Video taking off 33x its usual first day

Ocarina of Time is rebuilt for Switch 2, and players can whistle its songs

The overview trailer adds boss rematches, a companion app and two amiibo, and its comment section has turned into a reunion of grown-up Nintendo 64 kids.

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Nintendo of America Story of October 15, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 4,657,146 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (142,307).

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2

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0:02A 40th anniversary logo for The Legend of Zelda opens the trailer.
0:13Link, the forest boy without a fairy, meets Navi and is sent to the Great Deku Tree.
1:02Gameplay of Hyrule's towns, enemies and dungeon puzzles, with Darunia and Princess Ruto.
2:07The ocarina can be played by whistling, humming or real instrument notes through the microphone.
2:40The Hall of Fallen Foes shows monster models and bios and offers boss rematches.
3:59The November 5 date appears, then ZELDA NOTES and two new amiibo arriving in 2027.

Nintendo of America has shown what its rebuilt Ocarina of Time looks like, and the overview trailer passed 3.7 million views in its first 15 hours. That is far more than the channel's trailers usually draw in a full first day.

The game launches November 5 and is exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2. The description calls it a version of the classic built from the ground up. The trailer opens with a 40th anniversary logo for The Legend of Zelda, a series that began in 1986. Then the narrator sets up the familiar story: "Deep within the forest, everyone has a fairy. Except for one boy: Link."

The biggest new idea comes with the instrument in the title. Players can use the microphone to whistle or hum the ocarina's songs, or play the notes on a real instrument. A new Hall of Fallen Foes lets players study monster models, read their bios and fight bosses again. There is also ZELDA NOTES, a phone app with timelines, quizzes and picture-based scavenger hunts. New Young Link and Young Zelda amiibo will unlock special masks when they arrive in 2027.

The comments came in roughly twenty times faster than on the channel's usual first day, and many of them are memories. The most liked one celebrates owning a November release on a physical copy. Others joke about pressing the wrong button and making the owl repeat himself, or failing the Water Temple again in higher resolution. Some notice that Link's treehouse finally has a door. Several writers say they first played at 19 and are now in their late forties, and parents describe passing the game to their children.

A Game Boy Advance update from the same day also drew a much busier comment section than usual. It adds Monster Rancher Advance, METAL SLUG ADVANCE and Kururin Paradise to Nintendo Switch Online.

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What viewers say

cant wait to press the wrong button and let the owl repeat himself again in HD
@dodikupoSee it on YouTube
Link finally got a door for his house! So happy for him 🥰
@philippa8618See it on YouTube
Paul and I were 19 then, 47 now. Time to get back in the saddle.
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A lot of people are going to improve their whistling skills thanks to this game.
@user-u6t4kSee it on YouTube
Finally, I can fail the water temple after my 17th attempt in 4k
@AveryMokesSee it on YouTube
That intro title music can bring a grown man to his knees. Absolute chills.
@RomanTheSnowmanSee it on YouTube
Young Link is now hatless and barefoot while sleeping in his bed. Very cute. 0:21
@micajanneSee it on YouTube
Hyrule better get ready for me blasting eardrums with my Middle School Trombone of Time
@lxCougarxlSee it on YouTube
The fact that this will be some people’s first Zelda game
@fishbwoi3681See it on YouTube
Had my n64 lost in a house fire. Many years later my son now gets to play it like this. Super awesome moment. Im going to watch and talk with him the whole time like me and my brothers used to do
@KhanTheDapperGreatSee it on YouTube