The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Breaks Street Date By Five Days

Someone Is Already Playing The Ocarina Of Time Remake 5 Days Early Published Nov 1, 2026, 11:10 AM EST James Lucas is an Executive Editor at TheGamer who has worked in professional journalism since 2018. A Newcastle University graduate with a degree in Journalism, Media, and Culture, they have written hundreds of guides, news stories, and original reports, with bylines in IGN, NME, GaymingMag, and VG247, sourcing interviews with studio heads, legendary industry figures, prominent actors, and more. An expert on FPS games, Soulslikes, RPGs, and survival horror, James has intimate knowledge of a wide variety of titles, providing in-depth coverage and exclusive profiles. Some of the games they have extensively covered include: Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Elden Ring, and Fallout. They pride themselves on their consistently thorough research, leveraging nearly a decade of industry experience. You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Sign in to your TheGamer account The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake doesn't launch until November 5, but someone was already playing it on Halloween. We won't link to or embed the post here for obvious reasons, but Reddit user u/Robnaratt34 uploaded a picture of the Switch 2 home menu showing them "playing" Ocarina of Time, with photo proof in the comments featuring gameplay and dialogue. They even answered fan questions in the thread on details that Nintendo has yet to officially show off, explaining changes and what settings were present. As for how u/Robnaratt34 got their hands on Ocarina of Time five days before everyone else, they claim to have bought a physical cartridge on the Facebook Marketplace—though how the seller obtained it remains unclear. It's possible that a third-party retailer accidentally broke the street date, as often happens ahead of major launches, though stolen stock remains a possibility given past incidents like Starfield. Don't Expect The Ocarina Of Time Thread To Last Long Even though they haven't signed an NDA, sharing screenshots ahead of launch puts players squarely in Nintendo's crosshairs. The console giant is notoriously quick with copyright strikes and takedowns for pre-launch footage, and u/Robnaratt34 isn't the only one breaking the street date; other commenters have begun sharing screenshots and answering questions, too. Then again, breaking street date is hardly going to be Nintendo's biggest worry right now, as the first-ever Switch 2 emulator, Eden-NX2, just went public. It's already running dumped games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, raising the very real possibility that the Ocarina of Time remake could be playable on PC at launch. Eden-NX2 is understandably rough right now, with stuttering, frame rate drops, and missing textures, but Ocarina of Time on PC out of the gate will undoubtedly be a massive headache for Nintendo, a company infamously hostile toward emulation, regardless of how choppy it runs. You can't really 'spoil' a 28-year-old game, but day one emulation does rip apart the whole idea of console exclusivity. Systems Released November 5, 2026 ESRB Everyone 10+ / Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence Developer(s) Nintendo Publisher(s) Nintendo Genre(s) RPG, Action, Adventure