Summary
The Legend of Zeldais one of the most beloved gaming franchises of all time. The series has maintained a consistently high quality throughout the years, with the most recent entry, TheLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, being rightfully considered one of the best games of this generation, if not one of the best games of all time.
However, even if almost every Zelda game is worth playing, regardless of its age, there are some titles in the series which could benefit from a remake. This became much more evident with the recentThe Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DXon Nintendo Switch, which took one of the series' most aged titles and polished it to its best form. There are some more games in the series which would benefit from the same treatment, as there are millions of fans out there eager to see these titles remade from the ground up.
4The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
The first game that fans would love to see remade is probably another title coming from the Game Boy era. Actually, these are two games, to be correct.The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons&The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Agesare something unique within the series, as they’re the only example of a dual release much like what gamers are accustomed to seeing inPokemon. However, these two games, while sharing the same basic plot line and world,are very different in structure.Oracle of Seasonsis more action-oriented, whileOracle of Agesis more puzzle-oriented.
Playing the two games allowed players to get the real, full story, and they can be played on Nintendo Switch Online, but they haven’t aged very well due to the Game Boy’s limitations. A full remake would allow these two games to shine like they deserve, and players could finally get the complete experience in one single package,even the most frustrating dungeons, perhaps also including some of the cut content that was meant to be for the canceled third version.
3The Legend of Zelda: Four Sword Adventures
A rare instance of an almost mainline multiplayerThe Legend of Zelda,The Legend of Zelda: Four Sword Adventuresprobably won’t pop upin any discussion about the very best games in the series, but it still has its unique charm. The game allowed for up to four players to tackle the adventure together, and it was an absolute blast to play with friends or family. Sadly, it relied on Gamecube-Game Boy Advance connectivity for multiplayer, which made it very taxing to achieve a full multiplayer session.
Nowadays, the game is very rare, and it has never been re-released in any shape or form. A remake could finally do the game justice by streamlining the multiplayer experience, making it finally accessible to all players. It could also be the chance to improve on the original by adding some more adventures, even if the game sportssome of the best dungeons in the whole series, and perhaps even online multiplayer, which could make the game an instant classic.
2The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglassis a divisive game for fans. On one hand, it was the first portable 3DThe Legend of Zeldagame; as such, it was able to easily capture the players' hearts when it first came out. The game is also a sequel to the belovedThe Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, one of the rare instances of a direct sequel in the whole franchise. On the other hand, the game suffered from excruciatingly finicky touch controls, and a very repetitive structure, with lots and lots of backtracking to one central dungeon, which still haunts the dreams of those who’ve played through the whole game.
Now that there’s no current hardware capable of playing DS games, unless players ownan old 3DS where they could play plenty ofThe Legend of Zeldatitles, it could be the right time for a remake. This could be the chance to polish the game up and address some of the most criticized aspects of the game. Nintendo could go all the way and put the whole “trilogy” in one package (includingThe Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracksas well), finally giving this subseries the treatment it deserves. For sure, there are many players out there who don’t even know thatThe Wind Wakerhas a sequel, and they would be begging to play this game in an enhanced version.
1The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The third chapter inThe Wind Wakersaga is yet another direct sequel to said game, but it’s set 100 years after the events ofThe Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. It kept a cute version of Link as a protagonist, instead of opting forthe hero’s stronger versions. While many players perceivedThe Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracksas a huge improvement overs its predecessor, the game still suffered from somewhat unreliable touch controls. Plus, even if the game ditched the concept of one main dungeon seen in the previous entry, it still presented a weird structure for the series, limiting exploration far too much.
Its shortcomings are precisely the reason why players would love to see a remake of this game. While it is, by no means, a bad game as it stands,Spirit Trackshas plenty of room for improvement, considering how much limited wasthe DS hardware it came out on. Moreover, it currently can’t be played on any modern hardware, which makes a remake all the more palatable for fans.
