Legend of Zelda Remaster Dropping On Nintendo Switch, No NSO Required

The Legend of Zelda gets plenty of representation on the Nintendo Switch/Nintendo Switch 2 but it needs more.

There are several titles that aren’t playable on Nintendo’s latest line of consoles and the one we’re missing the most is The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

First released on the Nintendo GameCube, then the Nintendo Wii, and then the Nintendo Wii U, Twilight Princess was a… unique entry to say the least.

Whatever your opinion is of Link’s wolf form the game is solid so it’s criminal that it’s not playable on the Nintendo Switch…until now.

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Nintendo fans have been anticipating Twilight Princess’ return through the Nintendo Switch Online app for quite some time.

With the Nintendo Switch 2 came the Nintendo GameCube library as an exclusive feature, which eventually brought back The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

At the time of writing Nintendo is yet to add any other GameCube Zelda games to the service but through a lot of effort, determination and sheer force of will fans have made it happen themselves.

Twilight Princess Courage Reborn is a PC remaster of this classic Zelda game and brings a number of quality-of-life enhancements to the game, all for free of course.

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With HD textures and an unlocked framerate, it’s the definitive version of the game, and it’s coming to not just PC but the Nintendo Switch as well.

Recently, it was discovered that the Dolphin emulator can be supported on the Nintendo Switch, unlocking thousands of Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii games not currently available through official means.

It hasn’t been perfected yet and the results vary from game to game but in time it’ll be a game-changer. So if you’ve recently upgraded to a Nintendo Switch 2 don’t throw away or sell your old Nintendo Switch, there might be another use for it.

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The fan-made Twilight Princess remaster is simply the next game to be made available on the Nintendo Switch through emulation, though of course there are some technical hurdles to jump through first.

There are plenty of guides out there to unlock your Nintendo Switch’s full potential but the important thing to remember is you cannot under any circumstances download video game ROMs from the internet.

If you have a physical copy of Twilight Princess that you can pull a ROM from that’s a different story but simply nabbing a ROM online is piracy, so avoid that if you can.

However, there’s an argument to be made that if Nintendo wants to discourage gamers from emulating its games, it should make those games more readily available…

So until The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets an official port to the Nintendo Switch 2, or is added to Nintendo Switch Online, the Courage Reborn remaster is going to be a must-play for those who’ve been dying to see the game on modern consoles.