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Skill Up recommends Ocarina of Time for the next generation

His remake review looks beyond nostalgia, arguing that returning players have something worth passing on to younger people.

Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 428,517 views.

I strongly recommend: 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026)' - ReviewI strongly recommend: 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026)' - Review

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  1. 1:34Skill Up praises the visual overhaul and reports stable performance.
  2. 4:00Full voice acting, updated character designs and cutscenes are assessed against the original.
  3. 6:36The re-recorded soundtrack retains the memorable melodies he contrasts with newer Zelda games' ambient approach.
  4. 8:48Technical scrutiny covers upscaling quirks, shadows and dungeon redesigns.
  5. 12:14A freely controllable camera, dedicated jump and sprint inputs, and streamlined equipment swapping modernise the controls.
  6. 19:16His concluding recommendation encourages returning players to share the adventure with younger people in their lives.

Returning to Hyrule is only half the attraction for Skill Up. His strongly positive review of the Ocarina of Time remake ends with a different invitation: share it with someone who never played the original.

The review has drawn roughly 430,000 views since yesterday. It combines a close look at the remake's changes with a more personal question about what we actually want when we revisit a childhood favourite.

Skill Up praises the new lighting and visual detail, reports stable performance, and examines how faithfully the game preserves its core play. Some changes are immediately practical: item shortcuts, gyro aiming, easier equipment swapping and a freely controllable camera replace older restrictions. Full voice acting and updated character designs get their own assessment, too.

The soundtrack makes a particularly strong impression. Against the more ambient musical approach of newer Zelda adventures, he finds these returning melodies insistently memorable. The technical discussion is not all applause: he also examines image-upscaling quirks, shadows and changes to the dungeons.

But the review's central thought arrives after the feature-by-feature comparisons. A remake can rebuild a place without restoring the moment in your life when you first encountered it. Skill Up argues that this version's purpose is not simply to let older players recover that feeling for themselves.

Instead, he sees an opportunity to introduce children, nieces, nephews and other younger people to the adventure. The returning audience still matters, but as the people who can pass it along, not just play it again.

The video includes paid sponsorship segments for a Switch accessory case. Its recommendation, though, rests on that distinction between revisiting an old favourite and helping someone else discover it.

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Skill Up
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Channel views, last 7 days
1,424,007
Channel views, pace per day
105,398 (on a normal day: 254,974)
Video published
November 4, 2026
Video views so far
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Video views, pace per day
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total views
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views per day
105,398
typical day: 254,974
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