The release date is locked: November 5, Switch 2 only. That much Nintendo has said out loud. Everything past that is where the previews get interesting.
The biggest change isn't a dungeon or a boss — it's the option to switch the HUD off entirely. According to GamesRadar, the remake borrows that toggle from Breath of the Wild, and Nintendo's reasoning is blunt: "Nintendo knows many of you don't want your hand held." For a 1998 game whose camera and targeting prompts did a lot of shouting, going UI-free is a real shift in how Hyrule feels to walk through.
Nintendo Everything has compiled the full list of what's new, improved and changed, and it's the best single reference we have before launch. Read it and a pattern shows up: the stuff that aged badly — camera behavior, item management, the tedium of certain late-game stretches — is exactly what got attention.
What hasn't been shown is more fun to argue about. Game Rant ranked seven major bosses, items, characters and story moments Nintendo is still sitting on. If you played the original, you already know what those are, which makes the silence feel less like secrecy and more like showmanship.
Preorders are live, and Mashable has the discount angle: $10 off if you order ahead of November 5. Not a fortune, but the Switch 2's launch window isn't getting cheaper.
Why it matters: Ocarina of Time is the game people name when they argue about the greatest of all time. A remake that rewrites its roughest edges — while letting you hide the UI and just look at the world — is Nintendo admitting the original needed the work, and betting it can still carry a console launch.