Ocarina of Time Remake Is Already One of Switch 2’s Best-Selling Games

Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide during its first four days, establishing a new launch record for a Nintendo-published Switch 2 game.

The total includes physical and digital copies sold between the remake’s November 5 release and November 8. Approximately 810,000 copies were sold in Japan, leaving nearly 4.4 million across the rest of the world.

Those numbers immediately place Ocarina of Time among the biggest games in the Switch 2 library and the year as a whole. Nintendo’s latest published figures list Mario Kart World at 16.48 million copies and Donkey Kong Bananza at 5.05 million as of September 30, meaning the Zelda remake surpassed Bananza’s reported lifetime total in less than a week. 

Pokémon Pokopia is slightly more complicated. Nintendo reports 4.04 million copies because its consolidated figure only includes territories outside Japan, where Nintendo publishes the game. The Pokémon Company handles its Japanese release, so Pokopia’s complete worldwide total is higher. Ocarina of Time has nevertheless decisively beaten Pokopia’s launch pace: the Pokémon life simulator sold 2.2 million copies during its own first four days.

Mario Kart World remains far ahead overall, helped considerably by copies bundled with Switch 2 hardware and being the one big new title for the system's launch window last year. However, Ocarina of Time almost matched its earliest reported total in considerably less time. Mario Kart World had sold 5.63 million copies by June 30, 25 days after launching alongside the console, while the Zelda remake reached 5.2 million in four days. Mario Kart’s figure also included bundled units.

The launch is even more remarkable when compared with the size of the platform's install base. Nintendo sold 26.35 million Switch 2 systems by September 30, so Ocarina of Time’s four-day sales are equivalent to nearly one copy for every five consoles in circulation before launch.

It is not the fastest Nintendo game ever, however. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sold 10 million copies in three days on the original Switch, while Pokémon Scarlet and Violet reached the same figure over an identical period. Both games benefited from the original Switch’s enormous established audience, whereas Ocarina of Time launched when Switch 2 had only been available for approximately 17 months.

Its pace is nevertheless well ahead of several other major Switch launches. Super Mario Bros. Wonder needed two weeks to sell 4.3 million copies, while the 2019 Link’s Awakening remake shipped 3.13 million by the end of its first ten days. Animal Crossing: New Horizons reached 11.77 million in 11 days, although that release became an exceptional cultural phenomenon during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ocarina of Time also compares favorably with some of the current console generation’s biggest releases on other platforms. God of War Ragnarök sold 5.1 million copies in five days across PS4 and PS5, placing it almost directly alongside the Zelda remake. Monster Hunter Wilds was faster with eight million copies in three days, while Hogwarts Legacy moved 12 million across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S during its first two weeks. 

Compare that to Marvel's Wolverine from Insomniac on PlayStation 5, which only sold approximately 2.4 million units in its first two months.

Those comparisons are not completely equivalent. Some publishers report copies shipped to retailers rather than directly sold to customers, multiplatform games have access to much larger audiences, and hardware bundles can substantially increase totals. Even with those qualifications, 5.2 million copies in four days makes Ocarina of Time one of the fastest-selling single-platform releases of the generation so far.

The number also represents almost 70% of the original Nintendo 64 game’s estimated 7.6 million lifetime sales. The remake accomplished that in a single launch weekend, nearly three decades after the original adventure debuted.

Its commercial performance follows an equally impressive critical reception. The remake launched with a 96 Metascore, making it the highest-rated game of 2026. Nintendo rebuilt its environments and presentation while adding manual jumping, sprinting, free camera control, voice acting, orchestral music, updated cutscenes, and numerous playability improvements.

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