Ocarina of Time 3D artwork livens up slow news day

This has got to be one of the slowest news days in gamz jarnlist history. Perhaps this is the calm before the storm that’s E3, but in the meantime we’ll entertain you with news-like information. For example, Nintendo released to the press some “new” art for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Technically almost all the images date back to 1998 and the original Ocarina, but these versions are of a higher quality than you’re likely to find elsewhere, and they still look great, so let’s celebrate these assets all the same.

And here's some nice character art:

Pretty sweet looking, huh? If this whet your appetite for Zelda coverage, you should read our most recent hands-on with it where we played the dastardly Water Temple, or our firstand secondrounds of screenshot comparisons between the original and the remake. Ocarina 3D goes on sale June 19.

May 19, 2011


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Henry Gilbert

Henry Gilbert is a former GamesRadar+ Editor, having spent seven years at the site helping to navigate our readers through the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation. Henry is now following another passion of his besides video games, working as the producer and podcast cohost of the popular Talking Simpsons and What a Cartoon podcasts.