Nintendo boss defends remaking classic games

Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto has defended remaking classic games following the release of Star Fox and ahead of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. READ MORE: ‘Star Fox’ review: refuelled space-shooter ready for a fresh generation Earlier this year, Nintendo released a completely reworked version of N64 classic Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo Switch 2 and later this year, an updated take of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time will hit shelves. The decision to remake classic titles hasn’t gone down well with a lot of gamers, who’d rather new entries in beloved series’ rather than playing through familiar stories. However Miyamoto has explained the decision to revisit iconic Nintendo games. “Some people might say there are a lot of remakes, but after five years, a lot of people have outgrown games and stop playing them,” he told Famitsu (translated by Nintendo Everything). “Young people today don’t have the opportunity to play games from 10 years ago, so remaking them to be more playable and releasing them again is a good way to meet the demand. Letting people know the original games also leads to future developments, so we’ve been actively pursuing that recently.” Not much has bee...