{"id":792726,"date":"2026-07-30T05:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792726\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:21:09","slug":"zelda-ocarina-of-time-nintendo-switch-2-remake-now-has-its-esrb-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792726\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo Switch 2 remake now has its ESRB rating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-remake-ESRb-rating.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-remake-ESRb-rating-656x369.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ESRB ratings generally aren\u2019t significant, but we\u2019ll make an exception here with the Nintendo Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-switch-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">website<\/a> for the game has now been updated. There isn\u2019t much new as far as we can tell, but there is the inclusion of the ESRB rating \u2013 which is E10+.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, for its N64 release, Zelda: Ocarina of Time was rated E (Everyone). Then when the Zelda: Ocarina of Time launched on Nintendo 3DS, it was E10+.<\/p>\n<p>So yes, the new remake will mostly be kept in line with the Nintendo 3DS remaster. \u201cAnimated Blood\u201d and \u201cFantasy Violence\u201d are cited as reasons for the E10+ classification.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-rating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-920631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-rating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1226\" height=\"625\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, there is one thing that\u2019s different \u2013 \u201cSuggestive Themes\u201d is not included for the Nintendo Switch 2 rating. This was previously a part of the classification for the Nintendo 3DS remaster. Make of that what you will.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s all we know. Nintendo has been keeping quiet since its initial announcement last month, which was a brief teaser. It\u2019s only a matter of time until we get a more substantial update, but for now we\u2019re still dealing with these small tidbits. We <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/nintendo-says-zelda-ocarina-of-time-switch-2-remake-has-stunning-visuals-updated-designs-and-timeless-gameplay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously heard<\/a> that the game will feature \u201cstunning visuals, updated designs, and timeless gameplay\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is still planned to hit Nintendo Switch 2 sometime this year. If anything else noteworthy surfaces, we\u2019ll be sure to let you know.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESRB ratings generally aren\u2019t significant, but we\u2019ll make an exception here with the Nintendo Switch 2 remake of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74,244508],"class_list":["post-792726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology","tag-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}