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Ocarina of Time remake brings back one voice actor from the N64 game
Nintendo says the Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2 includes a returning voice actor from the original Nintendo 64 game.
The team used blind auditions, hiding actors’ names so it could focus on finding voices that matched players’ memories of the characters.
The returning actor was cast without the team realizing they had voiced the same character before.
Nintendo has not identified the actor or confirmed whether it is Kaori Mizuhashi, the original Japanese voice of Navi, as some fans suspect.
The remake also has a new English voice for Navi.
Nintendo says matching the original characters’ sound was a priority because fans already have established ideas about how they should sound.
The game’s sound team has also made new music and added detailed environmental sounds, with support for 5.1-channel surround sound.
Nintendo has shared these details in an interview about the remake’s development, but has not said whether it will reveal the actor’s identity.
Nintendo confirmed that one actor from the original Nintendo 64 version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was selected for the remake.
The actor was chosen through blind auditions, and the development team did not realize they had voiced the same character in the original game.
Nintendo has not confirmed whether Kaori Mizuhashi, the original Japanese voice of Navi, is returning.
The remake’s sound team created new music and recreated some sounds using the original Nintendo 64 sound source as a reference.
Nintendo said the game supports 5.1-channel surround sound and recordings of a real ocarina.
- Who
- Nintendo’s Ocarina of Time remake team selected one actor who had voiced the same character in the Nintendo 64 game. The actor is not named in the sources.
- What
- The remake brings back one voice actor from the original game, selected through blind auditions.
- When
- Nintendo shared the details on November 3, 2026.
- Where
- The remake is for Nintendo Switch 2.
- Why
- The team wanted to focus on matching voices to roles and recreating the sound and feel of the original game.
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Nintendo held blind auditions for the remake’s voice roles, hiding actors’ names during the Japanese auditions.
Nintendo shared the development interview in which it revealed that one selected actor had voiced the same character in the Nintendo 64 game.
- Returning actor
- One actor from the Nintendo 64 game
- Auditions
- Blind auditions
- Platform
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Original Navi voice
- Kaori Mizuhashi; return not confirmed
- Sound
- 5.1-channel surround support
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What people are saying
And as fate would have it, one of the actors we selected had actually voiced the same character in the Nintendo 64 version. None of us saw that coming.
voices that recreated the sound and feel of the original game
mess with established perceptions of how certain characters sound based on the original