Zelda: Ocarina of Time's original developers found new secrets in the remake: 'We were discovering things together'

Nearly 30 years later, history has repeated itself. A modern remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is out now on Nintendo Switch 2, and it’s already receiving the kind of rave reviews that lifted up its predecessor in 1998. It may not represent a turning point for the series in terms of design, but it is a crucial success given that many new faces, including a first-time director, worked on the project. In some ways it feels like a passing of the creative torch to a new generation of both developers and players.