Nintendo has announced sales numbers for the Ocarina of Time remake and they're huge!
In the first four days, 5.2 million units have been sold worldwide. This is the fastest selling Switch 2 game in the United States and around the entire world.
Quote From Nintendo In the first four days following its global launch on Nov. 5, the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time game for the Nintendo Switch 2 system sold over 5.2 million units worldwide, making it the fastest-selling Nintendo-published Nintendo Switch 2 game globally and in the U.S., Canada and Latin America
We also have learned that from these numbers, 810,000 units are from Japan.
Quote From Nintendo Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto, Minami-ku, Japan; President and Representative Director: Shuntaro Furukawa, “Nintendo” hereafter) announced that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 5.2 million units worldwide (including 810,000 units sold in Japan) in the first four days following its launch on November 5, 2026.
This is the highest global sales for any Nintendo-published Nintendo Switch 2 game in its first four days*
Compared to the original Ocarina of Time launch back in 1998, Japanese players purchased 920,000 copies on the N64 in 1998 (5 weeks realistically) and the United States saw 1 million sales in the first week alone with over 500,000 pre-orders. The Switch 2 install base is obviously much higher than the N64, and we see games being a more affordable and common form of media in 2026 which when also combined with Zelda being one of the most recognizable media properties and a remake of a highly successful game, yeah, it makes sense at why we see these crushing numbers.
By the year 2000, Ocarina of Time on N64 had sold 7.6 Million copies and is the last known sales number for the cartridge. I think it's safe to say we'll see the remake hit those numbers real soon.
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