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If we got a Zelda Collection with OoT and MM would you prefer they be based on the originals or the 3DS remakes?
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I will never understand those who insist that Majora's Mask was intended to be gritty and drab. You can just as easily say it's supposed to have a phantasmagorical carnival atmosphere.
Anyway, in this hypothetical case, put the 3DS ones with some control adjustments, since the swimming changes are one of the complaints that I do understand.
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If Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were rereleased on the Switch, I'd prefer if Nintendo redid the visuals again rather than simply converting the 3DS versions. As for gameplay changes, I think that Nintendo basically got it right for Ocarina of Time (about the only major change needed is making the Iron Boots equipped as an item), but they could do a lot better with Majora's Mask. The 3DS Majora's Mask seems to have a dumb or pointless change for every positive change it makes. Personally, I like the higher-resolution graphics and superior framerate, but I hate how every 3DS Majora's Mask boss has a giant eyeball weak point, which is a common Zelda boss trope that I've long been sick of.
In terms of performance, Nintendo can do a lot better than what they achieved on either the N64 (15-20 FPS) or the 3DS (30 FPS). These games are 20+ years old, and Nintendo should be able to release both of them at 60 FPS with enough tweaking.
I don't think I had any crashes during my last two playthroughs of the N64 version (which were on the Virtual Console, admittedly). Changing the Owl Statues into permanent saves was a pretty good change for the 3DS version, in my opinion, since it was on a handheld, but I am annoyed that Nintendo removed the option to save when turning back time to the first day. I don't get why the 3DS version couldn't have both the Song of Time and Owl Statues as saving options.
In terms of performance, Nintendo can do a lot better than what they achieved on either the N64 (15-20 FPS) or the 3DS (30 FPS). These games are 20+ years old, and Nintendo should be able to release both of them at 60 FPS with enough tweaking.
I don't think I had any crashes during my last two playthroughs of the N64 version (which were on the Virtual Console, admittedly). Changing the Owl Statues into permanent saves was a pretty good change for the 3DS version, in my opinion, since it was on a handheld, but I am annoyed that Nintendo removed the option to save when turning back time to the first day. I don't get why the 3DS version couldn't have both the Song of Time and Owl Statues as saving options.
If you can save at owl statues, you don't necessarily need hard saves to be created when you turn back time to day one. Since you don't have to turn back time to create a hard save in the 3DS version, you have the freedom to reload from the save if something goes wrong on a cycle, meaning you don't have to start over from day one. The statues therefore provide more flexibility, and it's entirely possible that there are scenarios in which a player wouldn't want to save the game when they turn back time.
Ideally, for me, a Switch version of MM would be a cleaned up version of MM3D, with the QoL improvements in place and gameplay tweaks to make it better playing in its swimming controls and the like.
They messed up Zora swimming in MM, and ruined the atmosphere of the Ganon fight in OoT. I don't care about qol changes, so originals for me. All they need is an upped resolution and frame rate.
3DS has many QoL improvements that really should be there. At the very least they should backport those to the N64 version.
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Halo MCC effectively does this with HCE/H2, and we get remaster releases like Close Encounters and Blade Runner giving us every version. Companies like Nintendo should be going above and beyond with their treatments of games like OoT. Let me experience it in all of its form, each taken to the best level possible, while preserving what makes each unique.
Halo MCC effectively does this with HCE/H2, and we get remaster releases like Close Encounters and Blade Runner giving us every version. Companies like Nintendo should be going above and beyond with their treatments of games like OoT. Let me experience it in all of its form, each taken to the best level possible, while preserving what makes each unique.
Since it's one of my favorite games ever, I'd love a from the ground up remake. Probably my most wanted Nintendo thing.
But between the choices, 3DS.
But between the choices, 3DS.
Why not both?
But we definitely need the 3DS remakes freed from portable exclusivity. It's a travesty.
But we definitely need the 3DS remakes freed from portable exclusivity. It's a travesty.
The 3DS remakes, easily. I want to see those updated graphics on the big screen, even if it's just a 720p up-rez. The N64 versions have been ported and re-released a ton of times already. I would like some sort of ability to toggle between the N64 and 3DS versions of Majora's Mask's gameplay mechanics, though.
It's a shame about both games' 3DS visuals losing some of the "darker" qualities of the originals in terms of art design, but a lot more is gained than lost overall.
It's a shame about both games' 3DS visuals losing some of the "darker" qualities of the originals in terms of art design, but a lot more is gained than lost overall.
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I'd like them to have both just because.
If I HAD to choose one, the remake looks perfect, and I love it.
If I HAD to choose one, the remake looks perfect, and I love it.
