I was just reminiscing back through 2008 and how Nintendo seem to not have had many first party releases compared to previous years (Or so it seems), and many of their classic key franchises / mascots seem to not have been seen in a while...
Kirby is one example, where we are still awaiting a Kirby title for the Wii, and have only had a few DS games recently. Likewise, the F Zero franchise has yet to make an appearance on either the Wii or the DS. And when was the last time we saw Fox McCloud? (Rhetorical question: It was on the DS a couple of years ago). Others, such as Samus, seem to have made a few appearances, but nothing lately, not even a whisper of any projects in the works...
We haven't really seen anything Zelda related in a long while, at least not since Phantom Hourglass for the DS back in 2007 and Link's Crossbow Training. Before that? It was Twilight Princess, but that was right around the launch of the Wii, and to be honest it was unnecessary because it was also released for the GameCube (Which as we all know, the Wii can play GameCube games). So, 2008 has been the first year since the release of Ocarina Of Time that we haven't seen a Zelda game in some way, shape, or form...
This got me thinking. What if there isn't a good reason for this recent absence? What if Nintendo are actually working on something special for Link? Pooling all their efforts and resources into creating a Zelda game on the hush-hush... I have two theories:
1) Ocarina Of Time remake for Wii
BAsically an update from the original in the same way Capcom updated Resident Evil and how RARE updated Conker's Bad Fur Day etc... Final Fantasy fans have been screaming out for a FFVII remake for as long as I can remember, but the Zelda fans seem to be obscured by the Final Fantasy fanboys and we rarely hear of the demand for an Ocarina Of Time remake, which I would imagine is equally as in demand as a FFVII remake or Resident Evil II remake...
2) Ocarina Of Time for DS
It's been ten years. The DS is more than capable of running N64 games as has been proven many times, and Mario 64 has previously been rereleased for the DS, so there's no real reason why Ocarina Of Time cannot be ported to the handheld. I am sure there is as much demand for this game as there is for the likes of Chrono Trigger etc and a DS port is long overdue. I find it very hard to believe that Nintendo haven't yet considered this possibility before now, and believe that it would be shrewd for them to release it for the DS - After all, their in the business to make money, and I doubt they could go very far wrong if they chose to release Ocarina Of Time on the DS
Ocarina Of Time is hailed as one of the best games of all time - So it would seem fitting that after a decade it was released to a new generation of gamers to experience