Ocarina of Time Remake: How Japanese Fans Reacted — "We Knew From a Single Note"
時のオカリナ リメイク発表、日本のファンの反応
“The second that 'po-po-po↑' ocarina riff played, I instantly knew everything.”
ポポポ⤴︎って流れた瞬間全部察した
At the June 9th Nintendo Direct, Nintendo finally announced a full remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, timed to the series' 40th anniversary. We pulled the top reactions from Japanese fans watching live — and the recurring theme wasn't the graphics. It was how instantly they recognized the game: many say they knew before Link ever appeared on screen, the moment Saria's Song played right after the word "Hyrule." From there the thread spirals into open tears over Link's unchanged N64 voice, a wishlist begging for Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess next, a theory that the upcoming Zelda movie might be Ocarina-based, and a wave of newcomers asking if it's okay to start the legend here. It all ends on a deep-cut joke only a true Ocarina veteran would make.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 266)
- @外ハネハイヤー👍 230
Goosebumps the instant Saria's Song kicked in 🎉🎉🎉
サリアの歌流れた瞬間、ゾワーって鳥肌きました🎉🎉🎉
- @リーパル👍 124
The moment that Hylian text appeared on screen, I knew for sure. There was no way it wasn't Zelda.
この、ハイリアの文字が出てきた瞬間かくしんした。絶対にゼルダだと
- @マダタスカル-z👍 3
...? They literally say 'Hyrule' in the first second though, lol.
？開始1秒でハイラルって言ってるやん
- @conniciha👍 4
That's basically like saying 'I knew it was Zelda the moment Zelda showed up.'
ゼルダって出てきてゼルダって確信したって言ってるようなものやぞ
- @telnan8286👍 29
People clocking it as Ocarina that fast is genuinely impressive.
時オカって気付くの早すぎて凄い
- @l7klay👍 7
It IS ridiculously fast, but for fans, the second Saria's theme plays right after the word 'Hyrule,' it's confirmed Ocarina. No doubt about it.
めちゃくちゃ早いけど、ファンにとって「ハイラル」の言葉の後にサリアのテーマが流れたらその時点で時オカ確定なんや、、
- @audio4a3👍 123
I genuinely cried. Worthy of the 40th anniversary. Link's little 'u... uuh' grunt is EXACTLY the same as the N64 version — that one detail alone told me how serious they are about this. Gave me chills. Absolutely insane.
これはマジで泣いた。さすが40周年。 リンクの「う、うぅうっ」って声がマジで64版と同じすぎてそれだけで本気さ伝わってきて鳥肌たった。エグすぎ。
- @せやよなマン👍 62
Honestly, everyone's gonna cry at this.
これは普通にみんな泣くやろ
- @ふいとっつぉ👍 54
It looked so unreal I thought I was watching the movie trailer.
やばすぎて映画かと思った
- @Coa2009👍 187
If we actually get to run around as a Link that looks this good, this could be the best-looking game in the entire series. Fingers crossed.
このムービーのクオリティのリンクが走り回れるんだったら、シリーズ最高レベルの映像表現になりそうだけど、どうだろうか。
- @ぶじ2👍 195
Man... a true masterpiece is back.
いやー名作が帰ってきたな〜
- @knife7547👍 679
If they follow this up with Majora's Mask, it's gonna be full-on ugly crying.
この流れでムジュラも来たらガチの大号泣やろ
- @ejirricho👍 31
If Ocarina's getting a remake, does that mean a Majora's Mask remake is on the way too?
時のオカリナがリメイク来るってことはムジュラの仮面のリメイクも来るのかな？
- @kia9166👍 60
Any chance Twilight Princess is next in line too?
その流れでトワプリ来ないかな?
- @yasa2615👍 376
Dropping the Ocarina remake at this exact moment... maybe the live-action movie is going to be based on Ocarina of Time.
このタイミングで時オカリメイク出すってことは映画が時オカベースなのかも
- @y-k725👍 21
Right? The game's out this year and the movie's next year — the timing lines up perfectly.
やっぱりそうなんですかね？ 発売今年中、映画は来年だし
- @柳-hr👍 417
I've never played it either, so I don't know if it's okay to start with the remake — but I really want to give it a shot!
おれもやったことないからリメイクからはじめていいのか分からないけどやってみたいです！
- @HOPE-u1q5f👍 61
Please, absolutely go for it. It's an incredible, god-tier game.
ぜひやっちゃってください。めちゃくちゃ神ゲーなので。
- @BangBangKIHARA👍 7
There's no such thing as it not being okay to start. Jump right in.
始めちゃよくないなんて事、ないんだぜ
- @ドラゴンボール好き-d2w👍 14
Never played Ocarina, but now I want to. Congrats on the remake 🎉
時のオカリナやった事ないからやってみたい リメイクおめでとう🎉
- @天の紙-d5o👍 5
This is where my Legend of Zelda journey began. Getting it back as a remake genuinely makes me tear up.
俺のゼルダ伝説はここから始まったんや。リメイクとして来てくれたのまじで泣ける
- @まっすん2121👍 4
I get to visit Lon Lon Ranch again. Honestly, that alone is enough to keep me going.
ロンロン牧場にまた行ける それだけで生きていける
- @月明かりtsukiyo5960👍 4
'Have you witnessed the legend yet?' — that old tagline still gives me shivers.
君はもう伝説を見たか？ このキャッチコピー今でも震える
- @berry_no1👍 5
If they make the release date November 21st this year, that'd be epic — it's the original N64 Ocarina's launch date.
これで今年の11月21日が発売日だったら激アツですね！(64の時オカの発売日)
- @華陽-u3s👍 52
Guess it's time to tick off the Windmill guy with the Song of Storms all over again.
嵐の歌でまたあいつを怒らせるか
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