A New Old Zelda Appears! An Hour With Ocarina of Time 3DS

It shouldn't have come as a surprise, but it did; it's probably been 10 years since I've last played The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and yet the 3DS game felt immediately familiar when I played through the first dungeon at the press appointment I attended yesterday. It's amazing how much of the dungeon layout I could recall, and how I looked upon the various enemies with recognition as though I'd seen them just the other week. But enough time had passed that this was coupled with a sense of rediscovery -- like suddenly remembering a forgotten memory.

Ocarina on 3DS has been shown around at various shows and conventions -- as recent as Wondercon in San Francisco earlier this month -- but I hadn't paid it much mind. Though as a Zelda fan, it was a given that I'd play it come its release date, which was recently announced as June 19. My thinking was, "Well, it's Ocarina of Time. I know I love it. It's just the same game, now in 3D, right?"

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