Nintendo Pays Homage to Original 1998 Commercial for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in New Remake Trailer

Nintendo has released a new The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake trailer that pays homage to the 1998 commercial for the N64 masterpiece — and we’ve got a comparison video showing just how close it is to the original.

Cast your mind back to 1998 and you might remember seeing a commercial for Ocarina of Time that had phrases like “A dark time is approaching,” “Willst thou run?” and “Have ye what it takes?” It’s an iconic advert that certainly got my teenage blood pumping at the time.

Now, Nintendo has recreated the advert in a new trailer for the Ocarina of Time remake. It features some of the same shots and even some of the same language. “Willst thou flee? Or Fight?” the trailer asks, leaning heavily on nostalgia as Link encounters Ganondorf on his horse — just as we see him do in the original trailer.

Check out a comparison in the video below.

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