The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is setting records for Nintendo, with the return to Link's 1998 adventure having the company's most successful Switch 2 game launch yet.
Specifically, as confirmed in a press release today, the Ocarina of Time Switch 2 remake surpassed 5.2 million sales within four days of launch. That accounts for both digital and physical copies, though the exact split isn't reported – I'd be curious to know how many fans opted for the latter to secure one of those gorgeous foil covers.
Of that 5.2 million, 810,000 came from Japan. In total, "this is the highest global sales for any Nintendo-published Nintendo Switch 2 game in its first four days," Nintendo says.
To put it into perspective, the delightful Pokemon life sim Pokopia sold 2.2 million copies in its first four days when it launched earlier this year, which was enough to beat the lifetime sales of many spin-offs that had come before it. Even so, that's not even half of what Ocarina of Time remake has managed at launch. Meanwhile, initial Switch 2 system-seller Mario Kart World had sold 5.63 million units by the end of June 2025, its first month of launch – while still a plentiful number, it clearly didn't reach it fast enough to beat Zelda.
Ocarina of Time's sales are so huge, in fact, that it's already beaten the lifetime sales of the majority of Nintendo-published Switch 2 games. Looking at the data as of the end of September, the only one it's not surpassed is Mario Kart World, which has now reached 16.48 million sales. Donkey Kong Bananza has been left in the dust with its 5.05 million, as has Pokemon Legends: Z-A's Switch 2 version with 4.04 million sales, and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave with its 1.34 million by the end of its first month. Pokopia shows 4.04 million total sales, but this is likely higher in reality, as the figure doesn't include data from Japan, Nintendo notes.
The Zelda remake's success is hardly surprising. Beyond the fact that this is a beautiful new version of one of the most beloved and well-regarded games of all time, Nintendo had already indicated that copies were flying off the shelves when president Shuntaro Furukawa said that it was "off to a great start."
One analyst also previously reported that the Ocarina of Time remake had the UK's second biggest launch for a Zelda game based on physical sales, reaching a number so large that it's the country's biggest-selling physical game of the year. It's almost like people love buying a hard copy of a game in a box they can keep forever, huh?
If you're not yet sold on the game, be sure to check out our Ocarina of Time remake review to find out why everyone is raving about it.
