3) The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D
Barring the most catastrophic of all screw ups on Nintendo’s end, any form of re-release for Ocarina of Time, be it remaster or total remake, was always going to be received well by Link’s loyal followers, a result to be expected of a game often considered to be one of the best ever made. The Big N decided to pursue the former route in porting the green-clad hero’s time traveling adventure to the small screen(s) of the 3DS, opting only to make changes where necessary.
Most of these came in the form of visually updated character models (Link and Zelda’s faces look positively nightmarish in the N64 original, no joke) and environments, but even those amounted to nothing fancy, such was Ninty’s desire to keep everything as authentic as possible. Hell, even various bugs and exploits were left in, not out of laziness, but a simple desire to make sure everything in Hyrule was as players left it prior to the turn of the Millenium.
Yeah, OoT is that old, but be honest, if you weren’t old enough to own an N64 back in the day, would you even be able to tell? I certainly won’t try to claim that Nintendo’s masterpiece is timeless, but right now, it feels just as enjoyable to play now, as it did over a decade ago.
There is, of course, the matter of 3D capability to recognize, which, while a touch too gimmicky (and headache-inducing) for my tastes, does add new dimensions – literally – to Link’s journey, most notably in the memorable Temples and boss encounters scattered across the land.
This is the definitive version of Ocarina, without a doubt.
