The Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2 has sold over 5.2 million copies in its first four days, including 810,000 in Japan, becoming the fastest-selling Nintendo-published game on the console.
Nintendo has just shown its hand on the Ocarina of Time remake, and the numbers are absurd: over 5.2 million copies sold in the first four days on Nintendo Switch 2. The game launched on November 5, and the company confirmed the figure on November 11, counting both physical and digital copies. In plain terms, that is the fastest launch of any Nintendo-published title on its new console, worldwide and across the US, Canada and Latin America.
5.2 million in four days, and a chunk of it came from Japan
Of that 5.2 million, 810,000 were sold in Japan. To frame it: the remake has already beaten the lifetime sales of most Nintendo-published Switch 2 games, in four days. Compare it to the 1998 Nintendo 64 original, which sold around 7.6 million copies over its entire run — this remake has already clawed in roughly 70% of that total in under a week.
A 96 on Metacritic, priced like a remake should be
The game sits at a 96 on Metacritic, making it the highest-rated release of 2026 so far. And it’s a genuine full remake, not an upscale: reimagined visuals, a refreshed soundtrack and modernised gameplay, while keeping the time-travel structure between Young Link and Adult Link. Part of the pull is the price. It’s $59.99 digitally and about $70 for the physical cartridge. Physical stock vanished fast — Walmart and Amazon dried up and resellers popped up asking $92 and $115 — so if you want a cartridge, check Best Buy or Nintendo directly before paying a scalper.
The launch is moving consoles too
This isn’t just a software story. The The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 bundle fuelled the console’s best sales week of 2026 so far in the US, and hardware spending there jumped 81% year-on-year that week, per Circana data. Nintendo has now moved 26.35 million Switch 2 units, an install base that explains why one title can shift numbers this big.
What it means for your wallet
If you’re on the fence, the takeaway is simple: don’t expect a price cut soon. Nintendo rarely discounts its system-sellers, and almost never in a console’s first year. If you want the physical version, buy at official retail price ($59.99–$70) and don’t feed the resellers. If format doesn’t matter, the $59.99 digital version is the clean route. The one catch is access: it’s a Switch 2 exclusive, so there’s no older-gen version to fall back on — you need the new console, full stop.
Source: Nintendo press release (November 11, 2026) plus Circana and GameSpot reporting.
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