A Zelda remake and a Godzilla brawler: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 is the best-reviewed game of the year, Godzilla Melee is back for $30, and what's free this week

Ocarina of Time on Switch 2: a real remake

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time came out on Switch 2 on Thursday, November 5. I've seen it described as an enhanced version in the Nintendo Switch Online N64 app. It isn't. It's a full remake, sold on its own, and you don't need a Switch Online membership to play it. The original N64 version is still in the Expansion Pack library if that's what you want. (Nintendo, Nintendo Life)

• Price: $59.99 digital, $69.99 for the cartridge. Launch copies have a textured foil cover. It's a 24.8 GB download. (Nintendo Life)
• What's new: rebuilt graphics and music, fully voiced cutscenes, a dash, jumping across gaps, a day and night cycle with new characters and enemies after dark, motion aiming for the bow and slingshot, and amiibo for masks. You can play the ocarina songs with buttons or by humming into the Switch 2's microphone, which I fully intend to do.
• What isn't new: Nintendo Life calls it a mostly one-to-one remake. Same dungeons, same story. If you've played it to death, this is the same game, much better looking.

And the reviews are excellent: 95 on OpenCritic with every critic recommending it, and 96 on Metacritic, the highest score of any game this year on both sites. (OpenCritic, TheGamer)

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is back

Atari released Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered on Tuesday, November 3, built by Pipeworks, the studio that made the 2002 original. It's on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Switch 2 and the original Switch, all at $29.99 digital. Physical copies from Atari are $29.99 on PS5 and $39.99 on Switch 2, and the Switch 2 cartridge has the whole game on it. (Steam, Toho Kingdom)

It's rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 with fully destructible cities, 12 monsters across 8 stages with day and night versions, a campaign for each monster, a new Destroy mode, online matchmaking and local co-op, and you can unlock monsters in any order now. One fan detail: the original Showa Mechagodzilla replaces the later one. Some coverage promised 60 frames per second, rollback netcode and crossplay. Atari's own materials say "4K" and don't mention any of the other three, so don't buy it counting on them.

Critics are fine with it, around 70 to 75 on Metacritic depending on platform, and players are much happier: 95% positive on Steam. That gap makes sense to me. It's a party game. It's best with three friends on a couch, and it's $30. (Metacritic)

And if you saw Godzilla Minus Zero this weekend and want more, this is the cheapest way to keep the mood going.

Also out this week

• Stellar Blade: Complete Edition on Switch 2 (Nov 5), the whole game on the cartridge, plus four free Bayonetta-style outfits. (RPG Site)
• World of Warcraft: Forever (Nov 4), included with a WoW subscription, but the new Skyborne race costs extra in a $29.99 pack. (Gagadget)
• Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School (Nov 5), day one on Game Pass, and a good pick if you play with a partner.

Free, or already paid for

• Epic Games Store: Flotsam is free to keep until Thursday, November 12 at 11 a.m. Eastern. Next week it's Knightica. (Worthplaying)
• Game Pass this week: Football Manager 27 on console, Warhammer Survivors and Tanuki: Pon's Summer on Tuesday, Thronefall and Hope in the City on Wednesday, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando on Thursday. On November 15, Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Piñata and Perfect Dark join the cheaper Essential tier, and GoldenEye 007 and Wreckfest leave. If GoldenEye is on your list, this is the week. (Gematsu)
• PS Plus: Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV to VI Remastered and Monster Train 2 are still claimable through November 30, as I wrote on Thursday.

Coming this week

Football Manager 27 on consoles and Shrek 2 Remastered on Tuesday, and on Thursday the Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Edition, a $9.99 upgrade if you own the original. Then GTA VI preloading starts Tuesday, ahead of its November 19 launch. I'll have a full guide to that on Tuesday morning. (Push Square, Nintendo Life)

If you buy one thing

Ocarina of Time, if you have a Switch 2. It's the rare remake that reviewers say improves on a classic without changing what made it one, and it's a good game to finish before GTA VI eats the rest of your year. If you don't have a Switch 2, grab Flotsam for free and spend the $30 on Godzilla for game night.

Verified November 7, 2026, from Nintendo, Nintendo Life, OpenCritic, Steam, Toho Kingdom, Metacritic, Gematsu and Push Square. Some coverage called Ocarina an enhanced Switch Online release and said the Godzilla remaster has 60fps, rollback netcode and crossplay; I couldn't confirm any of that. Prices are US.