The new Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is available, and players are examining its dialogue, character designs and revised time system for hints of a Majora’s Mask remake. Kotaku reports that those details have fuelled speculation about Nintendo’s next move, though its reporting does not establish that another remake is in development.
One talking point is a Skull Kid in the Lost Woods, who says his face feels “missing something” and asks whether anything could fix his feeling of emptiness. There’s a straightforward explanation within Ocarina of Time itself: the dialogue references the questline in which the player brings him the Skull Mask. Read in that context, the exchange works as a quest prompt without needing to be a tease for another game.
The Happy Mask Salesman’s model provides a more specific visual connection. He now wears golden bangles that the character originally wore in Majora’s Mask. That makes the design detail a recognisable link between the games, but treating it as a production clue requires a leap beyond what the model itself establishes.
The mechanically substantial change is how Ocarina of Time handles time: it now continues flowing in towns and dungeons, locations where the original game froze it. The connection players are drawing is understandable, since Majora’s Mask uses a three-day cycle with characters following routines throughout each day. But a clock that keeps moving is not the same thing as that scheduling system. Whatever Nintendo’s intentions for another remake, this change alters an existing rule of Ocarina of Time rather than merely adding a familiar accessory.
