Status oldbeyonds Jul 6, 2019
Took me 36 hours to clear the game. Full-scored masterpiece.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
64DD · Nintendo 64 · Wii · Wii U
4.55 from 6972 ratings · #11 top rated on Grouvee
12089 members have it in their collection · 476 playing now · 1864 backlogged · 1247 wish listed
How long? Main story 28h · with extras 30h · 100% 17h (from 33 logged playthroughs)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series and the first to be released for the Nintendo 64. It was one of the most highly anticipated games of its age, and is listed among the greatest video games ever created by numerous websites and magazines. The gameplay of Ocarina of …
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series and the first to be released for the Nintendo 64. It was one of the most highly anticipated games of its age, and is listed among the greatest video games ever created by numerous websites and magazines. The gameplay of Ocarina of Time was revolutionary for its time, it has arguably made more of an impact on later games in the series than any of its predecessors even though they had the same cores of exploration, dungeons, puzzles and item usage. Among the gameplay mechanics, one of the most noteworthy is the time-traveling system. The game begins with the player controlling the child Link, but later on an adult Link becomes a playable character as well and each of them has certain unique abilities. Ocarina of Time also introduces the use of music to solve puzzles: as new songs are learned, they can be used to solve puzzles, gain access to new areas and warp to different locations. Dungeon exploration is somewhat more puzzle-oriented than in earlier games but they are not too complex.
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Details
- Developers
- Nintendo EAD
- Publishers
- Gradiente, Nintendo, iQue
- Genres
- Adventure, Puzzle
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Open world, Sandbox
- Franchises
- The Legend of Zelda
- Series
- The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Events
- Nintendo Spaceworld '97, Dai-8-kai Shoshinkai Soft Tenshikai / Nintendo 64 Spaceworld '96, Dai-7-kai Shoshinkai Soft Tenshikai / Famicom Space World '95
Release dates
- Nov 21, 1998 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 64
- Nov 23, 1998 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 64
- Dec 1998 (Cancelled) (China) Nintendo 64
- Dec 11, 1998 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 64
- Dec 18, 1998 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo 64
- 1998 (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo 64
- Nov 18, 2003 (Full Release) (China) Nintendo 64
- Feb 23, 2007 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
- Feb 23, 2007 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
- Feb 26, 2007 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
- Feb 27, 2007 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
- Jul 02, 2015 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) Wii U
- Jul 02, 2015 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Europe) Wii U
- Jul 03, 2015 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Australia) Wii U
- Dec 23, 2015 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) Wii U
- TBD (Cancelled) (Worldwide) 64DD
Also available on
Related
Bundled in
Standalone expansions
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Master Quest (Nov 2002) · 64DD, GCN
Remakes
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Jun 2011) · 3DS
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Dec 2026) · Nintendo Switch 2
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Rating distribution
5 stars
4742
4 stars
1536
3 stars
528
2 stars
127
1 star
39
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Gobigred10 Dec 12, 2018
Since I just realized the 20th Anniversary of Ocarina of Time has passed us, I wanted to share a story about this game.
I got Ocarina of Time when I was 5 years old and played it for years & loved it. My mom even sewed me a Link outfit so I could run around the backyard and play Zelda. …
Since I just realized the 20th Anniversary of Ocarina of Time has passed us, I wanted to share a story about this game.
I got Ocarina of Time when I was 5 years old and played it for years & loved it. My mom even sewed me a Link outfit so I could run around the backyard and play Zelda. Unfortunately I never beat it. Once I became adult Link it just became too hard to the point where I would restart the game over & over and play until I became adult Link and would just give up. Eventually, I got older and branched out into other games, leaving my N64 behind. It wasn't until 2015, when my Dad was moving out of my childhood home in Omaha, Nebraska that I found my old N64 in a closet along with Ocarina of Time. I hadn't seen the console in about 10 years, but I took it home to my apartment in Lincoln and vowed to finally beat Ocarina of Time.
I spent the next month playing the game & was immediately brought back to my childhood. I was amazed how well the game held up today. And I know it's not nostalgia blinding me because while the childhood portion was pure nostalgia, most of the adult portion was completely new to me, yet still managed to be just as fun.
Finally beating the game after all these years was a very emotional moment for me. My mom isn't with me anymore as she died in 2010. It seems silly how emotional finally beating this adventure made me because she knew how crazy I was about this game was when I was younger. Finally beating it felt like getting closure for a chapter of my childhood. Like Link, the task at hand was too difficult for the childhood version of me to complete. I had to wait until I was older to finish the task. Safe to say, I've never had that kind of experience with any video game, movie, song or any other form of media before or since.
Status LordKyuubey Feb 20, 2018
Played this again these past few days. This game holds up really well (if you ignore outdated graphics), but the nostalgia also helps a lot in my case. I still have lots of fun with this one.
Status socratic_life Feb 11, 2018
Quite simply my favorite game of all time!!! very charming and emotionally haunting game.
Status LordKyuubey Feb 7, 2018
Playing this in Japanese to practice on some kanji. Ocarina never fails to be awesome. Best game ever made.
Status zeldawave Oct 27, 2017
Status sirserge Sep 15, 2015
Hello!
I'll writing about some of my favorite games from the past, specially from the n64/ps1 era to the actual generation ps4/x1/wii u
Today i'll be talking about one of my all time favorite games: TloZ: Ocarina of time
Listed as one of the best games ever created, and probably the best. When it was released 17 years ago it …
Hello!
I'll writing about some of my favorite games from the past, specially from the n64/ps1 era to the actual generation ps4/x1/wii u
Today i'll be talking about one of my all time favorite games: TloZ: Ocarina of time
Listed as one of the best games ever created, and probably the best. When it was released 17 years ago it re-revolutionized the 3d adventure games, perfecting the gameplay of Mario 64, and adding a great combat scheme.
The gameplay is flawless, but also pretty much everything else in the game. No other 3d Zelda game have this immediacy, you start the game and 5 minutes later you are in the first dungeon that function like a tutorial, but never feeling like that, something that no other 3d Zelda game have accomplished since.
Also is the music, it plays a big role in the game, playing songs in your ocarina let you continue your journey, meeting great characters, especially Sheik, and in a the time were the internet was not as present in our lives as in today so it was a shock learning that she was actually Zelda for the first time.
I remember in school all in the classroom were talking about this game, giving tips and sharing rumours that we read in the magazines, making it like a collective adventure. Something that I have yet to experience again, but in the internet times is unlikely to happen again nor at the workplace lol.
The soundtrack is so good, gerudo valley, the lost woods, hyrule field theme, the ganondorf theme, specially the spooky Forest Temple theme, also that dungeon may be the greatest one in the Zelda series.
The game has so many memorable things and its great that there is a 3ds version for younger generations to experience this piece of art. I would like to see a Ocarina of Time HD, with the graphical style of Hyrule Warriors, it would be amazing.
Also is the only game that i play at least few times per year since its release and enjoy it like the first time. Probably that is the main reason that almost 2 decades after it stills resonates, Ocarina of time is timeless.
Status metatron84 Jul 20, 2015
Replaying Zelda:OoT on Wii U after 16 years since finishing it on the N64. Just completed the Fire Temple and most recently arrived in a frozen Zora's Domain. Currently have 3 bottles and 51 Gold Skulltula tokens.
Status metatron84 Jul 13, 2015
Just learned the Song of Storms in Kakariko Village after leaving the Temple of Time. I think I'm supposed to be looking for the hookshot.