Ocarina of Time is the UK's second-biggest Zelda launch ever
Ocarina of Time's Switch 2 remake is No.1 in the UK physical charts, with the second-biggest Zelda launch ever and the biggest boxed launch of 2026.
09th Nov 2026 12:15
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Ocarina of Time is the UK's second-biggest Zelda launch ever
Ocarina of Time's Switch 2 remake is No.1 in the UK physical charts, with the second-biggest Zelda launch ever and the biggest boxed launch of 2026.
09th Nov 2026 12:15
Image via Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has gone straight in at number one in the UK physical charts, and its first week on Switch 2 makes it the second-biggest Zelda launch the UK has ever seen.
That's according to The Game Business editor Christopher Dring, who says the remake's first week of boxed sales was around 35% bigger than what Breath of the Wild managed across Switch and Wii U in 2017, though it landed at roughly half of what Tears of the Kingdom did in its own opening week.
Dring adds that there are "plenty of install base-related reasons" behind both of those comparisons, and as Nintendo Life reports from the same GfK chart, it's comfortably the biggest physical launch of 2026 so far, which isn't bad going for a game that first came out on the N64 in 1998.
A chart-topper that stands the test of Time
Link had some heavyweight company to see off on the way to the top spot, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 dropping from first to second and EA Sports FC 27 climbing from eighth to third, while Mario Kart World moves back up to fourth.
The only other new entry in the top 10 is Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered at number nine, so it was a fairly quiet week for new arrivals until Hyrule turned up with its ocarina and a mountain of pre-orders to fill.
These figures only cover boxed copies, as the UK physical chart doesn't count digital sales, so the remake's full first-week total will be bigger once eShop downloads are added to the pile, and Nintendo Life reckons pre-order bonuses and midnight launches will have pushed plenty of fans towards a physical copy.
If you're one of the many who picked one up last week, our guide to the remake's UK price, file size and what's new covers the basics, and we've also looked at why it's the highest-rated game of 2026 so far.
Well, it turns out you can go home again, as long as home is a forest full of Kokiri and a fairy who won't stop telling you to listen.
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