Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Becomes Nintendo's Fastest-Selling Switch 2 Game at Launch
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake sold over 5.2 million units worldwide in its first four days on Switch 2, Nintendo announced, with…
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake launched on November 5 and sold over 5.2 million copies across physical and digital formats in its first four days on Switch 2. Of those sales, 810,000 came from Japan. Nintendo confirmed this marks the fastest four-day start for any Switch 2 game published by the company to date.
The remake, a full rebuild of the 1998 Nintendo 64 original, surpassed Donkey Kong Bananza's lifetime sales of 5.05 million units in just four days. For context, the Switch 2 console itself sold 3.5 million units during its first four days in June 2025, and the game's sales represent roughly one-fifth of the 26.35 million Switch 2 units Nintendo had shipped by late September.
The strong launch comes as Switch 2 hardware shipments declined 41 percent in the last quarter, though software sales continued to climb. The Ocarina of Time remake's performance differs from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which sold over 10 million units in three days on the original Switch in 2023, though that console had a significantly larger installed base at the time.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has been a huge success for Nintendo, becoming the fastest-selling Switch 2 game ever, shifting more than 5.2 million copies in four days. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake sold over 5.2 million units worldwide in its first four days on Switch 2, Nintendo announced, with 810,000 of those coming from Japan. According to Nintendo, that's the highest four-day global figure for any Nintendo-published Switch 2 game so far, and it counts both physical and digital copies. The remake, a full rebuild of the 1998 Nintendo 64 classic, launched on November 5. For a sense of scale, the Switch 2 console itself sold over 3.5 million units in its first four days back in June 2025.
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