Everything Announced During Zelda's 40th Anniversary Direct

Published Sep 8, 2026, 10:20 AM EDT Joshua Robertson is an editor for TheGamer, having working in news, guides, features, and reviews since 2022. They have written thousands of news stories, ranging from industry-breaking events, to smaller, more personal community pieces, and have covered several high-profile showcases such as The Game Awards and Nintendo Directs. Joshua is considered an expert in soulslikes, horror, JRPGs and everything Final Fantasy, having written extensive coverage for massively popular online titles like Final Fantasy 14. Sign in to your TheGamer account For Nintendo fans, this week is turning out to be a big one. Not only do we have a full-blown Nintendo Direct taking place tomorrow, Nintendo decided to put on a pretty massive pre-show consisting of nothing but The Legend of Zelda, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the series in pretty spectacular style. Now that the show has arrived, here's everything that was shown off during the event, updated live for your convenience. Everything Announced For The Legend Of Zelda's 40th Birthday Nintendo Reminds Everyone That A Movie Exists While you thought that this would be a pretty good reason to show off a fancy trainer for The Legend of Zelda's big live action movie, Nintendo thought otherwise. The company did recognize that it's a thing that exists, telling us that The Legend of Zelda movie will be titled... The Legend of Zelda, but that's about it. We're Getting A Legend of Zelda Concert Series After the movie nonsense, it was announced that a series of concerts will be held for The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary, starting in Japan before moving on to North America, Europe, and Australia. Ocarina Of Time Got A Massive Gameplay Trailer Of course, it would have been even weirder if we hadn't got any Ocarina of Time remake news, and thankfully, Nintendo delivered on that front. To start with, we got a pretty massive gameplay trailer, giving us a look at the game properly for the first time and how it actually looks like running. We got to see new mechanics to OoT, such as jumping and full camera movement, as well as the return of that classic Zelda combat and a dungeon within the Great Deku Tree. Systems Released 2026 Developer(s) Nintendo Publisher(s) Nintendo Franchise The Legend of Zelda Number of Players Single-player Genre(s) RPG, Action, Adventure