News of a potential The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is causing quite a stir, but Nintendo hasn’t actually unveiled details regarding the game (or confirmed that a remake is actually even on the way). Still, the Ocarina of Time remake leak feels reliable, and that’s why it’s already sparking debates with fans online — about everything from its map size to its graphics and a potential new engine.

Ocarina of Time is an undisputed classic, but in the decades since it launched, the Legend of Zelda series has delivered two of the biggest open-world games ever in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. That’s reasonably led to fans speculating that the remake will deliver an open-world experience as well. So, will the game’s map be increased? As one user noted on X, that’s a pretty tall order.

The Ocarina Of Time Remake May Have To Make Some Big Changes

“It’s remarkable how small Ocarina of Time was in comparison to BOTW. If there really is going to be a proper remake as the rumors suggest, they’d have to scale up the game world a bit larger already,” reads the post, which is translated from German, along with an image showing just how Ocarina‘s map compares to BOTW‘s. You can see the image posted above.

This has led to fans being split on whether the Ocarina of Time remake should keep its world or increase to a much larger map size. “I really like BotW a lot. It makes zero sense for the gameplay principles of OoT to make the game world bigger. Not all games have to be open world,” reads one of the top responses.

“OoT feels bigger cause of the dungeons,” noted one user on X, which is perhaps why a larger overworld wouldn’t really work in an Ocarina of Time remake. But this has only led to more fans redesigning locations and trying to turn the remake into the Zelda game of their dreams. In fact, expectations for this remake are incredibly high.

Zelda Fans Have High Expectations For This Remake

Maybe it’s because Ocarina of Time is seen as such a classic, which many fans would argue is the best Zelda game of all time. Maybe it’s because remakes can vary so much. Sometimes, you get a remake that looks fresh (like the ones for Resident Evil games), sometimes remakes retain their classic style (Dragon Quest 1-3 remakes, for example), and sometimes you get a remake that’s split into parts and is really just a new experience altogether (looking at you, FF7).

An Ocarina of Time remake could really be just about anything. And that’s what’s kept fans dreaming, even if not everyone can agree on how big the game’s map should be. Hopefully, we’ll get some official news on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake soon, so we can but some of these rumors to rest.

Released

November 21, 1998

ESRB

E10+ for Everyone 10+: Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence, Suggestive Themes

Developer(s)

Nintendo

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Engine

Zelda 64 Engine