This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after yesterday’s news, but The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s remake has topped the Japanese physical game sales chart during its launch week. The physical release even makes up more than half of the game’s overall Japanese sales, which is really impressive considering most publishers would have you believe digital is the future.
As reported by Famitsu today, the physical version of Ocarina of Time moved 537,041 units during launch, comfortably dominating the chart and moving half a million more than its closest competitor, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort (which had 16,621 units). Nintendo of Japan recently mentioned that Ocarina moved 810,000 units in the region, so that means roughly 65% of the game’s total sales in the region so far have been physical. Either people are turning their backs on digital, or the nostalgia for owning the gold N64 cartridge has made people hop at the chance to hold Ocarina of Time in their hands again.
Either way, it’s a respectable debut for the game and one that will likely signal Nintendo shouldn’t abandon physical releases anytime soon. Elsewhere in the cart, Nintendo published games make up the majority of sales, though three different versions of Final Fantasy Resonance crop up (those being Switch, Switch 2, and PlayStation 5). Surprisingly, Resonance’s overall combined sales don’t even make up half of Ocarina’s debut sales, but then it’s a “brand-new” game versus a remake of a cherished classic.
Here are the top 10 best-selling physical games in Japan for the week of November 2nd-8th, 2026:
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Switch 2) – 537,041
- Nintendo Switch Sports Resort (Switch 2) – 16,621
- Rhythm Heaven Groove (Switch) – 8,793
- Stellar Blade: Complete Edition (Switch 2) – 8,042
- Final Fantasy Resonance (Switch 2) – 6,406
- Final Fantasy Resonance (PS5) – 5,719
- Final Fantasy Resonance (Switch) – 4,500
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Switch) – 4,492
- Minecraft (Switch 2) – 3,828
- Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave (Switch 2) – 3,017
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Written by Peter Glagowski
Peter has been a freelance gaming and film critic for over seven years. His passion for Nintendo is only matched by the size of his collection.
