Ocarina of Time passes 5.2 million sales in four days
Japan accounts for 810,000 copies of the Switch 2 remake. Nintendo’s new launch record compares its own games over their first four days.
Nintendo says The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide in the first four days after its November 5 launch. Of the games Nintendo has published for Switch 2, none sold more in its opening four days. Nintendo announced the figure on November 11. Nintendo’s sales announcement
What went into the count
A boxed copy and a download both count toward the total. Nintendo combines the two formats in its announcement and gives one worldwide figure. Within that worldwide total, Nintendo reports 810,000 copies sold in Japan. Adding those copies to 5.2 million would count them twice. The company gives neither a US total nor a cartridge-to-download split.
The timing matters as much as the number. November 5 was launch day. Nintendo headquarters shared its result on November 11 and Nintendo Singapore repeated the worldwide figure on November 13. The four-day window had already closed by the time the announcement appeared. Anyone comparing a second game against this one needs its first four days of sales, too. A launch-week total would give that game a longer run. Nintendo’s regional breakdown and format footnote · November 13 regional release
Which record did Zelda set?
Nintendo draws the comparison around the games it published for Switch 2. A third-party release on the same console falls outside that group. So does a Nintendo release for the original Switch. The announcement gives no runner-up figure, leaving the margin between first and second unknown.
That distinction matters for a game with this much history. The original Ocarina of Time arrived on Nintendo 64 in 1998. The edition in this count is the full Switch 2 remake, in which Link explores Hyrule as a child and an adult. Nintendo counts sales of that edition during its opening four days. Earlier versions belong to a different sales history. Nintendo’s edition and comparison details
See which Ocarina of Time this is
One detail makes the remake easy to spot. Link can still play his ocarina with button inputs, and players can also hum a learned tune into the Switch 2 microphone. Nintendo’s October overview trailer shows the new edition in motion. It is a handy companion if the sales news brought you back to a game you last played on Nintendo 64. Nintendo’s game page · Watch the official overview trailer
For future sales updates, remember the full comparison of more than 5.2 million worldwide in four days. A later lifetime total can show how far the remake travels beyond launch. This first figure tells us how quickly it got off the mark.
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