OOT Remake versus the 1998 Original

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This is a remake of the 1998 Nintendo 64 game, not a sequel. The Spiritual Stones, the seven-year jump, the temples, and Ganon are the same story. What changed is the presentation and a handful of systems people notice in the first hour.

Models follow a puppet-and-practical-effects direction that Nintendo’s Ask the Developer interview described. Cutscenes are voiced. Field controls add sprint and jump, covered on the what’s-new page. The Water Temple’s boots moved to the D-pad. Master Quest is not included. A fifth empty bottle was added at the castle-town potion shop.

I do not have a complete diff of every chest. Where a 2026 guide says a skulltula moved, I cite that guide on the skulltula page instead of pretending I recounted all 100.