Ocarina of Time remake release date: Nov. 5, only on Switch 2, from $59.99

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time comes out on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, only on Nintendo Switch 2. Link’s 1998 adventure from the Nintendo 64 has been rebuilt for Nintendo’s new console, and it costs $59.99 digital or $69.99 for the physical edition. A week earlier, on Oct. 29, Nintendo releases a Zelda-themed Switch 2 for the series' 40th anniversary.

Ocarina of Time release date

1. Sep 8, 2026Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct: first gameplay and the Nov. 5 date
2. Oct 14, 2026Nintendo posts the Overview Trailer
3. Oct 29, 2026Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2, Pro Controller and carrying case
4. Nov 5, 2026Ocarina of Time launches on Switch 2
5. 2027Young Link and Young Zelda amiibo
6. Apr 30, 2027The Legend of Zelda live-action film opens in theaters

Series producer Eiji Aonuma showed the first gameplay and gave the date at the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct on Sept. 8. Digital pre-orders are open on the Nintendo eShop and Nintendo Store. On Oct. 14, three weeks before launch, Nintendo posted an Overview Trailer.

Price: $59.99 digital, $69.99 physical

Nintendo’s US store lists the digital version at $59.99 and the physical edition at $69.99. The first physical print run comes in special packaging with textured foil cover art, while supplies last. Nintendo has not announced a deluxe or collector’s edition.

What’s new in the remake

Nintendo says the game was remade with visuals overhauled down to the textures of each material, faster loading, smoother performance, refreshed sound and symphonic orchestral music. The biggest changes, in Nintendo’s own list:

• Freer movementJump and run with new button commands, and steer the camera with the Right Stick.
• A talkative HyruleCharacters are fully voiced in expanded cutscenes and have much more to say.
• Time keeps movingThe day/night cycle now runs everywhere, even in towns.
• Threads of TimeCheck your story progress and next objective at any moment, while a large tapestry fills in as you play.
• Hall of Fallen HeroesStatues of the monsters you have beaten, where you can read about them or fight them again.
• A real ocarinaHum a song Link has learned, or play it on an actual instrument, and the Switch 2 microphone hears it and Link performs it in the game.

The story is the one players know: Ganondorf is after the Triforce in the Sacred Realm, and young Link, with his fairy Navi, travels across two eras of Hyrule to stop him.

Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 and accessories

The anniversary Switch 2 has a black-and-gold dock with the Triforce symbol and green-and-gold Joy-Con 2 controllers. For comparison, Nintendo’s US store lists the standard Switch 2 at $499.99. Nintendo is also releasing a playable ocarina later this year; it has not announced its price.

The two new amiibo unlock special in-game masks in a retro graphical style, and Nintendo says existing Zelda amiibo also give useful rewards when tapped during play.

ZELDA NOTES on your phone

Ocarina of Time joins ZELDA NOTES in the Nintendo Switch App. It adds a daily record of your progress, Gossip Quest (find in-game places from hint images), a virtual ocarina you can play on the touchscreen and share songs from by QR code, and a daily quiz with more than 2,000 questions.

More Zelda this year and next

The game is the centerpiece of the series' 40th anniversary. A concert tour starts in North America in Chicago in February 2027, and the live-action film The Legend of Zelda opens in theaters worldwide on April 30, 2027. Ocarina of Time lands 13 days after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on Oct. 23 and two weeks before GTA 6 on Nov. 19.

This page is updated as soon as Nintendo shares more about Ocarina of Time before its Nov. 5 launch.