{"id":1982754,"date":"2026-06-10T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1982754"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:00:09","slug":"former-nintendo-staff-say-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-reveal-should-have-been-changed-to-show-more-following-high-profile-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1982754","title":{"rendered":"Former Nintendo Staff Say The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Reveal Should Have Been Changed to Show More, Following High-Profile Leak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Nintendo staff have suggested the company should have changed its plans to unveil its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/a> remake, after a damaging leak left yesterday’s brief reveal feeling more like “foregone conclusion.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Rather than a shock or welcome surprise, Nintendo’s much-anticipated Ocarina announcement<\/a> left former staff members Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang feeling “numb,” the pair said during their latest podcast<\/a> episode. <\/p>\n

The duo, who previously hosted the company’s official Nintendo Minute show, have now reflected on the announcement \u2014 and said it was a demonstration of how “stubborn” Nintendo can be when it has plans already set.<\/p>\n

“For me personally, I think [the leak] had a huge effect,” Ellis said, suggesting that the reveal’s impact had been hugely dampened by leaks. “If that was actually a surprise and there was a teaser of an Ocarina of Time remake at the end of a Direct, it would be insanity. But we’ve known about this since March. We’ve been talking about this for at least two months. We have gone in circles talking about the myriad of ways they could do this \u2014 and we got this little teaser of him sleeping on some dirt.”<\/p>\n

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Much of Nintendo’s upcoming release slate was spoiled by prolific leaker NatetheHate back in March, who accurately reported word of the company’s upcoming Star Fox remaster, Switch Sports sequel, and more. The leak broke word of Nintendo’s plan to remake Ocarina of Time, and even looked ahead to 2027, when it’s claimed that Mario Kart World DLC and a brand new Mario 3D platformer will finally arrive.<\/p>\n

“[It was] just such a foregone conclusion,” Ellis continued. “It’s like, yeah, of course we’re going to see it. And I think a lot of people expected, at this point, we’re going to see more than just this.”<\/p>\n

The pair was again suggested that Nintendo will now be on the warpath internally, hunting down how its production pipeline leaked.<\/p>\n

“But this is where this is where they’re stubborn,” Ellis added. “They’re like, ‘This is the plan. We’re sticking to the plan.’ There’s a lot of people saying like, ‘Oh my gosh, they’re rearranging the plan because they hate leaks.’ No, they’re not doing that. That’s not what they do. <\/p>\n

“The original plan of ‘we’re going to have this little teaser’ was probably fine if nobody knows about this, but for two months… to roll out the same teaser? I think they should have rethought some stuff. It just didn’t seem like it had much of an impact because it was just such a foregone conclusion.”<\/p>\n

“For me, it was just such a numb feeling because you knew about everything,” Yang agreed. “People were resigned to it.”<\/p>\n

“This was not the best way to roll out a game following a leak back in March,” Ellis concluded. <\/p>\n