BODY: Nostalgia hit hard during the latest Nintendo Direct: the Hero of Time is getting the collectible treatment. Nintendo announced two new amiibo figures based on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the action-adventure classic now confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2.
The pair depicts the game's younger protagonists — Child Link and Child Zelda — capturing the versions of the characters players first meet in Hyrule Castle Town before the story's seven-year time skip. Both figures are slated for a 2027 release, arriving alongside or shortly after the Switch 2 version of the game itself.
Nintendo has not yet detailed exactly what the amiibo will unlock in-game, though the company's track record suggests they may offer bonus items, materials, or cosmetic rewards when tapped to the Switch 2's NFC reader. Pricing and a precise launch date were also left for a future announcement.
The reveal continues Nintendo's steady expansion of the amiibo line into its Switch 2 era, and it signals that the Ocarina of Time revival is being positioned as a premium, collector-friendly release rather than a quiet re-release.
The insider take
From Tokyo, the timing tells a story. Ocarina of Time turns 29 in 2027, and Nintendo has long used amiibo not just as accessories but as merchandising anchors for its legacy titles — the Super Smash Bros. and Breath of the Wild lines proved how briskly Zelda figures move in Japanese retail. Choosing the child forms rather than the more heroic adult Link is a deliberate emotional play: for the domestic fanbase that grew up with the N64 original, those designs are pure 1998 nostalgia. Expect these to be scalper targets the moment pre-orders open at Japanese chains like Yodobashi and AmiAmi.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).