Nintendo says The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Nintendo Switch 2 sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide during its first four days. The company confirmed the figure in a November 11 sales announcement, following the game’s global release on November 5, 2026.
Nintendo says this is the highest four-day worldwide sales total for any Nintendo-published Switch 2 game. The count includes physical and digital copies. That record is specific to Nintendo-published games on Switch 2; it does not establish an all-time sales record for the Zelda series or for every game released on the system.
Japan accounted for 810,000 copies of the reported total. Subtracting that figure from the worldwide count puts sales outside Japan at more than 4.39 million copies. Nintendo did not provide individual totals for the United States, Europe, or other markets, and it did not say how many buyers chose a download over a physical copy.
The new release is a full remake of the 1998 Nintendo 64 adventure, made for Switch 2. It follows Link as he moves between childhood and adulthood, with refreshed visuals and changes intended to make the original game easier to play today. Readers can find more on the release and gameplay changes in TechBonafide’s launch coverage. Nintendo also lists support for ZELDA NOTES, a companion feature in the Nintendo Switch App.
The opening result stands out against earlier sales figures. In Nintendo’s software sales table, Donkey Kong Bananza had reached 5.05 million copies worldwide as of September 30, 2026. The Ocarina of Time remake passed 5.2 million in four days, although those numbers cover different reporting periods and should not be used to claim it has outsold Bananza today.
For Switch 2 owners, the figures show how quickly a familiar series can attract players when it returns on new hardware. For game publishers and developers, the launch provides another example of demand for a classic title rebuilt for a modern console. That is an interpretation of Nintendo’s early sales data, not a company forecast for future games.
The company has not published a longer-term sales forecast for this remake in its announcement, nor has it said how much the launch affected Switch 2 console purchases. Strong game sales do not by themselves prove an increase in hardware sales. Readers looking into the system can review TechBonafide’s Nintendo Switch 2 console guide.
For now, Nintendo’s verified milestone is clear: more than 5.2 million physical and digital copies in four days, with a new opening-sales record among its Switch 2 releases. Future sales reports will show whether that strong start continues beyond launch week.
