In 1998, changing a game after release was nearly impossible. New versions of the cartridge or disc would have had to be printed and distributed, and that's a lot of additional effort for the developer and publisher. That didn't stop Nintendo, though, as they made a 1.2 version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, with two tweaks to meet its ESRB rating.
Those changes carried over to Ocarina of Time 3D on the Nintendo 3DS, and it was expected that Nintendo would do the same for the remake on the Nintendo Switch 2.
That isn't the case, however, and the infamous scene featuring Ganondorf has been censored again, completely changing its structure.
Spoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ahead.
In the original version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, upon his defeat, Ganondorf spewed red blood. That red blood was deemed too adult, so in the 1.2 version and consequently the Nintendo 3DS version, it was changed from red to green. The Switch 2 remake has now replaced that scene entirely.
The 1.2 version of Ocarina of Time also removed chanting sounds from one of the game's dungeons to make...
