A fan has recreated the GTA 6 launch trailer using GTA 5, offering a stark visual comparison that underscores the graphical leap between the two games. The recreation comes as Rockstar's marketing for GTA 6 has intensified over the past month, with soundtrack reveals and censored advertisements appearing worldwide.
The GTA 6 launch trailer was released over a month before the game's November 19 launch. While it didn't showcase much that was new, it effectively highlighted the game's cinematic presentation. Although GTA 6 feels like it offers relatively little new gameplay-wise over GTA 5, the visual upgrade is considerable.
Fan Recreation Highlights Differences
YouTuber GearOS Plays recreated the GTA 6 launch trailer using GTA 5. The two games are set in different open world sandboxes, but the footage mirrors the new game by using similar looking locales and environments. The recreation is also humorous, featuring the awkward stilted bathroom sex scene of Michael and his wife Amanda, and a ragdoll jump into a swimming pool.
While GTA 5 remains impressive in terms of its scope, the comparison makes it clear how advanced GTA 6 is. GTA 5 originally launched on September 17, 2013, on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, making it from two console generations ago.
Other Nostalgic Trailer Moves
By coincidence, this Christmas's other big name game, the Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake for Switch 2, has also decided to replicate the previous game's trailer. An official new video mimics TV ads for the original on the Nintendo 64, which aired before YouTube existed in 1998. The 'Art thou ready?' trailer is only 30 seconds long, harkening back to old Nintendo 64 promotional material, with footage interspersed with old fashioned text on a flaming wall backdrop.
This is slightly incongruous now, because while the Great Deku Tree used to speak with a lot of thous and thees, what's been shown of the remake so far has him using more standard dialogue. Many might remember the old trailer was actually deeply sexist, with the tagline, 'Willst thou get the girl? Or play like one?' This was considered bizarrely inappropriate even at the time, but back then Nintendo UK still relied on third party company THE Games for distribution of its games and hardware, only taking over properly themselves some years later.
The tagline was later changed to 'Willst thou soar? Or willst thou suck?' for very obvious reasons, but it's strange that Nintendo would want to remind people of the whole ordeal, even indirectly. The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake is set to come out on Switch 2 on November 5, 2026.
