Ocarina of Time Remake Director Says Nintendo Changed Link’s Jumping Controls to Avoid Frustrating Breath of the Wild Players

Nintendo is changing one of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s original gameplay mechanics for its upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 remake. The development team has removed the contextual auto-jump system and introduced a dedicated button that allows Link to jump anywhere. According to director HokWai Ng, speaking during Nintendo’s official developer interview, Part 3, the decision was partly made to prevent players familiar with recent Zelda games from finding the older control system confusing. In the original Nintendo 64…