As PlayStation pushes forward with an all-digital future, Nintendo leans into physical media with a wildly successful midnight launch of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake on Nintendo Switch 2.
Across the world, fans queued for hours to pick up a remake of one of the greatest video games ever, released on the Nintendo 64 (N64) almost 30 years ago. In 1998, I took the day off work and planned to play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with a friend. In a timey-wimey twist, they ghosted me, and I never saw them again.
The friendship may have been lost to time, but I'll never forget playing this gaming masterpiece for the first time. Frankly, Navi, Link's fairy companion in Hyrule, was better company. As I've written previously, my history with the 40-year-old franchise began with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1992.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the second biggest Zelda launch of all time (physical sales only) in the UK and the biggest physical game launch of 2026 in the UK. It beat out Resident Evil, Call of Duty, EA Sports FC, and more.
I don't own a Nintendo Switch 2, but I hope to fix this on Black Friday.
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Did you attend a midnight launch of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? What do you think of the remake? Let me know in the comments below.
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