As players make their way through the new Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, folks are also looking for any hint about what might come next. Specifically, Zelda fans are wondering if Nintendo might repeat what it did during the 3DS era and follow up its latest Ocarina of Time remake with one of the less-revered but arguably much cooler and more experimental N64 game The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. A 3DS remake of the sequel followed four years after the Ocarina of Time one, so it doesn’t seem an unreasonable next step. But is there anything in the Switch 2 version of Ocarina of Time that might hint at a Majora’s Mask remake? Yes and no.
Some of the “hints” players are pointing at were in the original Ocarina of Time, but they can still be read as hints toward Majora’s Mask. The original Majora’s Mask launched just two years after Ocarina of Time in 2000, and the game reuses a fair bit of Ocarina’s assets and character models, so a few of the characters that would appear in a hypothetical Majora’s Mask remake are in Ocarina of Time. The primary antagonist in Majora’s Mask is a Skull Kid and they appear in Ocarina, as does the Happy Mask Salesman, who is also a central character in the sequel.
Comments made by the Skull Kid in the Ocarina of Time remake have spawned discussion around a potential Majora’s Mask remake, but as others have pointed out, the dialogue people are pointing to references a quest within Ocarina of Time, though if you haven’t played the game in a while, you might think it’s a direct nod to the events of Majora’s Mask.
#OcarinaOfTime remake spoilers
Oh Majora's Mask is DEFINITELY getting a remake lol
Skull Kid mentioning how he ''feels his face is missing something and wants it to be more original'' (Majora's mask duh) and the aura of the Happy Mask Salesman
100% happening. No doubt pic.twitter.com/DqErZNWOeQ
— 🎄☃️ ݁ ˖ Falco² ˖ ݁ ˖ ݁ #SB2isSL2 🐯🎁❄️ (@WhiteTigerDoll) November 5, 2026
When the player meets a Skull Kid in the Lost Woods, he mentions that he feels like his face is “missing something” and wonders if there’s anything that could “fix” this feeling of emptiness. At first blush, you might think this is a reference to the Skull Kid who acquires Majora’s Mask in the sequel, but it’s actually just a reference to an Ocarina of Time questline in which you bring him the Skull Mask.
EEEEEE so cutie https://t.co/VD4okvNdCn pic.twitter.com/AnfmMXoGgZ
— Davi (@mariocraft31) November 6, 2026
The Happy Mask Salesman’s look, meanwhile, might include a more subtle hint that a Majora’s Mask remake is in the works. Link meets this guy in both Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask, but his design gets a slight update in the N64 sequel, likely because he goes from an innocuous NPC to a supporting character. And it turns out, his model in the Ocarina of Time remake carries some of those changes originally made for Majora’s Mask, including golden bangles that he originally began sporting when he was upgraded to a member of the main cast.
Another piece of evidence for a potential Majoras Mask remake?
They gave him his gold Bracelets that he's only worn in MM, not OoT. #Zelda pic.twitter.com/GGprxkOaY4
— Mighty (@MightyGazelle1) November 6, 2026
There are some other minor changes in the Ocarina of Time remake that some think might be a hint that Majora’s Mask is coming. Majora’s Mask operates on a three-day cycle with characters having routines they play out over the course of each day. The Ocarina of Time remake updates the original’s day/night cycle, which previously froze when you entered towns and dungeons. Now, time flows regardless of what you’re doing, similar to Majora’s Mask. This may just be Nintendo wanting to make Ocarina of Time feel more like a living world than it used to, but it is enough to get the gears turning.
“I am quite literally 10 minutes into the OoT Switch 2 remake and am just blown away by the detail and beauty of this game,” a redditor writes. “Truly the developers of this remake put their entire heart and soul into this. It immediately has me wanting to see Majora’s Mask reimagined with this style. I so badly want to hear remastered tunes in Ikana Canyon and see the mask transformations with these powerful graphics. I am having Déjà vu because I made a post just like this when OoT 3DS came out years ago… I truly believe it is inevitable they’ll remake MM with this engine. They know it’ll sell and they know we will want it even more after we have had our fun with this new remake.”
“Unless Nintendo is stupid they are already working on it,” another replies.
If a Majora’s Mask remake is coming, it is likely also being worked on alongside the next mainline Zelda game. Tears of the Kingdom is only three years old, and as of late, there’s usually a five- or six-year gap between new Zelda games. A Majora’s Mask remake could give Zelda fans another trip back to the series’ past while we wait for the next glimpse of its future.
