The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has been out for about 11 hours now, and fans who played the original are scouring Nintendo’s Switch 2 version of Hyrule for any changes, big or small, from the source material. The game’s puppet-inspired look makes everything look equal parts lush and uncanny, but broadly speaking, it’s still the Ocarina of Time you know and love. However, some small changes here and there do stand out for people who have played the game multiple times over the past 28 years, and while some are silly, others are actually tripping up long-time players, myself included.

Some of the changes aren’t actually consequential, but they’re fun to point out and laugh at. In the original, there’s a notorious scene in which King Zora, the leader of the sea-faring Zora people, scoots out of the way so you can reach the next dungeon. The moment is painfully drawn out, as man can only move his body a few inches at a time, so you sit there for a ridiculously long time while he gets himself situated. In the remake, the scene has been shaved off by about seven seconds.

“Then what’s even the point of playing this game?” a TikTok comment jokes.

“I feel like seven seconds is a fair trade off for the comedy of the camera angle switching up,” another says.

There are some changes that only the sickest among us will find. In the original game, players could find secret rupees at the top of the Castle Town gates by walking up the chains on the drawbridge , but it appears that’s no longer possible in the remake.

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