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A midnight launch drew costumed fans and a couple with a newborn to Best Buy’s Union Square store in New York, where the line wrapped around the corner. The occasion was a remake of a 1998 classic: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which sold more than 5.2 million copies worldwide in its first four days.
The total included 810,000 copies sold in Japan, according to Nintendo. The company said no other Switch 2 game it has published has recorded a larger four-day launch. Some fans had been waiting outside the store since 7 a.m., The Drum reported.
“It was so freaking wild,” Lisa Valentino, Best Buy’s chief ads and media officer, told The Drum. She said gaming reaches every demographic, calling it “culture” and “this phenomenon.”
The original Ocarina of Time, released for Nintendo 64, is often ranked among the greatest video games ever made. The remake updates the visuals while retaining its time-jumping gameplay: Link moves between his child and adult selves.
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