On the Nintendo 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a solid game. I liked it a lot. I just didn't ever imagine that decades later, people would still be pointing to it as one of the absolute greatest games ever made.
That reputation has stuck with the game for years, like spaghetti sauce on a white top. And so, Nintendo finally remade the game for Switch 2 and made it available to purchase last week. Since then, according to Nintendo itself, the game has sold more than 5 million units.
Specifically, a press release the company issued today indicated that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sold over 5.2 million units worldwide in just four days following its launch. That officially makes it the fastest-selling Nintendo-published game available on Switch 2 thus far.
As Nintendo notes, the remake was released as part of a celebration of The Legend of Zelda franchise as a whole. It turned 40 years old on February 21, earlier this year. If it were a person and reasonably fertile, the series that has entertained me since my elementary school days might already be a grandparent. It's a sobering thought.
In 2027, as part of the ongoing celebration of the same milestone, Nintendo will also begin its worldwide concert tour, giving players the chance to gather in crowded venues and listen to professional musicians play nifty tunes. And then there is The Legend of Zelda, a live-action movie set to arrive in theaters on April 30, 2027.
Clearly, it's a good time to be The Legend of Zelda.
