The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake recorded the second-biggest Zelda launch in UK history based on physical sales. The result was shared on November 8, 2026, and reflects the remake’s opening week.
Its first-week boxed sales were roughly half those of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This compares their launch performances, not their lifetime sales.
Ocarina of Time dungeon design
How the Zelda launches compare
Tears of the Kingdom arrived when Nintendo Switch had sold around 125 million systems. Console ownership affects the audience a launch can reach, and these figures do not adjust for the number of consoles in players’ hands when each game arrived.
The ranking excludes Nintendo eShop downloads and covers the UK market, not worldwide sales. It therefore cannot establish the remake’s combined physical-and-digital position within the franchise or show how buyers split between boxed and downloaded copies.
Nintendo has described Ocarina of Time as being off to a “very strong start,” but the company has not released official sales figures.
What players can buy now
The remake is available worldwide at retail and digitally through Nintendo eShop. You can choose either format, although only boxed purchases count toward this launch comparison.
The remake pairs the original’s dungeon design with updated visuals, refined gameplay systems, and a reorchestrated soundtrack, changes examined in our The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake review.
