Nintendo reveals team and design choices behind the Ocarina of Time remake

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Nintendo revealed that its mainline Zelda team, EPD Production Group No. 3, with producer Eiji Aonuma, developed the Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2, which launches this week. In an Ask the Developer feature, Nintendo explained why it chose another remake and said fast travel warp points were tried but dropped because they removed moments of discovery. Preorders of the foil cover edition sold out at Amazon, and Google added a 1998 search Easter egg.

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