Back to Ocarina of Time

Something I’ve been meaning to write about more on this blog is specific gaming experiences. Not necessarily reviews, but just moments of my history with gaming that got me to think about things and reflect a bit. Memories from my childhood, quotes, a cutscene or mechanic I loved. Ten years after beating it for the first time—twenty years since I first saw gameplay of it on a friend’s computer—I am replaying The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I went for the Nintendo 3DS remake! I bought the physical cartridge and started it on a whim. Here’s a summary/playthrough with my experience and how it has differed with my memory of the game before. Mild spoilers for the first couple hours of the game. Link in front of the Great Deku Tree To the Great Deku Tree! First, the opening sequence and story of this game is a classic, engraved in my memory to this day. However, I actually didn’t recall some of the dialogue, because I originally played this title in Spanish! It was a patched ROM I got…