Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake is going to beat GTA 6 for Game of the Year – Reader’s Feature

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Timeis still shrouded in mystery (Nintendo) With Nintendo’s Switch 2 remake of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time due out this year, a reader suggests it may steal the game of the year accolade from GTA 6. In the long history of video game teases I don’t think there’s ever been anything as extreme as The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake reveal. I do think it was a mistake to show so little, but what’s done is done. Although I don’t quite understand why Nintendo had a knee jerk reaction to the Star Fox leak, by announcing it in the middle of the night, but just went ahead with Zelda as if the leaks hadn’t happened. Still, it happened and we know it’s real, and that’s great. And we did get to see a tiny bit of what the graphics will look like, and they were quite the surprise. They looked very high-tech and realistic. There was a bit of a cartoonish element, but I thought they’d try and make it look like the concept art, but they don’t seem to be doing that at all. If that’s what the whole game looks like then we are looking at a best case scenario, where the remake ends up being the best-looking game on Switch 2 and also quite a different experience (the Great Deku Tree seems like it’s been redesigned, judging by the intro). It’s going to be massive and it’s also going to go head-to-head with GTA 6. Nintendo didn’t give a release date for the remake but considering that, and the fact they showed so little, it’s obviously not going to be out any time soon. They’ll need to have another Direct first, probably dedicated to it, and that’s going to make it an autumn release – which is what everyone thought, with it being their big Christmas game. What it also does is put it close to the November 19 release date of GTA 6 and, knowing Nintendo, they’re not going to care about that at all. Even ignoring the fact that they never seem to care what other companies are doing, GTA 6 isn’t on the Switch 2 and it’s nothing like Zelda. So there really isn’t much conflict. A lot of people will like both, but they aren’t really competing with each other. Expert, exclusive gaming analysis Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. I full expect Nintendo to make Zelda the closest big game release to GTA 6. They just won’t care. They want that prime Christmas release slot and they won’t let even GTA get in their way. But I don’t think that’s going to be the only way that Zelda with be trying to steal GTA 6’s spotlight. Both games will be up for awards and while I’m sure GTA 6 will be very good, Ocarina Of Time is still regarded as one of the best games of all time. So a modern update, that also changes quite a bit of it up, should be just as much of a contender as GTA 6. You could argue that GTA 6 deserves it more because it’s a new game and not a remake but how different is it really going to be to the others? I bet all the delays have a lot more to do with this Roblox style creator content stuff than it does with some amazing gameplay innovation they’ve come up with. You can already see from the trailers that it’s just the same old thing, even if the graphics are great. I do think a lot of award shows will be biased towards it just because it’s popular, like when Titanic won all those Oscars, despite being a mediocre film that just happened to sell really well. I’m not saying GTA 6 will be mediocre but there’s no existing GTA game that’s anywhere near as good as Ocarina Of Time, and I doubt that’s ever going to change. So GTA 6 is not the shoe-in for game of the year a lot of people probably thought. It’s definitely still the favourite, I agree, because it’s got that not-remake advantage, but if Ocarina Of Time is the maximum effort we all hope it will be then I can definitely see it becoming GOTY, if not GOAT. Katie Price's husband Lee Andrews' 'strange' prison behaviour revealed BBC left red-faced over huge error announcing David Hockney's death Jermaine Jenas claims GMB interview felt like a trap: 'She wanted to twist the knife' By reader Onibee The Deku Tree looks quite different now (Nintendo) The reader’s features do not necessarily represent the views of GameCentral or Metro. You can submit your own 500 to 600-word reader feature at any time, which if used will be published in the next appropriate weekend slot. Just contact us at gamecentral@metro.co.uk or use our Submit Stuff page and you won’t need to send an email. 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