Gaming

Two eras intertwine in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Nintendo skillfully commands them both. Link’s journey through the ages melds the world and dungeon design of classic Zeldas with the movement and presentation of its more recent games. This is not an exact one-to-one remake of the Nintendo 64 original, nor is it a complete reimagining. It’s a modern interpretation that adds…

Nintendo has discussed the changes it has made to the notoriously difficult Water Temple for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. In an interview with Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma, Production Group No.3’s HokWai Ng, and other members of the development team published on the Nintendo website, changes made to dungeons were outlined. Crucially, Aonuma — who worked on the original Ocarina of…

Niftski, the speedrunning world record holder for Super Mario Bros., beat his own record on a Halloween livestream while dressed as Mario. Speaking in character, he said: “Hopefully I don’t get this today because that would be very stupid.” Guess what? This Halloween run, which you can watch on Niftski’s YouTube channel, shaved 0.33 seconds off the previous world record, also held by…

What appears to be gameplay footage from an unannounced Persona 1 remake has leaked online. A little less than two minutes of video depicting what looks a lot like a modern version of Sega and Atlus’ original Persona game was first published on Reddit before being spread around various social media platforms today. The developers behind the RPG franchise have broached the topic of remakes…