Nintendo Removes Fast Travel From Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake After Discovering Its Impact on Exploration

Nintendo initially considered adding fast travel to its upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Nintendo Switch 2. However, producer Eiji Aonuma revealed that the development team eventually removed the feature after discovering that it weakened one of the original game’s defining gameplay elements. Speaking in Nintendo’s official Ask the Developer Vol. 24 interview, Aonuma explained that he wanted to address how players travelled across Hyrule Field in the Nintendo 64 version. Players frequently used Link’s forward…