOTW is probably pushing it, lol. Like that's if you waste an ungodly amount of time in the game, 50 hours is generally enough to see most of what needs to be seen/done in BOTW and beat the game pretty soundly.

I was going off of howlongtobeat.com

Ocarina of Time

Main Story-27 hours

Completion-37.5 hours

Majora’s Mask

Main Story-21.5 hours

Completion-32.5 hours

Wind Waker

Main Story-29 hours

Completion-59.5 hours

Twilight Princess

Main Story-37 hours

Completion-55 hours

Skyward Sword

Main Story-38 hours

Completion-58 hours

Breath of the Wild

Main Story-50.5 hours

Completion-193 hours

Tears of the Kindgom

Main Story-59 hours

Completion-248 hours

My point is that BotW/ToTK significantly added how much there is to do in the game outside of the main story.

Pre-BotW, the series was a 30-40 hour main story with an extra 15-20 hours if you wanted to do everything.

BotW/TotK turned that into a 50-60 hour main story with an extra 100+ hours if you wanted to do everything.

I expect a hypothetical remake to modernize and expand but still follow the same basic structure so a 30-40 hour main story and 50-60 hours to do everything.

No doubt whatsoever that Botw massively bigger than any zelda before.  

50 hours for botw is absolutely rushing it.  A reasonable pace would still be 80 to 100 hours.  I've beaten it 3 times.  Tears is just as big.