Nintendo spent months saying almost nothing about the Ocarina of Time remake. Then its own Australian store put a price tag on it.
Shared on X earlier today, the Australian Nintendo Store listed the game at a discounted $94.95 AUD, with the full price sitting at $109.95 AUD. Nothing has surfaced on the eStore yet. But the numbers are out there now, and they’re enough to do the math for everywhere else.
What that means for your region
Working backward from the Australian listing, UK buyers are most likely looking at £49.99. In the US, $59.99. That’s not a shock, though plenty of people were hoping for less given this is a remake of an N64 game.
Worth remembering: these are digital prices. Physical copies may cost more, which is exactly the thread commenters on X pulled at.
One wrote:
“Will probably be 59.99 at Walmart and Amazon for physical.”
Another did the arithmetic and didn’t love where it landed:
“remember everyone that digital eshop prices are $10 less than what the physical games are, so they might be intending this game to be the scale of a $70 game”
And then there’s the guy who’s already made peace with it:
“Wow. I expected $80. This would be great. I’d buy a $100 special edition if they made it tbh”
We still barely know what this game is
The remake was announced back in June, and since then anticipation has been at an all-time high. Fans had been expecting one long before Nintendo confirmed it, which made the confirmation land as sweet satisfaction for the beloved franchise’s audience.
What we’ve actually seen amounts to a brief cinematic with Brian Cox on voice-over duty. That’s it.
So the big questions are still open. Is this a faithful one-to-one remake? Does it take creative chances, add content, introduce new gameplay mechanics? Nintendo hasn’t said.
The Direct is hours away
The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct airs later today at 10am ET or 4pm CEST, and the remake will be revealed there. An official release date seems close to certain. What we’re really after is content and gameplay, as much as they’ll show.
There’s a regular Nintendo Direct tomorrow too, which could mean a few more treats to close out 2026. More N64 classics getting new leases on life, maybe. One can only hope.
Link and Epona galloping across Hyrule Field on modern hardware, running at last. That’s the shot everyone’s waiting on, and it’s hours away.
