How Nintendo Censored Ocarina Of Time’s 3DS Remake
The original release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time had some relatively sensitive content, which Nintendo censored in the 3DS remake.
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The legacy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been drilled into the minds of every self-proclaimed gamer since its 1998 release. It is one of the highest-rated video games of all time, so when Nintendo revealed a full remake was coming to the Nintendo 3DS, few were surprised. However, there have multiple changes over Ocarina of Time’s various releases that Nintendo and Grezzo made to censor potentially sensitive content. Here are all the censorship changes The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time went through in its transition from N64 to 3DS.
Ocarina of Time was only the fifth game in the Zelda franchise, and it was the first to make the transition to 3D. Because of this, Zelda didn’t have its own true aesthetic style yet. It was relatively common at the time for games to be more realistic and intense rather than cartoony, since 3D graphics finally let games start to accurately portray what their artists intended. Many gamers at the time also felt colorful and cartoony graphics made games look childish, and Zelda ultimately followed the trends during the N64 era.
Part of what gave Ocarina of Time more graphical grit than other Zelda titles was the use of red blood during the Ganondorf boss fight. After defeating him at the top of his tower, he’d cough up a large amount of blood and spit it all over. In the 3DS version, this was changed to green blood. The final encounter with Ganon, in which Link slashed at his skull, also sprayed red blood in the original and green blood in the 3DS version. These changes could also be found in the 1.2 cartridge version of Ocarina of Time on the N64, but the 3DS port made another, unique change, removing the blood found covering the floors and walls in the Bottom of the Well dungeon. It’s a change that makes the game less gory, but it comes at the cost of the unsettling atmosphere the Bottom of the Well is supposed to have.
Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’s 3DS & Pre-3DS Censorship Changes
Perhaps the most famous case of censorship in Ocarina of Time comes from the theme played throughout one of the main dungeons. In the Fire Temple, the music evolved into an Islamic prayer chant (sampled from a third-party sound library, as reported by GameTrailers) that could be considered offensive to Muslim players, so the chant ended up being removed in subsequent production runs of the N64 cartridges. Similarly, there were symbols found throughout the Gerudo Desert and on the Mirror Shield that were also Islamic in appearance, so Nintendo updated the 1.2 cartridge release to distance these symbols from any religious context.
While certain grim details, such as the piles of skulls in the Dead Hand min-boss arenas, remain untouched, Ocarina of Time 3D also features much brighter lighting than the original, which removes part of the N64 version’s atmosphere in a way that could be considered detrimental to the overall experience. The Shadow and Forest Temples, in particular, lose some of their creepiness because they’re so much better lit and have considerably less fog. The final battle against Ganon is infamous for being extremely bright in the 3DS version, which is disappointing, since the darkness is part of what made the original fight so compelling. Still, these changes are examples of censorship at its most innocent, which is part of why The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is one of the most tasteful remakes Nintendo has put out, especially when compared to some of its more recent offerings.
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