Ocarina of Time is even better if you use a smartphone app

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Hey there, buddy." data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/20261110-01M74FRERRH793DQ734KTJM2FA-061DB0ED-ACA3-47E5-8CA3-6B3B776C2354.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Hey there, buddy. </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I never liked hunting for Golden Skulltulas in <em>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time</em>. The game has 100 of them tucked all over Hyrule, and even over my many hours with the N64 classic growing up, I can't remember ever actually finding all of them, or even <em>wanting</em> to. Jumping into <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1025415/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-review-nintendo-switch-2">the <em>Ocarina of Time</em> remake</a>, I expected to ignore the Golden Skulltulas once again. But while poking around Nintendo's Zelda Notes companion app, I discovered that its maps are a huge help to tracking down all of the elusive golden spiders - and pretty much every other collectible in the game - and now I find myself constantly opening up the app to make sure I haven't …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1031321/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-notes-app-gold-skulltula">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>