With its upcoming remake for the Switch 2, Nintendo might have nailed the best thing about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: its timelessness. The 1998 3D action adventure game for the Nintendo 64 that pioneered so much - 3D graphics, movement, exploration, openness - has been reengineered with changes that make it feel more modern, and surprisingly terrifying at times. Based on my early hands-on time with the game, it's shaping up to be the best-looking, best-playing version of the game that addresses the most frustrating aspects of playing the original.
More than just sanding off its roughest edges, Nintendo also fitted Ocarina of Tim …