Zelda remake sells 5.2 million copies in four days
Nintendo reports a new sales record for a first-party game on the Switch 2.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo Switch 2 sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide in its first four days. Nintendo calls this the best worldwide opening result for a Switch 2 game published by the company.
Nintendo says it released the remake worldwide on 5 November. According to the company, more than 5.2 million copies had been sold four days later. Of those, 810,000 copies were sold in Japan.
Nintendo describes the game as a full remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which, according to the company, originally appeared on the Nintendo 64 in 1998. Nintendo says the player controls Link, who travels between two eras in the story.
The sales figures come from a corporate statement by Nintendo. In that statement, the company does not distinguish between digital and physical sales. Nintendo also provides no regional breakdown outside Japan and does not state how many copies were sold in hardware bundles.
Nintendo says the game has the highest worldwide sales figure in its first four days of all games it has published for the Switch 2. This is a comparison within Nintendo’s own releases and does not automatically say anything about the total games market or sales by other publishers.
The strong start underlines the commercial value of well-known game series during the transition to new hardware. At the same time, its long-term significance remains uncertain: opening sales can be strongly influenced by fans who buy immediately upon release. No figures on that are available after four days.
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All concrete sales figures and the record claim have been checked against Nintendo’s own publication. The limited verifiability of company-reported sales figures has been explicitly noted.
- confirmed The game sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide in four days. — Nintendo reports 5.2 million copies sold after four days. source
- confirmed 810,000 copies were sold in Japan. — Nintendo reports this regional figure. source
- confirmed It is the best opening result for a Nintendo-published Switch 2 game. — Nintendo makes this comparison itself. source
Editor's note
The sales figures and the comparison with other Switch 2 games come from Nintendo’s own statement. Independent verification of the figures and a broader market comparison are lacking.Sources
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