The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has debuted at No. 1 on Japan’s weekly video game sales charts, selling 537,041 physical copies on Nintendo Switch 2. According to Famitsu, the figure covers the week of November 2 to November 8, 2026, giving the remake a strong opening following its November 5 launch.
The game, priced at ¥8,164 in Japan, achieved the milestone in just a few days. Famitsu’s figures only account for physical sales, meaning digital purchases are not included in the reported total.
The opening performance is particularly notable when compared with the lifetime Japanese sales of previous entries in The Legend of Zelda franchise.
According to Famitsu’s historical sales data, the remake has already surpassed the lifetime physical sales of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, which reached 460,109 copies in Japan. It has also overtaken The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which recorded 415,892 copies.
At 537,041 units, the remake is now just short of the original The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening on Game Boy, which Famitsu lists at 540,000 copies.
For comparison, the original Nintendo 64 version of Ocarina of Time recorded 1,143,570 sales in Japan as of December 1999. Meanwhile, Ocarina of Time 3D for Nintendo 3DS has sold 689,670 copies in the country.
Developed by Nintendo EPD, the Switch 2 remake rebuilds the 1998 classic with stylized high-resolution visuals using the Tears of the Kingdom engine.
The remake has received widespread critical acclaim, earning a Metacritic score of 96 out of 100.
Nintendo recently confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide during its first four days, including 810,000 units in Japan across physical and digital formats.
That performance makes it the fastest-selling Nintendo-published Switch 2 title to date, with its early worldwide sales already approaching the original Nintendo 64 game’s lifetime total of 7.6 million copies.
