I'll have to give the Gamecube version a try

Nah Twilight Princess is more of a Minish Cap remake.

All 3 of those games are excellent though.

Honestly Fable was getting a tad messy by the third game, starting over from scratch but using the original as a framework is probably the only way to do it. I feel like if Bethesda were to do a remake of any of the pre Morrowind games it'd be the same way, also I really wish they would remake Redguard because its such a cool game idea wrapped in a jank fest of an engine which funfact is technically 2d fucken Bethesda black magic.

Can't wait until Triforce Quest gets added.

I'm already pretty blown away at widescreen support. I never thought I'd get to play '98 OoT in widescreen.

Okay, fine! If you're gonna twist my arm about it lol

I just ticked over the 20 hour mark in the latest Fire Emblem, and I’m like, “Yeah this is real good.”

This is what I have to tell myself every time I go into a final fantasy vii forum.

Hmm, I haven't played Minish Cap. How is Twilight Princess similar?

When I play TP (GameCube version) it feels very much like playing OoT in style, and the world layout is very similar, but bigger (https://imgur.com/gallery/ocarina-of-time-twilight-princess-map-comparison-chateaulonlon-0DhLs3E). Dungeon design feels very similar too, just with more detail and fancier puzzles. The water temple is still a chore, with backtracking between levels being a core mechanic.

I've been running Ocarina when I can. I just completed the Water Temple. All I need now are the Fire and Shadow Medallions, then I can whack Ganondorf.

Are you doing a randomizer? Three hearts after mirror shield which is an item you get in the last dungeon and still needing the fire medallion is an interesting way to play the vanilla game

This is the next game I’m buying. I can’t wait to crack into 200 hours of fire emblem.

the world layout is very similar, but bigger

The general layout of Hyrule is never quite the same, but it’s always similar, dating back to the first Zelda game for the NES. That includes the general layout of key landmarks such as Lake Hylia, Zora’s Domain, Death Mountain, Gerudo Desert, and the Lost Woods, all of which are from the original NES title. Other key landmarks such as Hyrule Castle and Kakariko were introduced in A Link to the Past, which was the third game in the series.

Hmm, I haven't played Minish Cap. How is Twilight Princess similar?

The story of Twilight Princess is most similar to Minish Cap IMO:

• guide character is a dubiously good character from a parallel world cursed by the antagonist
• antagonist invades from that parallel world and fills Hyrule with monsters
• Link transforming between two forms is the core gimmick
• the conflict between the guide character and the antagonist is more of a focus of the main plot than anything to do with Link specifically, besides that Link is “the chosen one”, and he has personal stake in the world getting ruined

That being said, Twilight Princess is a sequel to Ocarina of Time, including the end of Ocarina of Time as a core plot point and the Link from Ocarina of Time returning as the skeleton sword ghost.

Dungeon design feels very similar too, just with more detail and fancier puzzles. The water temple is still a chore, with backtracking between levels being a core mechanic.

I think a lot of what you are seeing here is just the Zelda series tropes and staples in general. However, Twilight Princess definitely is a deliberate return-to-form after the more experimental games that were Wind Waker and Majora’s Mask, but it includes some of the features, and improvements from Wind Waker, and some significant portions of Twilight Princess were built from cut content originally intended for Wind Waker.

Personally I can't wait for the OoT remake to inevitably get its own Ship. It might take 20 years, but I'm willing to wait that long to finally be able to play the definitive version of OoT.

Nope, I'm running vanilla. I'm experimenting with what you can do out of order. There's nothing stopping you from just leaving the Water Temple to do Spirit Temple after you get the longshot. I'm sure there's a way to get there without the longshot too.

I'm also doing a 3 heart run because OoT is actually pretty easy. There does come a point where you have to start doing boss fights perfectly because every hit is OHKO. I've finished a run like this before. But now that I know about Ship, I'm gonna turn the damage multipliers way up and give myself a reason to actually get hearts.

There were Gilligan's Island remakes?

Eh spin-offs but not remakes. Buttflix had something about a Hawaii remake or something but I dont think it ever saw light.