Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Sells 5.2 Million Copies in Just Four Days
Turns out millions of people were ready to get lost in the Water Temple again.
Hyrule is having a very good week. Nintendo says The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 sold more than 5.2 million units worldwide in its first four days, according to an official Nintendo announcement. That number counts both physical and digital copies.
The remake launched on November 5, and Nintendo says it is now the fastest-selling Nintendo-published Switch 2 game in the world. It holds the same record in the U.S., Canada and Latin America, so this isn't one region carrying the whole launch.
How big is 5.2 million copies in four days?
It's a massive number for any game, and it's even more impressive for a remake of a game that first came out on the Nintendo 64 in 1998. Bloomberg reported the figure on Wednesday as one of the strongest starts of the Switch 2 era.
The UK numbers back it up. The remake had the second-biggest launch week for any Zelda game there, selling about 33% more physical copies than Breath of the Wild at launch, according to My Nintendo News. Tears of the Kingdom still holds the top spot with more than twice as many.
What's new in the Ocarina of Time remake?
Nintendo calls it a full remake of the original game. It has reimagined visuals, an orchestral soundtrack, voice acting, longer cutscenes and reworked camera and movement controls, and it sells for $59.99 on Switch 2.
Series producer Eiji Aonuma has already said the remake has the best version of the Water Temple the series has ever had. Dataminers have also found files that hint at Master Quest DLC with a mirrored Hyrule, although Nintendo hasn't announced anything.
What else is coming for Zelda's 40th anniversary?
The remake is part of The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary, which marks four decades since the first game launched in Japan in 1986. Nintendo is also planning a worldwide concert tour of the series' music starting in 2027, and the live-action Legend of Zelda movie is due in theaters on April 30, 2027.
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My read is that this proves how much people wanted a real remake of Ocarina of Time, and a simple port would never have pulled numbers like these. A lot of these players were kids in 1998, and now they get to share Hyrule with their own kids on the same day. That's a bigger deal than any sales chart, and it gives Nintendo every reason to keep remaking classics with this much care. (Majora's Mask next, please. We'll bring our own moon.)
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