Datamine points to Master Quest returning as DLC in the Ocarina of Time remake
Dataminers digging through the Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time say they have found the framework for Master Quest hidden in the game’s files. Dataminer MrCheeze posted strings linking the tag “MQ” to dungeons such as Dodongo’s Cavern, including entries like “HasMQ”, “IsMQModeExist” and “ReleaseMQ”, while fellow dataminer OatmealDome reports the mode will be unlocked by owning DLC rather than arriving as a free update, with the world mirrored and dungeons modified — cows in Jabu-Jabu’s Belly among them. Both stress the data is incomplete, and the files could equally be leftovers from a scrapped feature. Nintendo has announced no DLC for the remake, and when IGN asked producer Eiji Aonuma about Master Quest, he said he did not think Nintendo “would announce anything specific at this time”.
Sources: Video Games Chronicle — Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 could be getting Master Quest DLC, 9 Nov · TweakTown — Ocarina of Time remake may bring back Master Quest as paid DLC, dataminers suggest, 9 Nov