Heads up before you press play: this is a watch-along.

Davey and Mitch are commenting live on the Zelda 40th anniversary Nintendo Direct as it plays, so this one is best enjoyed on YouTube. The audio still works, but you will get a lot more out of watching it. Watch the video version: HERE

A bonus drop, recorded on the couch on a Saturday afternoon with Pike the dog, because Nintendo announced the Ocarina of Time remake during the week and there was no way of waiting until the next episode. The setup is the best one this show has: Davey has played Ocarina of Time more times than he can count, on the N64, on the Master Quest disc, on the Wii Virtual Console, on the 3DS and on Nintendo Switch Online. Mitch has never touched it. Before recording, Davey sat him down with the original on Switch Online, CRT filter on, and walked him through Kokiri Forest, Hyrule Field and Castle Town. Mitch's verdict on the 1998 version was, in a word, hideous. Then they watched the Direct together. In this episode:

• Why Ocarina of Time is the game that made Davey fall in love with gaming, and why Twilight Princess was Mitch's way in
• Mitch's honest reaction to playing the N64 original for the first time in 2026, including a genuine appreciation for how individual every NPC in Castle Town is
• The first look at Kokiri Forest, and why it stopped both of them dead
• Child Link's new design, the doll-like face, and the glossiness debate
• Camera control and manual jumping, and why both are a much bigger deal than they sound
• The loading screens Nintendo kept deliberately, and whether being faithful is the real reason
• Two minutes to dry off after a swim, and Navi's embroidered wings
• The new item wheel replacing the C button hotkeys
• Hyrule Field, Death Mountain actually looking like a volcano, and Castle Town giving off Fable meets D&D energy
• The Threads of Time tapestry, a new way of tracking progress
• The day night cycle now running inside towns
• Being able to hum your ocarina songs instead of memorising button combinations, or order an actual ocarina peripheral
• Voice acting in cutscenes, and the Zelda voice problem
• The 40th anniversary concert coming to Melbourne next May
• The special edition Switch 2 console and dock, already sold out, already being scalped

Out 5 November 2026. Both of them are more excited about this than GTA 6. Tell us what you think of Link's new design in the YouTube comments or in the Discord. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fqC2FeHSUr
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