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To be clear, the new trailer for the Ocarina of Time remake looks pretty great. However, it's continuing an odd trend we're seeing from Zelda post-BOTW and Tears of the Kingdom. There seems to suddenly be a desire from Nintendo to move the franchise into a more hyperrealistic aesthetic. Unlike franchises like The Last of Us, Red Dead Redemption, or The Witcher, The Legend of Zelda has never been built around realism. Even its darker entries, like Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess, had stylized worlds that didn't veer into super realistic graphics. This isn't the first time a new look for Zel

I wasn’t alone in my surprise at how little was actually shown of the Ocarina of Time remake during this week’s Direct. Nintendo is usually steadfast and confident when it comes to huge projects like this, doubly so for one that is penciled in to launch this year. The trailer started with haunting narration as the camera panned over a lovingly crafted tapestry telling us the story of a young forest boy who would one day be carved into legend. It then cut to a sleeping Link, the triforce symbol slowly appearing on the back of his hand. Link doesn’t have the triforce at this point during the sto