Series producer Eiji Aonuma played it live during the presentation, and it's a proper remake rather than a touch-up. Nintendo says the visuals have been rebuilt down to the texture on every material, the game runs a lot smoother, loads faster, and the soundtrack has been redone with a full orchestra. Some of the transition screens between areas have been kept on purpose. Nintendo's line is that they preserve the feel of the original, which is a polite way of saying the Hyrule Field load is part of the memory.

The changes that matter for how it plays: Link can jump and run with actual button presses now, the camera sits on the right stick like a modern game, and the characters you meet are fully voiced through longer cutscenes with a lot more to say. Link stays quiet, which is the right call. The day and night cycle keeps running everywhere, including in towns, and there's a new Threads of Time screen that shows how far through the story you are and what to do next, with a tapestry that fills in as you go. If you last played this in 1998 or on the 3DS and can't remember where the next dungeon is, that screen alone will save you a trip to a walkthrough.

The ocarina bit is the party trick. Hum a song Link has learned near the Switch 2's built-in microphone and he'll play it in the game. Nintendo is also selling two real ocarinas later this year, a playable one and an electric one from HORI that plays notes or whole songs at the press of a button, and the game responds to those too. I can already picture four kids fighting over who gets to hum Zelda's Lullaby.

The Zelda Notes side of the Nintendo Switch App gets Ocarina of Time support as well: a daily record of what you did, a Gossip Quest that gives you a hint image to find in the game, a virtual ocarina you can play on your phone, and a quiz with over 2,000 questions you can take once a day (or pay rupees from the game for extra goes). New amiibo of Young Link and Young Zelda arrive in 2027 and unlock retro-style masks in the game.

Pricing for Australia. The Australian Nintendo Store lists the digital version at $94.95, which Nintendo confirmed by putting it up early on Monday. Physical pricing at retailers wasn't up when we checked, but Nintendo prices Switch 2 physical copies about $15 above digital, so expect around $109.95. The first print run of the physical version comes in special packaging with textured foil cover art, while stocks last. If you're a boxed-copy household and you want the shiny one, pre-ordering is the safe move.

It's Switch 2 only, no Switch 1 version. The special edition Zelda console and Pro Controller land a week earlier on 29 October, and we've covered those separately.