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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake gives Link's first 3D adventure a new coat of paint, but some of its details have players second-guessing the reality they thought they once knew.
You don't have to be a Zelda expert to know what fairies look like in the original Ocarina of Time. Navi is an icon, which means most people who have ever even thought about touching one of the games in Nintendo's beloved fantasy franchise know that Link's little guide is little more than a glowing ball with wings – or so they thought.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time brought more than just a fancy new tunic for Link when it made the leap to Switch 2 last week. A few close-up shots early in the adventure make one shocking fact clear: The fairies of Kokiri Forest aren't orbs of light – they're fuzzy.
It's the kind of detail the original Nintendo 64 release could have never conveyed made real thanks to the artists at Nintendo and the power of the Switch 2. It's about as small as details come but also recontextualizes how many – myself included – have viewed Ocarina of Time's fairies for the last 28 years.
"It appears Fairies are just...Fluffy Balls that emit a light!" one Reddit user said. "It's neither a ball of pure light or a humanoid lil person hidden under a glow. Just...Fluff! Interesting 😀 And cute!"
"Answering the important lore questions like 'is that a sentient puffball or a tiny lady who's so shiny you can only see her aura,'" another fan commented.
Zelda lore is packed with details that fans have obsessed over for decades, so a revelation like this is kind of groundbreaking. Was it always Nintendo's intention for the fairies to be tiny talking puffballs? Probably not, and if you prefer the pure light orb fairies they'll always be there, too, but fans at least seem to have taken to the change after weekend one.
@TAHK0 This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me
— Meg (they/them) (@meganroseruiz) November 5, 2026Fairies are far from the only characters making players question their childhood memories. One that more people have realized pre-remake has to do with the attire of Hyrule guards. Don't worry, if it looked to you like they were wearing some pretty standard fantasy knight armor, you'll be happy to know that is exactly what they're wearing in 2026.
Well, that and a pair of jorts.
"He's wearing f**king jorts?????" one player questioned.
"Yes and he looks great in it," another replied.
So far my favorite part of the Ocarina of Time Remake is that the guards are wearing booty jorts https://t.co/kjj8kYzORf
— Cheebs (@ChillboBagginz) November 5, 2026"I like to believe that all the guards are forced to wear jorts under penalty of death, purely because Zelda decrees it so," another Reddit user suggested. "It’s a really nice detail they added in the remake."
Unlike the fairies, it does seem like jorts were standard issue for Zelda's royal guard back in the day. It's just that it's easier to tell that now thanks to the Ocarina of Time remake's Switch 2 graphics. It's made for some funny reactions online, but not all of the new details are quite as charming as jort-wearing knights.
Boundary Break host Shesez, who offers out-of-bounds perspectives on video games, got up close and personal with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's creepiest enemies: the ReDeads. In the N64 game, these mummified zombie grapplers were scary enough thanks to their empty eye sockets. On Switch 2, they still look eyeless – at least at a first glance. Get close (but not too close) enough for a good look, zoom in, and you'll see the developers were nice enough to give ReDead's soulless eyeballs behind their masks. Thanks, Nintendo!
@BoundaryBreak https://t.co/DWUdZLhN6s
— Vaughn_ers (@Vaughn_ers) November 7, 2026That's 100% human skull behind that mask," one person said.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake launched last week for Switch 2 and has been picked apart (complimentary) by the internet in just a few days. Dataminers have found potential hints for what could be some exciting new content. Speedrunners have found some game-changing glitches that have produced some hilarious results. Meanwhile, as players get used to their new jump button, Link is going through it.
For more, you can read IGN's review of the game here, or check out our look at the Biggest Changes from the original 1998 game. Be sure to check out our expanding Ocarina of Time remake Walkthrough for comprehensive guides on each main quest area and dungeon, plus where to get Early Heart Pieces, Early Gold Skulltulas, and Early Item Bag Expansions. If you're looking for more, don't miss our complete guides to All Pieces of Heart, All Gold Skulltulas, and All Empty Bottles.
If you haven’t watched the Street Fighter League Americas 2026 Finals, you’re missing out. It is — and I say this with complete sincerity — some of the best competitive Street Fighter I have ever seen in my life, mostly owing to a heart-stopping set between Derek ‘Blaz’ and Noah ‘NoahTheProdigy’ Solis.
Blaz, a 17-year-old Chilean phenom, broke into the scene with a bang when he was just 14 years old. At 15, he got second place at Capcom Cup — the world’s most competitive Street Fighter tournament — and at 16, he secured third place. During this time, Latin America as a region became extremely strong in Street Fighter 6, with figures like 15-year-old Chilean player Craime making Top 8 at Evo Las Vegas this year and winning the 2026 Esports World Cup for the game.
LATAM’s strength showed itself in spades at the Street Fighter League Americas Finals this year. Blaz and his team 2Game, made up of players from Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, plowed through the competition, culminating in a breathtaking Grand Finals set that had viewers at the edge of their seats. Blaz, using Jamie (a wildly underrepresented character in competitive Street Fighter) and NoahTheProdigy, using Luke, duked it out in a thrilling back-and-forth brawl that saw Blaz perfect parry three times in a row on just a sliver of health against Luke’s projectiles.
This set was something else 👀
#SFLAMERICAS2026 | https://t.co/QNfS4EB9gS https://t.co/UdgkQtx0JH
It was nothing short of jaw-dropping, and Blaz — refusing to switch to Ryu or Sagat, his usual picks — clutched out the win. After a short break, Mexican player Lugabo secured the victory, giving 2Game the comeback they’d been working so hard for after their 3rd place finish last year.
I got the chance to speak with 2Game’s talent backstage in the aftermath of their monumental achievement, where I asked the obvious question: Why is Latin America so good in Street Fighter right now?
“I mean, we don’t take anything for granted,” the team’s coach told me. “That’s why. We don’t have as many opportunities as anyone else, and that's why we’ve got to do whatever we can in any possible way to make sure we play at the highest level, no matter what. That's why we're doing everything we can with any opportunity. Lugabo, for example — this is the third time he's played offline, and he's already that good. It shows we have a lot of hidden talent in Latin America since forever, at least for the past 15 years, but many of them don't have the opportunity to travel. So what you're seeing right now is what happens when we get the chance.”
At 17 years old, Blaz’s achievements remind me fondly of Victor ‘Punk’ Woodley’s first breakout into the scene back in the early days of Street Fighter V. Now more than ever, Street Fighter 6 seems geared toward a generation of younger competitors — but for Blaz, it isn’t one’s age or ‘young man reactions’ that matter.
“What's important for Blaz is not about age, but specifically about knowledge, experience, and how much you can get from playing,” his coach said, translating on Blaz’s behalf.
Of course, I had to ask him about that standout set against NoahTheProdigy, which has since gone viral within the fighting game community and sparked inevitable comparisons to Daigo ‘TheBeast’ Umehara.
“I came into the Noah match thinking it was going to be a little bit easy, but I was a little bit surprised by how Noah played," Blaz explained. "He played a lot more focused on pressure, and it caught me off guard, but one of the things that you need to be able to do at these levels is to never surrender. So I did just that."
For now, 2Game is going home to continue their training in preparation for the Street Fighter League World Championships at Capcom Cup next year. I have to wonder how Blaz will fare as an individual player at this tournament; wildly, it makes me consider the very real possibility that he could win both Capcom Cup and Street Fighter League under 2Game’s banner. We’ll just have to wait and see, but it seems that Blaz’s skills are only growing stronger by the day. And if his latest performance is anything to go by, it’s looking more likely than ever that fighting game fans are in for one hell of a treat.
Imagine finding two of the best JRPG games in recent years in the under-$10 bargain bin. Well, it just happened. Nintendo eShop is offering Switch 2 editions of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for under $8 apiece. That's already a stellar deal since these games currently sell for $40-$50 everywhere else. But there's a way to get it for an even better price. Head over to Amazon and grab a $10 eShop gift card for $9 and apply it to your purchase.
First save 10% Off $10 Nintendo eShop gift cardsThen apply your savings to either (or both) Final Fantasy gamesFinal Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth are the first two installments of the completely overhauled FFVII trilogy. Final Fantasy VII Remake "Intergrade" edition was released in 2021 for the PlayStation 5 console, with enhanced 4K graphics, higher 60fps frame rate, faster loading times, and most importantly, new DLC content starring FFVII fan favorite Yuffie. Not until January of this year did the Intergrade edition port over to the Nintendo Switch 2 console. In his Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Switch 2 re-review, he noted that the Switch 2 handles the game quite well.
This sale is the perfect opportunity to starting catching up on the FFVII trilogy. Earlier this year Sony announced the final chapter - Final Fantasy VII Revelation - with a launch date in April of 2027. This time around, Switch 2 gamers won't have to wait because the Switch 2 launch will coincide with all the other platforms. Revelation will close the loop on Cloud's story and will culminate in clashes with the gargantuan Weapons and the final battle with Sephiroth himself.
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A Frontier Airlines flight as well as the entire east wing of Terminal 2 at Southern California's Ontario International Airport was evacuated on Sunday night prior to departure after a passenger's FaceTime conversation with a friend was mistaken for a bomb threat by another passenger, the Ontario Police Department said. The passenger having the chat about the military first-person shooter's multiplayer component was detained and released before all passengers were able to reboard the plane and the flight commenced without further incident.
"Sometime before 10 p.m., the Ontario Police Department said a passenger aboard a Frontier Airlines flight waiting to depart heard someone say the words 'bomb' and 'explosion' and reported what they heard to the crew," CBS News reported. "While detained, the individual explained he was on FaceTime with a friend while playing an online game of Call of Duty." After a check of the plane and the cabin turned up no explosives or weapons – since this ended up just being a misunderstanding – the passenger was released without charges and the plane did eventually take off with him and everyone else on board.
The passenger and his friend were most likely discussing the recently released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, which we thought was good this year, and perhaps its DMZ mode, which we found to be great. Maybe they were talking about the really bad input lag on the Switch 2 version, or perhaps the tonally jarring Halloween content, or maybe it wasn't about Modern Warfare 4 at all and they were FaceTiming about the new weather system being added to Call of Duty: Warzone.
Nike’s dotswoosh division has confirmed an upcoming collaboration with Tekken, featuring the fighting game franchise’s iconic masked pro wrestler, King.
Nike’s dotswoosh Instagram account posted a (possibly AI-generated) video showing King wearing an alternate version of his iconic Tekken 3 alternate outfit on November 9, 2026. The short clip is quite grainy and taken from afar, as though the viewer is spying on King as he takes a break from doling out Knee Crushers and Cobra Twists.
As pointed out by SneakerNews, King’s sweatsuit is a Nike Tech Fleece getup, and his kicks are an as-yet unseen variation of the Air Max 1s. The grainy, short video shows that the shoes have a jaguar-print mudguard with navy blue, gray, and red coloring, though any other details are hard to make out.
SneakerNews also confirmed that Nike is releasing two colorways for the Tekken Air Max 1; one of these is a variation of the Low Poly edition that first launched in 2024, which the outlet assumes is what King is wearing in dotswoosh’s video. A second version is expected to be revealed at a later date.
What’s more, King’s Tech Fleece ensemble suggests that a Tekken-themed apparel line could be on the way — but for now, we’ll just have to wait for Nike's official reveal.
While this isn’t the first time Tekken has partnered with Nike, it doesn’t make it any less fitting. Tekken fans will know that Kazuya — the series’ protagonist-turned-antagonist — is a huge sneakerhead. In fact, his hobby was listed as “collecting sneakers” in the official character booklet all the way back in Tekken 1. And in Tekken 8, he takes players on a brief tour of his insanely huge shoe closet.
If we’re going by King’s sweatpants and T-Shirt outfit from Tekken 3, it would be kind of a bummer if Nike didn’t make an official version of his shoes from the game. The black-and-white high-tops weren’t based on any real-life shoe at the time, though various merchandisers and clothing designers have made their own versions of the sneaker over the years.
Tekken has been doing some big collaborations lately, and another one is on the horizon. Yujiro Hanma, a popular character from the Baki franchise, is making his way to Tekken 8 in early 2027, while Reina, an original character from Tekken 8, is making her way to SNK’s Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.
For more Tekken news, check out our interview with Tekken 8’s producer, where we quizzed him on all things Yujiro and how the team plans on putting the “world’s strongest man” in a situation where he can feasibly be beaten.
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