{"id":721101,"date":"2026-07-31T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721101\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:03:09","slug":"could-switch-2s-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-be-squaring-up-for-a-gta-6-head-to-head-newly-sighted-amiibo-suggest-a-potential-november-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721101\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Switch 2’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake be squaring up for a GTA 6 head-to-head? Newly sighted amiibo suggest a potential November release"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like Nintendo could be priming its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/a> remake for a November release – just ahead of GTA 6<\/a>‘s highly anticipated arrival – if speculation around a pair of newly sighted amiibo is to be believed.<\/p>\n

Nintendo finally announced its much-rumoured Ocarina of Time remake back in June<\/a>, but details were slight. We got a brief teaser, no gameplay details, and no release date beyond “2026”. However, keen-eyed internet observers are now speculating the remake might be launching on Thursday, 12th November following the discovery of official listings for two new amiibo – Sword Kirby and Dragoon and Noir Dedede – set to arrive the same day.<\/p>\n

Link in the description.Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

What, you might be wondering, have two non-Zelda-themed amiibo got to do with Ocarina of Time? Well, it seems Nintendo has historically released new amiibo – even unrelated ones – at the same time as its games, likely for logistical reasons relating to physical shipping to stores. “For context”, one post on Reddit explained<\/a> amid the sightings, “the Mineru’s Construct amiibo had its date announced before Fortune’s Weave; Meta Knight and Shadow Star had its date announced before Pokopia<\/a>, and Dedede and Tank Star had its date announced before Rhythm Heaven Groove.”<\/p>\n

Sword Kirby and Dragoon and Noir Dedede, to add the final link in the speculative chain, both appeared on Nintendo’s official store stamped with a 12th November release date, but – with their discovery now making headlines – the listings have since been pulled<\/a>. Suspicious? Perhaps!<\/p>\n

A 12th November release date would, of course, make Nintendo’s Ocarina of Time remake one of the few games launching in a month in which most titles (Barbie Rewind aside) have feared to tread, as they determinedly avoid GTA 6 – a game expected to dominate when it arrives on 19th November. And while GTA 6 obviously isn’t launching on Switch 2<\/a>, meaning any competition would be indirect, it’s still more evidence that Link’s bravery truly knows no bounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It looks like Nintendo could be priming its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-721101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}