Ocarina of Time remake runs on PS5

Just one unoptimized, unstable frame sequence, proof that the remake’s code can execute outside Nintendo’s walled garden. This isn’t emulation of the original N64 version. It’s the remake: rebuilt assets, new lighting engine, reanimated cutscenes, all running, barely, on Sony silicon. The PS5 setup requires the July 13.60 firmware, the last version compatible with EglantinePS5.

That’s a hard stop: newer firmware blocks the exploit, but also locks users out of PSN, multiplayer, and the PlayStation Store. So testers face a binary choice, stay offline and run Zelda, or go online and lose access to everything else. Meanwhile, the ns2jb jailbreak for Switch 2, confirmed just days ago, enabled the initial dump.

Without it, there would be no ROM to load into EglantinePS5. That exploit gives full filesystem access, letting users extract games directly from retail cartridges or eShop installs. It’s how Pokémon Pokopia, another Switch 2 title, already runs at 60 fps on the same PS5 emulator, with working saves and controls.

Ocarina of Time’s struggles aren’t about the emulator’s capability. They’re about scale: its asset pipeline, shader complexity, and memory layout don’t translate cleanly across CPU architectures, ARM-based Switch 2 versus x86-64 PS5. Nintendo has not commented. Sony has not commented.

Neither company is required to. But the timing matters: this is the first major Switch 2 title to leak into the wild and boot elsewhere within hours of launch. The original Switch saw similar cracks, but never this fast, never this soon after day one. What happens next?

Firmware updates will come, likely within days. EglantinePS5 developers say they’re optimizing. The community will dissect the dump. And Nintendo’s anti-piracy team will almost certainly accelerate work on Switch 2’s next security layer.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake remains exclusive to Switch 2, for now. Its presence on PS5 is a technical curiosity, not a consumer option. But it’s a signal: the Switch 2’s security model is already under pressure. And the clock on its exclusivity window may have just started ticking, backward.