Nintendo releases Ocarina of Time 3D remake for the 3DS in June 2011
Nintendo's 3DS remake of the 1998 classic Ocarina of Time arrived in June 2011 with revamped visuals, stereoscopic 3D and touch-screen controls.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D was a remake of the 1998 Nintendo 64 adventure, released for the Nintendo 3DS in June 2011. It reached Japan and Europe on 16 and 17 June, and North America on 19 June.
The game was developed by Nintendo's in-house EAD studio together with Grezzo, a Japanese developer. It kept the original story, in which the young hero Link travels through time to stop the villain Ganondorf, but rebuilt the visuals with sharper models, improved textures and the console's glasses-free stereoscopic 3D effect.
Controls were also modernised. The touch screen handled items and the map, and the motion sensor allowed aiming with the handheld's gyroscope. The release also included the harder Master Quest version of the dungeons and a mode that let players replay the boss fights.
The remake mattered because it introduced a widely praised 1990s landmark to a new generation, and it gave the young 3DS a major boost during its difficult early months. Critics generally welcomed it as a faithful, polished update, and it became one of the system's best-selling and best-reviewed titles.
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