Nintendo's Ocarina of Time remake sells 5.2 million copies in four days

Published 11 Nov 2026 · Games Atlas Editorial · Commercial Performance Milestone · Companies: Nintendo

Games Atlas summary: Nintendo's Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake sold over 5.2 million copies worldwide in its first four days. That total includes 810,000 units sold in Japan since the November 5 release. Nintendo confirms it is the biggest four-day launch of any Nintendo-published Switch 2 game to date. The remake's opening pace already nears the lifetime sales totals of its own predecessors.

Heritage IP outperforms its own history

• Ocarina of Time remake moved 5.2 million units in four days.
• The original N64 version sold 7.6 million copies across its entire lifetime.
• Ocarina of Time 3D reached 6.44 million lifetime sales on 3DS.
• A single opening weekend now sits within reach of both legacy totals.

Zelda remains Nintendo's most reliable hardware driver

• Tears of the Kingdom sold over 10 million copies in three days on Switch, a series record.
• Breath of the Wild sold 3.84 million units across Switch and Wii U in its March 2017 launch month.
• Ocarina of Time remake's four-day total already exceeds Breath of the Wild's full launch-month result.
• Three straight Zelda releases, remake or original, have each outsold the hardware cycle they launched into.

Sources

• Zelda Ocarina of Time remake sells 5.2 million copies in four days to break Switch 2 record - Dexerto (dexerto.com)