The The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is “off to a great start,” Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said during the company’s latest financial briefing. The Switch 2 release is one of the products Nintendo highlighted as it heads into the holiday season.
Furukawa was responding to an investor’s question about Switch 2 sales following hardware price increases, and whether Nintendo could still meet its financial targets. His answer pointed to both the remake and the Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition console.
Ocarina of Time’s UK launch provides a concrete measure of that early momentum. It recorded the second-biggest physical launch in Zelda series history there, ahead of Breath of the Wild. Tears of the Kingdom retained the top spot.
The remake also had the UK’s biggest physical game launch of 2026 so far. Those comparisons cover boxed copies in one market, so they should not be read as a worldwide ranking that includes digital purchases.
Zelda hardware supports Nintendo’s holiday outlook
The Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 also received a positive assessment from Furukawa. He said the special console had “contributed to strong sales in various regions,” putting Zelda hardware alongside the remake in Nintendo’s response.
Nintendo says the Switch 2 installed base now exceeds 25 million units. The company is maintaining its forecast of 16 million hardware sales for the current fiscal year.
Furukawa described Nintendo as being in “good shape for the coming holiday season,” while stressing that the hardware price revisions make sales trends over the next several weeks important to meeting that guidance.
