The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide in its first four days on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo announced on November 11, 2026. That is roughly two-thirds of what the original Nintendo 64 game sold in its entire life.
The remake launched globally on November 5, and Nintendo says it is now the fastest-selling Nintendo-published game on Switch 2, both worldwide and in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. The count comes from the company’s internal data and includes physical and digital copies.
A 1998 record that took years to build
When Ocarina of Time reached North American stores on November 23, 1998, it was already an event. According to The Strong National Museum of Play, it collected more than 500,000 preorders in the U.S. and passed one million copies sold in under a week.
Reaching its final total still took years. The Strong puts the N64 game’s lifetime sales at more than 7.6 million worldwide, and Guinness World Records lists the same figure as of March 2018.
The remake covered about 68% of that distance in four days.
It already passed the last remake’s count
This is not the first time Nintendo has rebuilt the game. The 2011 Nintendo 3DS version, Ocarina of Time 3D, had sold 5.18 million units as of March 2018, per Guinness. The Switch 2 version topped that number in four days.
Comparing eras has limits. The 1998 total counts cartridges sold over many years, while today’s number also includes digital downloads.
A rebuild aimed at new players
The remake is not a simple port. Nintendo lists reimagined visuals, orchestral music, voice acting, expanded cutscenes, and reworked camera and movement controls, and it pitches the game as an entry point for players new to the series. It sells for $59.99 on Nintendo’s U.S. store.
The timing helps too. The release is part of The Legend of Zelda’s 40th anniversary, which marks four decades since the first game launched in Japan in 1986. Nintendo has a worldwide concert tour planned for 2027 and a live-action Zelda film opening in theaters on April 30, 2027.
Watch Nintendo’s next sales update to see whether the remake passes the original’s 7.6 million.
