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Longtime Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto has shed more light on the company’s decision to remake both The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Star Fox 64. While Nintendo is still focused on creating plenty of brand-new games for Switch 2, arguably the two biggest releases from the company in 2026 happen to be remakes of titles that originally debuted on Nintendo 64. And even though remakes have always been a part of Nintendo’s DNA, Miyamoto has further explained why its now leaning into these recreations of past games more than normal.
Speaking to Japanese publication Famitsu, Miyamoto said that Nintendo has chosen to remake titles like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Star Fox 64 so that it can introduce these games to younger audiences. Miyamoto explained that more often than not after a period of five years, people end up moving past games that have launched within this window. As a result, many of Nintendo’s games over the years become more or less outdated, especially to newcomers. With this in mind, Miyamoto said that Nintendo wants to give fans both new and old the opportunity to more easily revisit some of its games in new ways while also meeting what its fanbase wants.
“Some people might say there are a lot of remakes, but after five years, a lot of people have outgrown games and stop playing them,” Miyamoto said. “Young people today don’t have the opportunity to play games from 10 years ago, so remaking them to be more playable and releasing them again is a good way to meet the demand. Letting people know the original games also leads to future developments, so we’ve been actively pursuing that recently.”
Although Miyamoto didn’t explicitly state as much, remakes are likely much cheaper for Nintendo to develop when compared to wholly new titles. Since there is already a framework for these games to work off of, Nintendo likely spends much less time in the pre-production phase for its remakes before they enter full development. As a result, it spends less time and resources on these projects while still being able to sell them at a high rate once they release.
Nintendo fans don’t seem to be displeased about this, either, as the newly released Star Fox on Switch 2 has already been quite successful. The upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is also shaping up to be Nintendo’s biggest release of 2026 and will likely push many to purchase a Switch 2 who haven’t already done so. With this in mind, we could end up seeing a lot more remakes from Nintendo in the future that look to bring some of the publisher’s most popular games into modern times.
[H/T Nintendo Everything]
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