This week is the twenty fifth anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The Nintendo 64 basic was launched in 1998, and have become the framework for the collection for a number of generations till Breath of the Wild’s open-world construction modified all the pieces in 2017. In celebration of Ocarina of Time turning 1 / 4 of a century, Zelda YouTuber and animator RwanLink has launched a brief movie, made in Unreal Engine 5, which takes places from the sport’s first few hours and reimagines them in Studio Ghibli’s iconic animation model, and it appears fairly rad.
The video primarily focuses on Citadel City, the residential space in entrance of Princess Zelda’s citadel the place Hyperlink meets a number of townsfolk and issues simply appear usually cheery earlier than shit will get actual grim within the second half. However we don’t actually get into that in RwanLink’s video. As a substitute, Hyperlink vibes with the frequent people, and solely will get the briefest glimpse of Zelda and collection antagonist Ganondorf. The quick movie takes some liberties with the supply materials, as effectively, together with displaying Fi dancing on the Pedestal of Time.
RwanLink’s video solely hints on the darkish turns in Ocarina of Time, however I might have an interest to see later moments, just like the time-skip or the battle with Ganondorf made on this model. The video is a little bit of a departure from their different Zelda animation movies, which go for a extra real looking model versus the cel-shaded look seen right here. Test it out under:
Whereas a Ghibli-style Zelda film looks like a pipe dream, Nintendo has introduced it’s engaged on a live-action movie in collaboration with Avi Arad. In the event you don’t know that identify, Arad is the founding father of Marvel Studios and has producer credit on movies from the comedian e-book firm’s portfolio, starting from the unique Iron Man to the Spider-Verse collection. Regardless of his attachment to Marvel, Arad has additionally labored on different movies just like the middling Uncharted film starring Tom Holland and subsequent 12 months’s Borderlands adaptation.
Zelda might not be getting the animated therapy, however Nintendo has had a convincing success within the animated house this 12 months with The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film. Certain, it may not have been nice, however it did make a buttload of cash on the field workplace.