Ocarina of Time Remake Memes (Yassified Link, the Jump Button and More)

Ocarina of Time remake memes come in three kinds, and all of them grow out of what changed between the 1998 Nintendo 64 classic and the 2026 Switch 2 remake.

The first kind of Ocarina of Time remake meme is about Link's face. The remake gives Link textured hair, realistic skin and "sparkling baby blue eyes," as Dexerto put it, and the young version in particular struck fans as uncanny. WIRED described the result as a "curled-eyelash, laminated-eyebrow, douyin-lipstick yassified elf boy," and fans compared him to Renesmee from Twilight, the Gerber Baby and Malo, the eerie child from Twilight Princess. "He looks so microwaveable," one Reddit user wrote, as WIRED quoted.

The second Ocarina of Time remake meme is the jump button. In the original, Link jumped automatically when you ran off a ledge. The remake adds a manual jump, so players who know the old game by heart keep running Link straight off platforms. Kotaku's Kenneth Shepard wrote that Link would "practically pencil-dive into the chasm below," and players posted the falls as proof of how long they have been playing. The third Ocarina of Time remake meme is the ocarina itself: the remake lets you hum or sing a song into the Switch 2 microphone, and players started yelling, singing badly and playing real instruments at it to see what the game would recognize.

Ocarina of Time remake memes spread because many players know the 1998 original well enough, as Kotaku put it, "to be able to move through it blindfolded." Every change, from a face to a button, was instantly noticeable to someone who played it as a kid.

The new look set off the first Ocarina of Time remake memes. Dexerto reported on September 9 that the reveal at the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct had sparked "endless memes" about Link's realistic makeover, including DLSS 5 and Unreal Engine jokes, comparisons to the Morshu "RTX On" video, and the Malo comparison. When the game launched on November 5, WIRED's Kimberly Rooney revisited it under the headline "Why Does Link Look so Yassified?", noting that the background characters stayed simpler, which made the hero's glow-up stand out even more.

The launch then added Ocarina of Time remake memes that only players could make. A post captioned "Ocarina of Time 64 muscle memory kicked in" passed 300,000 views on November 5, and Kotaku collected it alongside a Bluesky clip and a Reddit post titled "Proof that I'm a veteran." The same day, Kotaku noted that the microphone feature would take its best guess even when players sang something that sounded like none of the songs, which produced posts like "I KNEW the Ocarina feature was a scam." Google now suggests "ocarina of time remake memes," "ocarina of time remake link meme" and "young link remake face."

Nintendo showed the Ocarina of Time remake at its Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct on September 8, 2026, and set it for November 5 on Switch 2, Dexerto reported. The presentation also showed a physical ocarina accessory and a Zelda-themed Switch 2. The first Ocarina of Time remake memes about Link's new look appeared the same day, and Dexerto wrote them up on September 9.

The remake launched on November 5, 2026. That morning WIRED published Kimberly Rooney's piece on child Link's "yassified" design, quoting a former Naughty Dog quality assurance tester, Clayton Lundgren, who argued that a main character's key art is a deliberate, high-level decision. Later that day Kotaku published two pieces by Kenneth Shepard: one on players falling into chasms because of the new jump button, and one on the microphone feature that recognizes hummed, sung or yelled songs.

Those launch-day Ocarina of Time remake memes are the newest wave. The face jokes are two months old, so this Ocarina of Time remake meme wave is mostly about play; the jump-button and ocarina jokes only exist because people are now playing the game.

1. Sep 8, 2026Nintendo reveals the Ocarina of Time remake at the Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct.
2. Sep 9, 2026Dexerto writes up the "endless memes" about Link's new look.
3. Nov 5, 2026The remake launches on Switch 2; WIRED asks why Link looks "so yassified."
4. Nov 5, 2026"Muscle memory kicked in" falls spread; Kotaku covers the jump button and the microphone songs.

1. Post your own fall with a caption about how long you've played the original.
2. Or try the microphone with the worst version of a song you can manage.
3. Compare old and new screenshots, but credit the clips you use.
4. Keep the jokes about the game: Link is a character, players are people.

• Dexerto: Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake sparks endless memes about Link's new look (Sep 9, 2026)
• WIRED: The Ocarina of Time Remake Is Finally Here, but Why Does Link Look so Yassified? (Nov 5, 2026)
• Kotaku: Zelda Fans Are Being Personally Victimized By Ocarina Of Time Remake's Jump Button (Nov 5, 2026)
• Kotaku: One Of The Coolest New Features In The Ocarina Of Time Remake Is Equal Parts Impressive And Hysterical (Nov 5, 2026)
• @Zonian_ on X: Ocarina of Time 64 muscle memory kicked in (Nov 5, 2026; checked Nov 6, 2026)

Updated Nov 6, 2026

• Nov 6, 2026First published: the reveal memes about Link's look and the launch-day jump-button and microphone jokes.