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Nintendo’s latest Zelda remake is a smash hit.

The Verge •
November 11, 2026 • 09:43 AM
• By Jess Weatherbed
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More than 5.2 million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time were sold in the first four days following its launch on November 5th. That’s the blockbuster hit the Switch 2 console has been waiting for, and a thematically appropriate throwback to the boost that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gave to the original Switch. [Link: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 Sells Over 5.2 Million Units Worldwide in First Four Days | https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/261111.html | Nintendo Co., Ltd.]

Nintendo’s latest Zelda remake is a smash hit.

More than 5.2 million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time were sold in the first four days following its launch on November 5th. That’s the blockbuster hit the Switch 2 console has been waiting for, and a thematically appropriate throwback to the boost that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gave to the original Switch.

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