Nintendo says its Switch 2 remake of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide in its first four days, the best start of any Nintendo-published Switch 2 game.
The figure counts physical and digital copies from the 5 November launch, and 810,000 of them were sold in Japan. Nintendo has not split the rest by region or by format, so there is no way to tell how many buyers chose a cartridge over a download.
Nintendo’s release gives only the four-day total, with no comparison to earlier games. The claim of a record is limited to Nintendo’s own Switch 2 titles, not third-party games and not older consoles.
This is a ground-up rebuild of the 1998 Nintendo 64 classic, with new visuals and smoother controls. Link still hops between his child and adult years, and gear from each era is needed to finish the quest. It also works with Zelda Notes, a feature in the Nintendo Switch app that is free with a Nintendo Account and does not need a Nintendo Switch Online membership.
The release adds that Nintendo has now sold more than 6.2 billion games and over 870 million hardware units since it began making consoles.
The launch has already produced a few stories of its own, including a report about Master Quest data found in the game files. The title shipped worldwide on one day, so the four-day window covers the same days everywhere. Nintendo’s next sales update will show whether the pace holds past the first week.
