The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has become the fastest-selling Nintendo-published game on the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo announced that the remake sold over 5.2 million units worldwide in its first four days, a pace no other Nintendo-published Switch 2 title has matched globally or in its biggest markets.
The figure covers the four days following the game's global launch on November 5, and it is drawn from Nintendo's internal sales data, counting both digital and physical sales. The remake set the fastest-selling record not just worldwide but also in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
The launch trailer Nintendo released for the remake can be watched below:
The game is a full remake of the original The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, first released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. Link's journey spans the land of Hyrule across two different eras, rebuilt here with reimagined visuals, orchestral music, voice acting and expanded cutscenes, along with a reworked camera and movement controls. Nintendo positions the remake as a perfect entry point into the series for a new generation, as well as a homecoming for players who first crossed Hyrule Field nearly three decades ago.
Few games carry a legacy like the one being remade. The 1998 original was the series' first step into 3D, introducing the target-lock system that action games still build on, and it sold more than seven million copies on the Nintendo 64 on its way to being routinely ranked among the greatest video games ever made. A first remake, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, brought the adventure to the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, which makes this Switch 2 version the second time Nintendo has rebuilt the classic for new hardware — and by some distance the fastest start any version of it has ever had.
The numbers also say something about the hardware it launched on. The Switch 2 has been on the market since June 2025, and its library's early sales story was written by Nintendo's own franchises. A Zelda remake outselling every Nintendo-published release before it, in four days, shows the anniversary year is landing exactly as Nintendo planned — with Hyrule, rather than a brand-new title, leading the console's second holiday season.
The remake's arrival is also the centerpiece of a much bigger year for the franchise. It forms part of the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary celebration, marking four decades since the first game in the series launched in Japan in 1986, and the celebration also includes a worldwide concert tour beginning in 2027 and the live-action The Legend of Zelda film.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is available now for the Nintendo Switch 2, and the live-action film is set to arrive in theaters on April 30, 2027.
