Thoughs on a potential Oot remake happening soon? I know it's a cliche thing to speculate on but hear me out. Given the ever-increasing development times for the series, we probably won't be getting a new mainline Zelda game, let alome another fully original 3d one until probably midway or at the end of the switch 2's life cycle. Even a new 2d game is probably a bit away bc of Eow.
But nintendo probably wants a Zelda game to be out on the switch 2 in its first few years, the series is a mainstay, sells extremely well, and is a critical darling. They def could just release the Tp and Ww remakes, but those would probably be cross-gen and at this point I don't think that decade old Wii U remakes of 20-year old games are gonna be the big titles they want. They could also remake the oracle games, but that'd be even less of a system seller. I really hope that the rumored 4k Botw demo that was shown off isn't the "big new title", I dont want the switch 2 to be another PS5 with no games.
So if none of those would be the "big thing" that nintendo will need, I think an Oot remake (and possibly Mm too) could be on the table! They could difinietly also just bring over the 3ds remake(s), but those are almost as old as the originals were when those came out. Plus with the Zelda Movie probably coming out in the next few years, it could be nice to get some cross promotional sales like they got with the Mario Movie. And Oot's story would probably be a very easy one to adapt or at least base a plot on. So yeah, that's why I feel like an Oot remake is a likely possiblity for Switch 2, releasing 2026-27.
