Best Buy 将以《塞尔达传说：时之笛》午夜发售活动重现 1998 年情景

Best Buy Wants To Travel Back To 1998 With Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Midnight Launch

Back almost three decades ago, digital storefronts didn’t exist for home consoles. So when The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time originally launched on Nintendo 64 in 1998, the only way to get the game early was showing up at a retail store at midnight (something my dad actually did because I was only 12 years old at the time). 

Best Buy wants to recreate that feeling with the announcement of late-night store openings for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s launch on Switch 2 next month. In fact, people who have already preordered the remake can even change their order to pick it up in-store at midnight on November 5. Keep in mind that this includes standing in line outside a Best Buy instead of just waiting for delivery at your doorstep.

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In addition, the Best Buy midnight launch will have something for people who haven’t preordered the game. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will be available for purchase, but maybe more importantly, the special 40th-anniversary Zelda Switch 2 system and Switch 2 Pro Controller will be available in limited quantities, too. That should be exciting since the Zelda-themed console sold out almost immediately last month.

Nintendo showed off the first gameplay footage for the Ocarina of Time remake in September, and it looks fantastic. The game features a total visual overhaul, which hasn’t gone over well with everyone (they’re wrong, by the way). The Switch 2 exclusive also has eight other big changes from the original title, including the ability to jump at any time. That sounds funny, but it’s sort of a big deal.

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