One of the issues that have been going on with the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack has to do with the Nintendo 64. But, maybe there is a ray of hope- or an Ocarina of hope. As it turns out, there have been updates for the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. When it was first released as part of the Expansion Pack, it was, at best, considered rough. In specifics, when it came to the graphics of the Switch emulation, the Water Temple was considered…well, something to wince over. In short, those who wanted to play, or were a long-time fan of the classic, would think this was a pretty big disappointment. Interestingly enough though, it looks that in the past few days, there has been an update, making the graphics cleaner, doing some fixes that will make playing on the Switch a lot more eye-friendly. For example, with the Water Temple- the fog has been fixed, so it’s there like it’s supposed to be. There’s also been an overall clean-up with the visual fidelity- meaning that this is far more faithful to the original while improving the graphic quality.
The updates themselves are not huge-not compared to other updates for other games. It’s not giving new content or making the game vastly different, better, or worse. But the fact that there have been changes for the game is pretty significant. That is, Nintendo has paid attention to what people were saying. Or at least, that Nintendo has heard what players thought of the Nintendo Expansion package, and acknowledged, in one way at least, that the negative feedback is warranted. There was the idea that when the Expansion Online package had been left on Switch, and would not be updated or changed at all on the Switch- that this was the finished product.  Thankfully, this is not the case. And perhaps this may mean a better playing experience on Nintendo 64 emulations in the near future. SOURCE It seems Nintendo might be listening to Switch Online fans regarding emulation issues with some
of the classic games it offers. Following a January 20 NSO update, which brought Rare’s 1998 N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie to the subscription service, it appears that water in The
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been improved. This could be a good sign for future emulation quality on Nintendo Switch Online.
As spotted by VGC, Ocarina of Time’s infamous Water Temple has seen its graphics tweaked slightly to look a little better. If you recall, the Water Temple is where Link confronts his Shadow form. It’s a pivotal moment in the game that drew ire from fans for missing reflections when Ocarina became available on Nintendo Switch Online. In properly emulated versions, the building and tree are mirrored in the water and the arena is permeated with fog, but that’s not the case with the NSO version. Read More: Players Have A Ton Of Complaints About Nintendo Switch Online’s N64 Games Without the reflecting water and foggy atmosphere, the mood of the iconic Ocarina of Time boss encounter is greatly harmed in the NSO release. However, according to Nintendo dataminers LuigiBlood and OatmealDome, it appears the water issues in Ocarina of Time have been improved ever so slightly, putting them a little closer to, say, the GameCube rerelease of the game. G/O Media may get a commission As evidenced in the tweet, the tweaked water looks a little more true to the original. OatmealDome noted that the fog is still missing, but that this fix, however minute, is promising for what it could mean for the future. When reached for comment, OatmealDome told Kotaku that while the water doesn’t look as ugly as before, there are persistent issues affecting other areas in Ocarina of Time, such as the Kokiri Forest. “In terms of the Water Temple room, the water now has some translucency and renders reflections correctly, so it doesn’t look as ugly as before,” OatmealDome said. “However, there is a scrolling water texture layer which is much less subtle on the Switch when you compare it to N64/GC/Wii/WiiU, so it isn’t quite right yet. Fog is still absent as well—in this room, there is supposed to be some atmospheric distance fog which just isn’t present in the Switch version. This also applies to the entire game so areas like Kokiri Forest are also still affected.” When reached via Twitter, LuigiBlood echoed the sentiment, and also explained why some of the emulated games on NSO have such terribly reproduced graphics. “[The NSO N64 emulator] is based on the Wii U Virtual Console emulator, which included specific graphics display functions per game inside it,” LuigiBlood said. “But in an attempt to make more games work, it was decided to remove these functions from the emulator, and attempt to have a way to configure the graphics through external means like configuration files. This was specifically done for NSO, and in their attempt of doing so, they clearly broke graphics emulation in the process and possibly didn’t have enough time to fix it.” Read More: Nintendo To Continue To Improving Switch Online Following Backlash Now, it seems the company is slowly going back in and ironing out the graphical kinks. Both OatmealDome and LuigiBlood are optimistic about what this could mean for other classic games in the subscription service’s vault. Nintendo said last November that it will continue “striving to provide services that satisfy consumers,” and these small tweaks suggest the company is making at least some effort to meet that promise. Hopefully we’ll see further improvements to Ocarina of Time as well as fixes in other notably bugged NSO games, like Paper Mario and Yoshi’s Story. Kotaku has reached out to Nintendo for comment. Nintendo Switch Online has received a new update that addresses issues with N64 emulation on the Nintendo Switch. There
seem to be multiple fixes for a variety of games, but the most notable one is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which saw the Water Temple’s missing fog finally make a comeback. This update comes just as Majora’s Mask joins the subscription service. Update 02/25/2022 9:40 a.m. ET: This story has been updated to make note of Ocarina of Time’s Water Temple fix on Nintendo Switch Online. Can you play Ocarina of Time on the switch?Nintendo has updated several N64 games in its Nintendo Switch Expansion Pack offering - most notably including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
What version of Ocarina of Time is on switch?[Nintendo Switch Online - N64] Version 2.0.
Did Nintendo fix Ocarina of Time on switch?If you recall, Nintendo has been slowly patching Ocarina of Time on the Switch to bring it back in line with previous iterations of the game. The first big fix involved the Water Temple water, and now we've rolled back around to the Ocarina of Time fog fix. The mass-service patch goes beyond that even.
Will Zelda Ocarina of Time be remastered?The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Remastered is a remake of the original Ocarina of Time game. It is set to be released for the Nintendo Matrix.
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