{"id":2058348,"date":"2026-07-23T09:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2058348"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:39:24","slug":"nintendo-boss-defends-remaking-classic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2058348","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo boss defends remaking classic games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/star-fox-switch-2.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Gaming News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nintendo boss defends remaking classic games<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8216;Star Fox 64&#8217; and &#8216;The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time&#8217; have been revisited this year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Ali Shutler<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-23T10:39:24+01:00\">23rd July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/star-fox-switch-2-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Star Fox Switch 2\" title=\"star fox switch 2\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">&#8216;Star Fox&#8217;. CREDIT: Nintendo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto has defended remaking classic games following the release of <i>Star Fox<\/i> and ahead of <i>The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: \u2018Star Fox\u2019 review: refuelled space-shooter ready for a fresh generation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier this year, Nintendo released a completely reworked version of N64 classic <i>Star Fox 64<\/i> for the Nintendo Switch 2 and later this year, an updated take of <i>The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time<\/i> will hit shelves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The decision to remake classic titles hasn\u2019t gone down well with a lot of gamers, who\u2019d rather new entries in beloved series\u2019 rather than playing through familiar stories. However Miyamoto has explained the decision to revisit iconic Nintendo games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people might say there are a lot of remakes, but after five years, a lot of people have outgrown games and stop playing them,\u201d he told <em>Famitsu<\/em> (translated by <em>Nintendo Everything<\/em>). \u201cYoung people today don\u2019t 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\u2019ve been actively pursuing that recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time \u2013 Coming 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/12gmGZxfiqM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Not much has been revealed about the upcoming <i>The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time<\/i> remake. The game will launch at some point in 2026 and has been advertised as \u201ca legend, reborn\u201d. Similar wording was used to promote the updated take on <i>Star Fox 64<\/i>, which was released with updated graphics and quality of life upgrades but no major changes to the plot or gameplay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A live-action <i>Legend Of Zelda<\/i> movie is due to launch in cinemas next year, and Star Fox\u2019s Fox McCloud featured in this year\u2019s <i>The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year, Nintendo released the 2002 remakes of the original Pok\u00e9mon games without any upgrades for the Switch 2. 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data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto has defended remaking classic games following the release of <i>Star Fox<\/i> and ahead of <i>The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: \u2018Star Fox\u2019 review: refuelled space-shooter ready for a fresh generation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier this year, Nintendo released a completely reworked version of N64 classic <i>Star Fox 64<\/i> for the Nintendo Switch 2 and later this year, an updated take of <i>The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time<\/i> will hit shelves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The decision to remake classic titles hasn\u2019t gone down well with a lot of gamers, who\u2019d rather new entries in beloved series\u2019 rather than playing through familiar stories. However Miyamoto has explained the decision to revisit iconic Nintendo games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people might say there are a lot of remakes, but after five years, a lot of people have outgrown games and stop playing them,\u201d he told <em>Famitsu<\/em> (translated by <em>Nintendo Everything<\/em>). \u201cYoung people today don\u2019t 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\u2019ve been actively pursuing that recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time \u2013 Coming 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/12gmGZxfiqM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Not much has been revealed about the upcoming <i>The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time<\/i> remake. The game will launch at some point in 2026 and has been advertised as \u201ca legend, reborn\u201d. Similar wording was used to promote the updated take on <i>Star Fox 64<\/i>, which was released with updated graphics and quality of life upgrades but no major changes to the plot or gameplay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A live-action <i>Legend Of Zelda<\/i> movie is due to launch in cinemas next year, and Star Fox\u2019s Fox McCloud featured in this year\u2019s <i>The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year, Nintendo released the 2002 remakes of the original Pok\u00e9mon games without any upgrades for the Switch 2. Last year, they did the same with <i>Super Mario Galaxy<\/i> and its 2010 sequel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In other news, orchestral rhythm game <i>Maestro<\/i>\u00a0is coming to\u00a0Nintendo Switch\u00a0consoles later this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/nintendo-boss-defends-classic-game-remakes-zelda-star-fox-3958563&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/star-fox-switch-2.jpg&#8221;] NewsGaming News Nintendo boss defends remaking classic games &#8216;Star Fox 64&#8217; and &#8216;The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time&#8217; have been revisited this year By Ali Shutler 23rd July 2026 &#8216;Star Fox&#8217;. CREDIT: Nintendo Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto has defended remaking classic games following the release of Star Fox and ahead of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2058348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2058348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2058348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2058348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2058348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}