Nintendo Leaked Ocarina of Time's Remake Price + Direct Rumors!

Well, everyone, it is well, not too long to go till we get to that Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, but that doesn't mean we don't have some news to bring to you including pricing for Ocarina of Time has been revealed, which is crazy. We got some leaks and rumors to go on for the direct and then update to those leaks and rumors to now add a little bit of credibility perhaps and more. But before we dive in, I want to remind you we are giving away a Nintendo Switch 2 right now. You can enter through the link down in the pin comment or the description. We will be drawing the winner on October 1st. You can go ahead and enter for free. You just need to be subscribed to the channel. All right, guys. We're going to go ahead and get into this very first story, which isn't about a leak or rumor. It's actually just about something Nintendo had to update and change. So, give me a second here and look, guys. We're talking about Nintendo Life here and this story about here's what Nintendo's revised Switch 2 console looks like. That's right. Nintendo has released a revised console in Europe for the law to make the battery easier to replace. So, here's what the article says. You'll no doubt be aware by now that Nintendo was recently forced to update the Switch 2 hardware in Europe to comply with new rules around replacement batteries. Well, that new model is now available for purchase in multiple regions and YouTube channel Nintendos recently got a Nintenduo, sorry, recently got their hands on one to showcase the differences. In short, there really aren't many to speak of and at first glance, you might not even be aware of anything that has changed. But the devil as they say is in the details. Essentially, Nintendo has made it easier to get into the innards of the console to replace the battery. For example, the colored magnetic slots for the Joy-Con 2 now have visible screws at the top and bottom. Similarly, the battery itself is now no longer covered in a heat shield adhesive. To compensate for this, it seems the battery has a much thicker insulation material, but otherwise, you could pop it right out if you need to replace it. A Reddit post also notes that the console is now 14 g heavier than the original variant, though this is unlikely to cause much of a difference to the general day-to-day use. Chances are you won't even notice it unless you are holding both at the same time and comparing. So, guys, that seems to be the gist with this console, and frankly, look, guys, it's about what we expected. Not really much notice of a change. Really makes no difference to me as someone that has no problem removing certain things, but I do understand that some people do struggle at times removing the battery, especially in a safe way cuz they have that adhesive that you got to apply a little heat to and kind of pry it a bit, and if you do it wrong, you could actually puncture the battery, and that's never fun. Uh that's where the fires and the flames and the smoke all end up coming from. But, in the end, uh it is good that they made that change. Now, we're going to go into, obviously, the rumors for tomorrow's direct, or really Wednesday's direct here. Some of this we've gone over, in fact, all of it we have, but there's an addition that now makes us think and look at this even closer. Comes from Malo 932. So, VGC over here is covering the Malo 932 rumors, and let's just recap everything as it stands right now before we get into what is adding to these rumors. So, YouTube user Malo 932 correctly predicted earlier this year that a new classic Star Fox game was being released in June, that a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was coming, and that a new Nintendo Switch sports game was on the way. Although these leaks gained more prominence when they were mentioned by noted Nintendo insider Nate the Hate, it has since been noted that Malo 932 posted them as a comment on a different YouTube video 6 days before Nate the Hate's video. In another YouTube comment, they correctly predicted that Nintendo was set to announce two separate Nintendo Directs, a standard one and a Zelda one, 3 days before the announcement was actually made. With this in mind, Pokémon leak account Central Leaks has gathered some of the other recent claims made by Malo932, including a recent claim that a new Smash Bros game was in development. According to this apparent insider, this game is not a port of Super Smash Bros Ultimate and is instead an entirely new entry in the Smash Bros series. They also claim that Nintendogs will be making a return for the first time since Nintendogs and Cats was released on 3DS as a launch game 15 years ago. Other previous claims made by the leaker that have yet to be confirmed including pixel art remake of Super Metroid, a new Wario Land game, and a new 3D Mario game, all allegedly set to release next year. It is also claimed that Mario Kart World will be getting DLC in 2027 featuring Fox McCloud and that another new Star Fox game is in development. Should be noted that none of these games were specifically tied to this week's Nintendo Direct presentation, meaning if there is a new Smash Bros game in development, this doesn't mean it will be announced this Wednesday. The original Nintendogs game on DS was actually released numerous versions and each containing different breeds. There was around 24 million copies of those floating around. Well, the sequel, Nintendogs and Cats, has about 4 million around. Now, the Super Smash Bros series has sold a combined 77 million units, but 37 million of those was actually Super Smash Bros Ultimate. It is the third best-selling game on Nintendo's software. Like overall, they only have two games that have ever sold more than it. So, there you guys go, or at least on Switch. Uh that's really exciting stuff, but there's an update to this that actually makes this rumor even more interesting and it has to do with something that Nintendo themselves did. Uh so, let's go ahead and take a look here. It says Nintendo has updated the Super Metroid Nintendo Music web page in the last 24 hours, but no one knows what the update is. No one can spot any differences other than an update occurred. So, spotted over on Fami Boards and it goes on to note here that it's a grain of salt flare on this because it's unclear what the webpage update was cuz no one could seem to find a difference and it could just be something insignificant, but it seems weirdly coincidental. And that's what we're kind of sitting at here is just how coincidental this all really appears because from our understanding here, uh yeah, that would line up with Malo 932's rumor about there being a supposed, again, supposed uh new Metroid game coming or a Metroid remake in this case for Super Metroid 8-bit pixel remake. Again, we don't know if any of this is going to come to fruition in the direct at all. Uh but look, this guy has been pretty accurate so far and if some of these games appear, it would seem to just keep adding to the guy's accuracy including the fact that he said there would be a Zelda in a separate direct 3 days before it was announced and nobody really noticed. So, there you guys go. Like bunch of evidence on this whole supposed shebang. But then we have to get to the last one here. And this one is probably the one that you guys have been waiting for, the pricing on Ocarina of Time revealed before the actual direct. And it was revealed in Australia. Let's go take a look here. Uh so, Vooks here has the story, of course, we're going to an Australian outlet and it says while The Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary direct isn't until tonight for them, uh tomorrow morning for us, the Australian Nintendo store updated with a listing for the game. That's right, the listing and the price comes from Nintendo. This isn't like something we can ignore. Nintendo themselves has revealed this pricing. Uh and look, it is uh kind of crazy. You have to look up it for specifically or it just won't pop up on its own. But you see the screenshot here and you can see obviously the other Zelda games on Switch, too. Then you see Ocarina of Time right there listed at 94.95. We're going to get back to that price point and what it actually means uh for the pricing of Nintendo's games in Australia versus the US, but it's also that this is a digital price. so let's continue to read. The game has a digital price of 94.95 AUD, so that's dollars Australian, which is the discounted digital price, which would make the physical equivalent price at 109.95. The digital price in New Zealand is 104.95 New Zealand. This makes it the same price as Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. So, it's not as expensive as Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, but not as cheap as Starfox right in the middle. Now, here's the big thing to note about this, you know, so it says here, "For those who receive that should mean $60 or £50, but this listing is only for Australia. Obviously, there could be differences, but the big thing to notice about all of this pricing stuff is that if you compare directly to US pricing, one, yes, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is more expensive because it has the same price digitally and physically, but Yoshi and the Mysterious Book doesn't. So, the what this should tell you is that this is a $60 digital game, but a $70 digital physical game. So, what does that mean? Well, it means it's cheaper than the upcoming Fire Emblem, which is a $70 digital, $80 physical, so it is cheaper than a brand new Fire Emblem game, cheaper than Mario Kart World, but it's right on par with the price points they've been charging for pretty much all their other premium games, where it's $70 physically and $60 digitally, with games like Starfox actually being cheaper. The Starfox remake was $50 digitally and $60 physically. So, if you want to follow the pricing structure, this would suggest that the Ocarina of Time remake is a higher-level remake than Starfox was, which included literally brand new multiplayer missions and all new cutscenes. So, that would already not really be a one-to-one remake, more of a 1.5 remake, and now we're hearing that this might be a 1.5 remake, but what if they went even further? Again, this is all rumors, of course, we don't actually know if it's a one-to-one remake or a full-blown they're doing crazy stuff. We're literally about to find out in less than 24 hours. But uh uh yeah, speaking of less than 24 hours, that's why this video had to go out right now, guys. Couldn't wait. I was going to wait to publish in the morning, but honestly, we have the soccer arena time stuff, and I think we should get this out there cuz it's official news right before we get confirmation on all the rest of the pricing tomorrow or to find out how accurate these conversion rates are and all of that, or if Nintendo is messing with the pricing in different regions versus Australia not really doing a one-to-one. We don't know. Maybe there's a chance of being a $70 digital, $80 physical game here in the US because they think that we love Zelda so much we're willing to pay that kind of price. And they're probably right. That being said, folks, we got to see the damn remake, right? This news is all great, but seeing is believing, and when you believe after you see, you probably won't care what the price is, or maybe you will because you don't believe in it as much as someone like me might who is admittedly extremely biased for The Legend of Zelda franchise. All right, guys. We're going to be live bright and early tomorrow. So, I got to get this video out. I got to get to bed. You guys are awesome. Uh we'll be streaming from the hotel tomorrow. Then, the next time you see me probably won't be until Wednesday when I try to get back to the Nintendo Direct live stream. We have the podcast that day and a video in between. It's going to be a very busy day on Wednesday. But, tomorrow is our travel day. So, uh after the Direct, it's nothing but travel the rest of the day. So, thank you guys for being here. Uh I will see you again on that stream, and then I'll see you again for the Nintendo Direct. Bye, everyone.