Nintendo reports 5.2 million Ocarina of Time remake sales in four days

This is a new development in a story we reported earlier: Nintendo reveals Switch 2 Ocarina integration in Ocarina of Time remake trailer.

Nintendo announced on November 11, 2026 that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake sold more than 5.2 million units worldwide in four days after launching on November 5, 2026, making it the fastest-selling Nintendo-published game on Switch 2.

The figure includes 810,000 copies sold in Japan and counts both physical and digital sales. The game launched exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo’s internal sales data also identifies the remake as the fastest-selling Nintendo-published Switch 2 game in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

Mario Kart World has sold 16.48 million copies on Switch 2 to date, outselling the remake’s four-day total and making it the platform’s best-selling Nintendo-published game. The remake sold about one third as many units in four days as Mario Kart World has sold in total. It is unclear whether Mario Kart World’s sales include units from Switch 2 bundles sold around the console’s launch.

Other first-party Switch 2 titles have sold fewer copies over a longer period. As of September 30, 2026, Donkey Kong Bananza had sold 5.05 million copies and Pokémon Pokopia had sold 4.04 million copies on the platform. Metro cites these figures alongside Ocarina of Time’s four-day sales to compare the remake’s performance with other Switch 2 titles.

In the United Kingdom, the remake sold approximately 35% more physical copies in its opening week than Breath of the Wild did in 2017, making it the UK’s second-biggest Zelda launch and the country’s biggest physical game launch of 2026. In France, it sold more than 250,000 physical copies in three days, the country’s biggest retail game launch of 2026.

Rockstar’s GTA 6 had already racked up nearly 8 million sales from pre-orders across PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S ahead of its November 19, 2026 launch. The game is set to launch worldwide on that date, and players who pre-ordered can pre-load it. Metro notes GTA 6 will likely outsell Zelda but might not match its Metacritic score.

“I didn’t expect to be so moved,” Hilliard said. The remake holds a 96 score on Metacritic, according to Metro’s report of Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick congratulating Nintendo on the game’s high rating, and Zelnick said, “It’s terrific, and they should be very proud of the title.”

Polygon described the remake as the Switch 2’s most visually impressive game, running at a stable 60 frames per second with detailed textures, painterly lighting and animated cinematics. Producer Eiji Aonuma said the visual style came from a young art director who wanted a nostalgic look inspired by puppet shows.

The remake is Nintendo’s second remake of the original 1998 Nintendo 64 game. The original The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time launched on the Nintendo 64 in 1998 and is widely regarded as one of the most influential games ever made. It is part of the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary celebration marking four decades since the first game launched in Japan in 1986, with other games, products and a concert tour beginning in 2027. A live-action Legend of Zelda film will debut in theaters worldwide on April 30, 2027.

The remake is compatible with ZELDA NOTES, a companion service accessible through the Nintendo Switch App that provides gameplay features. It adds gameplay modernizations such as power and weapon cycling borrowed from Breath of the Wild. The full remake features reimagined visuals, orchestral music, voice acting, expanded cutscenes and reworked camera and movement controls. Gaming Age describes Link’s journey across Hyrule spanning two different eras as part of the remake built for a new generation.

Mashable reported that major story cutscenes feature full voice acting for every character except Link, and that the day/night cycle lengthens and is now universal rather than turning off in towns. The hookshot can no longer grapple onto Kakariko Village’s rooftops, with many grapple points changed from natural features to marked targets. The remake removes first-person aiming for items like the hookshot, bow and boomerang; the camera now sits behind Link with gyro controls as an option.

Game Informer notes that the Mario Kart series typically holds the top sales spot and that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the best-selling game on the original Nintendo Switch. The outlet adds that Ocarina of Time could one day overtake Mario Kart World if it maintains its current sales pace.