The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide in its first four days, Nintendo announced on November 11. That is the highest four-day global total for any Nintendo-published Switch 2 game so far.
The count covers physical and digital copies from the November 5 launch through the following four days. Japan accounts for 810,000 of them.
Japan bought 810,000 copies, and the rest of the world about 4.4 million
Take Japan out and roughly 4.4 million copies sold everywhere else in the same four days. Nintendo did not split the remaining total by region.
Nintendo also did not say how many of the 5.2 million were bundles or how the total compares with a specific earlier Switch 2 game. The only comparison it gave is the record itself: no Switch 2 game Nintendo has published sold more in its first four days.
A remake of a 1998 game is Nintendo’s fastest Switch 2 seller
The release calls the game a full remake of the Nintendo 64 original from 1998, with reimagined visuals and enhanced playability while keeping the original experience. Link still travels between two time periods as Young Link and Adult Link, using different items in each to move forward.
The remake also works with Zelda Notes, a feature in the Nintendo Switch App on phones that supports play. A free Nintendo Account is enough for it, and Nintendo says a paid Switch Online membership is not required.
The sales follow a strong launch week
The record lands after a busy run for the remake. It went on sale with a midnight launch with a foil cover and a free poster, and players soon pushed it past Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Metacritic’s user score. Nintendo also went back to the original game’s artist to draw the new map.
The four-day window closed on November 8, so these numbers do not include the second weekend or the holiday season ahead.
