Video: Legend Of Zelda Fan Spends 24 Hours In Ocarina Of Time VR

What an incredible video. I’d obviously love a true Nintendo VR some day but in the meantime, the number of hacks fans have done for classic games is mind blowing. My personal favourites are Metroid Prime, for obvious reasons and Pikmin, because it feels like a tiny diorama.

Although this would have been my childhood dream to achieve, Oot doesnt exactly seem like its the most immersive experience to have in VR. Its a n64 world with a lot flat areas due to memory constraints, low poly count, and ugly low res two point filtered textures. The 3ds version probably would have been better but idk if Citra can handle VR or Oot3D yet.

Swankybox is an amazing Youtuber , i’d recommend you check his other video , his video bring back alot of nostalgia

Nathaniel Bandy also did this but with Mario 64 , you should watch that also

I will watch it later, seems interesting.

Mario64 VR would be phenomenal

@Gravitron Watch nathaniel bandy on youtube:) he spent 24h in Mario 64 VR

The only reason I don't like VR is that I don't want every one of my favorite franchise turn to first person. Games like Doom, Resident Evil, and Wii Sports would be awesome in VR but Mario Kart, Zelda, Smash Bros., and Final Fantasy I rather keep those out of VR.

I think a Mario game could be great in VR, if Mario was a pretty small character that just jumped around miniature toy-like levels kinda like Moss. Would also be fun to have AR that would allow Mario to jump around and interact with real objects in your living room, but I'm not sure if the tech is there yet with the kind of fidelity that would be required..

Captain Toad seems like it would also be great in VR, with little stages you could look at from different angles to find secrets. (I sometimes wonder if it came out of VR experiments at Nintendo...)

With that low of a frame rate and graphics?

N64 is my favorite system, but I'd never do anything N64 VR.

@retro_player_22, I don't think you'd have to worry about that too much, as VR games such as Astro Bot, Moss, Trover Saves the Universe, and Arca's Path exist.

True, technically you're still a character/being looking at the world around you in a "First Person" view in most of these games, however in practice they're still 3rd person games as you mostly control an external character seperate from yourself.

Have to agree, Zelda is at its best as a third-person sworder.

Wouldn’t call him a huge fan if he was willing to do something like this

Was this non-stop? What about peeing?

@DrDaisy Zora’s Fountain seems like a good place to take care of that.

Hook it to my veins!!!

@retro_player_22 Yeah, @RR529 nailed it. Moss is basically Zelda with a mouse and you are a benevolent helper on top of the one controlling the mouse. It is actually a pretty great experience, because the sense of scale is so apparent - the mouse is mouse sized and the play areas are set in environments are made up of true-to-life scaled elements.

If Nintendo had a hardware way to do this (Labo VR is not meant for long-term comfort at all), Zelda could be done third person and even have a previous game as a starting point to make it feel natural - Minish Cap. (Should be noted that Pikmin would also lend itself very well to this approach)

Moss itself is awesome on its own, though. It is only held back now by being a first generation game — it targeted early VR — though that actually made it port to Oculus Quest quite nicely. The storybook transitions could use a boost, though.

If you get a chance, try it out.

All this said, if Nintendo finds a way into VR / AR in a generation or two, a first-person approach to Zelda would be expected... if Metroid can ever gain some traction again, it would be the best candidate, probably. Mario should never be first-person in my estimation, though.

SwankyBox really is a top notch youtuber and a genuinely cool guy. Great video, I hope Nintendo sees the potential in this at one point.