It's a good time to be a fan of The Legend of Zelda. The beloved video game series is celebrating its 40th anniversary with new merch, special events, and a stunning remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that, judging by the reception across social media, has absolutely blown away critics and gamers alike.
It is, in fact, one of those rare games that has the exact same user score and critic score over on Metacritic — an impressive 96, making it the best-rated game this year by some distance. Given the brilliant reaction to Ocarina of Time, fans will be glad to know Nintendo is revisiting another Zelda game next year, although it's not quite as well regarded as the N64 classic.
In February 2027, a Nintendo Switch 2 remaster of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity will be released. For those who might have missed this one the first time round, it's not a mainline entry. Rather, it's a spinoff from the increasingly popular Hyrule Warriors sub-series, one that takes place before the events of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and shows Link and Zelda teaming up with Hyrule's Champions to defeat...
