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Ocarina of Time remake is expected to earn a Game of the Year nomination
Nintendo’s remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is expected to be nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards.
The game revisits the 1998 original, keeping most of its story and design while making some modern updates and major visual changes.
Remakes have had mixed success in the awards: several acclaimed titles were not nominated, while four others, including Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake, were.
Ocarina of Time has a Metacritic score of 96, the highest of the year so far, according to the story.
Its score is well above those of other named contenders, Resident Evil Requiem and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave.
That acclaim makes the game hard to overlook in the nomination race, and the columnist also points to jurors’ connection to the original.
The columnist predicts a nomination but says the remake will not win, though the supplied text does not explain why.
Polygon writer Oli Welsh argues that the Ocarina of Time remake is likely to receive a Game of the Year nomination at The Game Awards.
The remake has a Metacritic rating of 96, which Welsh says is the highest of the year so far.
Welsh says the remake is mostly faithful to the original but makes bold artistic choices and modernizations.
He argues that the remake’s acclaim, the competition and jurors’ connection to the original support its nomination chances.
Welsh does not expect it to win Game of the Year.
- Who
- Nintendo’s remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the subject of the story.
- What
- Polygon writer Oli Welsh expects it to receive a Game of the Year nomination, but predicts it will not win.
- When
- Polygon published the article on Nov. 8, 2026. The award ceremony date is not stated.
- Where
- The Game Awards.
- Why
- Welsh points to the remake’s critical acclaim, the competition and jurors’ connection to the original game.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The original version of Ocarina of Time was released.
Polygon published Welsh’s assessment of the remake’s Game of the Year nomination chances.
- Metacritic rating
- 96
- Original game
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, released in 1998
- Award
- The Game Awards Game of the Year
- Article publication
- Nov. 8, 2026
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Ocarina brute-forces its way into the Game of the Year conversation.
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