Weekend Gaming Events in Paris Following the Zelda Remake Release
Following the November 5, 2026, launch of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for the Nintendo Switch 2, the French Karé restaurant near Opéra in Paris is hosting a dedicated fan weekend on November 7 and 8, 2026. Players can bring their consoles to the venue at 10 rue de Port-Mahon to play at their tables between 15h and 18h.
The event falls right in the middle of a broader commercial wave for Nintendo, which released the title to mark the saga’s 40th anniversary. Fans took time off on release morning or broke open their piggy banks to get the game, with one player spending 520 euros in total on hardware and collector items like the special Nintendo 64-format box, sold flat and to be assembled, designed to recreate the original box and house the Switch 2 game. Nate Bihldorff, senior vice president in charge of product development and publishing at Nintendo, suggested that other major classics could receive remakes similar to the Ocarina of Time one, adding that new games and remakes both have their place at Nintendo and are of equal importance.
Menus, Savings, and Save-File Rewards at French Karé
During the afternoon gaming slots, the Paris restaurant serves a goûter formula priced at 9 euros that includes a dessert and a house drink. Regular lunch and dinner service remains dedicated to meals, featuring items such as a cheese croquette curry at 16 euros and a pre-sale menu at 22.50 euros that requires a reserved slot.
Players who bring their physical or digital copies and show their save file at the cash register can unlock rewards tied to their in-game progress. A separate prize draw is open to adults on site without any purchase requirement, with entry slips collected until the event concludes on Sunday evening. Visitors can also attend without a Nintendo Switch 2 simply to dine, as the gathering is organized independently of Nintendo.
Remake Retains Classic Structure While Shifting Collectible Locations
The new version arrives 28 years after the 1998 Nintendo 64 original, which retains the best rating ever awarded on Metacritic, a 99 out of 100. The remake itself achieved a 97 percent average on the review aggregator. Retaining the structure of the original adventure, the updated release preserves the total count of 36 Heart Pieces while shifting several locations, such as removing the Ice Cavern fragment and adding new ones in Hyrule Field and Death Mountain Crater. Two Business Scrubs also sell fragments for 100 rupees each.
As a hardware sales driver, the title is compatible only with the Switch 2, released last year, leaving players faithful to the older console with little choice but to move to the new machine. Raphaël Hernandez, gaming buyer at Fnac-Darty, said the title is precisely what fans were waiting for — a console driver — and should also help convince younger generations still hesitant to invest in the Switch 2. The weekend gatherings in the French capital offer a physical space for those players to meet as they work through the updated Hyrule.
