The amount of motion picture was kept to a minimum in the Zelda Direct.
The Zelda 40th anniversary had one job, and delivered in spades.
A supermajority of the presentation was devoted to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2, which confirmed a November 5 release. There are some new designs for the dungeons, the day/night cycle will continue to pass even when in towns, and players will have free camera control and a jump button (instead of autojump). Also added for Switch 2 was an option for humming ocarina tunes into the microphone.
Ocarina will also support the Zelda Notes app used for Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom on Switch 2, and amiibo of young Link and Zelda will be available sometime in 2027.
A special Switch 2 with Zelda branding (including green Joy-Cons) will be available on October 29, and the first run of physical editions (while supplies last) will have "textured foil" cover art.
The show also confirmed the name of the April 30 film will just be "The Legend of Zelda", but did not show a trailer in lieu of the title card.
