Zelda fortieth Anniversary Direct Predictions
An Ocarina overview
Jim: Okay, that is no doubt the obvious decide of the bunch. Shocker: I believe we’ll see fairly a little bit of Ocarina of Time within the Zelda Direct. I am anticipating a reasonably beefy overview trailer adopted by a launch date in… November? That is my guess.
I do not assume we see too a lot of what the sport has to supply (possibly we solely see the kid period, even), however I hope to depart with some thought of whether or not this can be a straight remake or one thing bolder.
Ollie: Yeah that is an apparent one, I believe. The large query is whether or not the remake might be 1:1 or one thing a bit extra drastic. I am leaning extra towards the previous, however I am additionally open to being shocked. That is what Nintendo does greatest.
As for the discharge date, let’s go for twentieth November. Sure, it is tremendous near GTA 6, however the unique Japanese launch date for Ocarina of Time on N64 was twenty first November. That is a Saturday this 12 months, in order that ain’t occurring. twentieth appears probably, if not every week afterward the twenty seventh.
Film information
Jim: The live-action Zelda film is definitely not too far-off, so I’ll exit on a limb and say that we get a teaser trailer right here. Nothing greater than a 30-second jobby — a mysterious voiceover, some photographs of the characters trying moodily into the center distance — however a primary look, all the identical.
Ollie: One other straightforward win right here. I am going to go in the wrong way, nonetheless, and say that we’re due a correct 2-minute lengthy teaser trailer. We’ll see the lot: Hyperlink, Zelda, Ganondorf, the King of Hyrule, Dampé… Yeah, as Jim says, it is truly not that far off now, so one thing moderately substantial could be welcome.
One thing else Zelda-y?
Ollie: The console / professional controller will certainly be there, for certain. I reckon there will even be some form of Nintendo Museum exhibition introduced too. Restricted time, maybe, however an enormous have a look at some uncommon documentation from the franchise’s historical past.
May be time to beg the higher-ups for an expensed journey to Japan…
Jim: That leaked Ocarina of Time Particular Version Swap 2 console higher be on the playing cards. I have already got my coronary heart set on it.
Wild Zelda Predictions
Jim: Go on then, I am going to chew. “Earlier than the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, you’ll be able to play ‘The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker + The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Double-Pack – Nintendo Swap 2 Version’ immediately!”
Ollie: It is likely to be time to surrender on the Wind Waker / Twilight Princess double-pack, sadly – sorry, Jim. The addition of Twilight Princess to the GameCube NSO app, nonetheless..? Yeah, I might see that.
Nintendo will even announce a Collector’s Version for Ocarina of Time containing a statue of Hyperlink and Zelda within the Hyrule Fort Courtyard. £199.99.
Nintendo Direct September 2026 Predictions
First-party showings
Jim: Gosh, there isn’t any means Nintendo will make it via the entire thing and not using a cursory nod to Hearth Emblem: Fortune’s Weave and Swap Sports activities Resort, is there? Just a little Xenoblade Genesis seems like a no brainer, too.
If I needed to be a little bit spicier (bar the biggie, which I am going to get to in a minute), then I believe Animal Crossing could possibly be on the playing cards. Ooo, and Pikmin 5!
Ollie: In case you’d requested me this a 12 months in the past, Pikmin would not have even entered my thoughts. However yeah, let’s examine Pikmin 5, why not.
I’ll proceed my predictions custom, nonetheless, and in addition say Luigi’s Mansion 4. C’mon Nintendo, for goodness’ sake. Put me out of my distress.
Ports, superb ports
Ollie: I like a great port, sure certainly. I would wish to see one other Resident Evil make its approach to Swap 2 earlier than Veronica lands subsequent 12 months. Heck, simply give us 2, 3, and 4.
I do need some new video games too, although. Maybe that is the second that Sega pokes its head via the door to say “Ha, jokes, Persona 4 Revival is coming to Swap 2 in spite of everything”. I will not get my hopes up.
Jim: There are a number of titles on the market that we all know are coming to Swap 2 in some unspecified time in the future — Marvel Rivals, Crimson Desert, Monster Hunter Wilds — so I would wish to assume we’ll hear from a few of them. In any other case, my fingers are nonetheless crossed for a Star Wars Zero Firm or Galactic Racer announcement.
Yet one more factor…
Jim: Swap 2 has been round for lengthy sufficient now, I believe it is time for 3D Mario. All of that Zelda chatter the day earlier than means we’ll have to listen to from the person in purple in some unspecified time in the future, and a teaser with a quick ‘2027’ window on the finish of it feels nearly proper.
Ollie: I nonetheless do not assume it is fairly time for 3D Mario… I do know, I do know… But when there’s one recreation sufficiently big to steal Ocarina of Time’s thunder, it is 3D Mario, so I do not assume it’ll occur simply but.
Metroid Ravenous, although..? Ooooh yeah child, let’s do it.
Wildcard
Ollie: ‘Billy Hatcher 2: One other One, Hatchually’.
Jim: ‘Nintendogs Swap’. You heard it right here first.
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