Repost Remake: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

Ask any casual gamer about Ocarina of Time and they'll know what you're talking about. Whether it be the game's charming 64 bit graphics, its gripping plotline, its exquisite musical score, its unique character development, or its overall fun factor, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is clearly one of the most well-known games in the Zelda franchise. It's been over a decade since the game's release, and everyone still rants and raves about it. It's gotten to a point in which almost every other Zelda game has been compared to it one way or another. Diehard fans of the franchise have stated that even though that Twilight Princess is awesome as far as graphics and game feel are concerned, they still stand by the fact that Ocarina of Time will be always be the better game, solely because of the great legacy that game alone has left behind.

Now that Nintendo has announced the release of a remake of this stellar game ported over to the Nintendo 3DS in Japan next month, this question will be on the lips of every Zelda fan: how will a remake stand up to the original game? As far as comparing remakes to originals is concerned, it should be obvious that the 3DS is bound to have better graphics and more innovative gameplay compared to its predecessor, which are qualities that most remakes of any game have in common. Personally, where I get a little fuzzy is how Ocarina of Time, a game meant for gamers to sit down in front of a TV and enjoy, will be accommodated by the smaller dual-screen, yet portable, 3DS. Although I may seem a bit biased, I think that games like this will receive the most praise if they can be played and viewed in a bigger environment of a full-screen TV that the 3DS lacks. Unless the 3DS remake has some groundbreaking extra features or something similar to what the Gamecube remake did with Master Quest, I personally don't think that gamers will support this remake as well as the they did with the original. Of course, this is just an opinion, and this debate can go either way.

Overall, the 3DS and Gamecube remakes, compared to the N64 original, are the same game. Sales will depend on if the gamer wants to be more progressive and purchase the remake in anticipation of better graphics and better game feel, or if the gamer is feeling nostalgic and while he may still want to purchase the game, the charm of playing the original N64 version may be good enough to hold him back. Only time (seven years?) will tell...