The Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will let players refight its bosses without starting a new save. Nintendo showed the feature in an overview trailer released October 14: a hidden hall that displays every monster Link has beaten and offers timed rematches against the toughest ones. The game launches November 5, 2026, priced at $59.99 digital and $69.99 physical in the US.
We covered the release date and the rebuilt visuals, voice acting, music and camera when Nintendo announced the remake in September. This update focuses on what the new videos add and what the game costs.
A museum of beaten monsters
Nintendo's Japanese announcement describes the area as a museum-like building hidden somewhere in the world and reachable once you have progressed through the story. Each enemy you defeat appears there as a statue with notes on how it behaves.
The same hall lets you challenge strong enemies again. Those rematches are time attacks that you can replay whenever you like. In the Nintendo of America overview trailer, Link takes on King Dodongo while a timer runs, as Notebookcheck noted. Nintendo has not given the hall an official English name yet. Some outlets call it the Hall of Fallen Foes, and the Spanish trailer calls it the Monster Coliseum.
Boss rematches are not new to the game. Ocarina of Time 3D on the 3DS offered them in 2011. The remake's addition is the bestiary attached to them, which recalls the figurine gallery in The Wind Waker.
Fairy messages and two Japanese TV spots
The trailer also shows fairy messages scattered across Hyrule. Navi reads them aloud when Link finds one, and Nintendo Japan says they hide a secret without explaining what it is.
On October 15, Nintendo's Japanese YouTube channel added two 30-second TV commercials. One focuses on combat, with Ganondorf and dungeon fights. The other centres on the ocarina, the Master Sword and exploring Hyrule. They show more gameplay but no new features.
Nintendo's product page confirms the other changes visible in the footage. Ocarina songs can be played with buttons, by humming into the console's microphone or on a real ocarina. Link can sprint and jump with a button press, aim the slingshot or bow with motion controls and swap items faster. Some characters and enemies only appear at night, and cutscenes are fully voiced.
Price and editions
The US price is $59.99 for the eShop version and $69.99 for the physical copy, a $10 gap. There is no collector's edition of the game. The first physical print run comes with a textured foil cover that nods to the gold Nintendo 64 cartridge, and later copies switch to standard art once that run sells out.
TweakTown reports that the cartridge holds the full 27 GB game rather than being a game-key card that requires a download, a format we explained in our piece on Nintendo's physical Switch 2 games. Nintendo has not published the file size itself.
The Zelda 40th anniversary edition of Switch 2 arrives October 29, a week before the game, and does not include it.
Still unconfirmed
Nintendo has not said exactly when the hall unlocks, whether every boss can be refought or whether fast times earn rewards.
Resolution and frame rate are also missing, along with the exact 2027 date for the Young Link and Young Zelda amiibo that unlock special masks, and the price of HORI's electronic ocarina for the game. With the November 5 launch 18 days away, the technical specs are the main gap for anyone still deciding whether to buy.
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