The remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will take up 27 GB on the Nintendo Switch 2, making it the biggest main-series Zelda game by storage size, according to Nordbayern. The game launches exclusively for the console on Thursday, 5 November 2026. The figure puts it ahead of Breath of the Wild, which occupies roughly 24 GB, and Tears of the Kingdom, at about 20 GB.
Why it matters
The comparison is striking because of how the games differ in scope. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are open-world adventures with vast maps, while Ocarina of Time's world is small beside them. Nordbayern notes that the remake's footprint nonetheless exceeds both.
The gap with the 1998 original is wider still. Ocarina of Time shipped on the Nintendo 64 on a cartridge holding just 32 MB, so the Switch 2 version is more than 800 times larger. Because the console carries only 256 GB of internal storage, the remake alone claims more than a tenth of it.
Where the gigabytes go
Nordbayern attributes the size to a full graphical overhaul ordered by Nintendo. The report also cites voiced cutscenes, expanded dialogue and symphonic orchestral music. The N64 release, by contrast, managed almost entirely without spoken dialogue.
The record comes with qualifications. Nordbayern points out that the spin-off Hyrule Warriors: Chronik der Versiegelung needs more than 43 GB on the Switch 2, so Ocarina of Time is not the largest Zelda title overall. Measured against the wider console market, it is modest: blockbuster shooters such as Call of Duty routinely pass 200 GB. Among main-series Zelda games, the record stands.
For players, the practical question is space. With the remake taking more than a tenth of the console's internal storage, anyone planning to keep other large games installed may need to manage capacity or consider expansion storage.
Nintendo has not commented on the figures beyond the details reported. With the release set for 5 November, watch whether other Switch 2 titles follow the same storage pattern as developers make use of the hardware.
