Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake's Success Doesn't Prove What Fans Think It Does

As someone who has been wanting a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for what feels like most of my life, I couldn't be happier with how successful it has been thus far. Nintendo recently announced that the Ocarina of Time remake sold more than 5.2 million copies in its first four days, which is an incredible accomplishment for a game that originally came out in 1998. And considering how faithful the remake is to the original, I think there's a pretty convincing argument that traditional Zelda still has a place in modern gaming. However, I also think there's a problem with taking those sales as proof that Nintendo made a mistake when it abandoned the traditional formula in favor of Breath of the Wild, especially after some recent comments from two former Nintendo employees.