How Much Free Space You'll Need For Ocarina Of Time On Your Switch 2

Ocarina Of Time Almost As Big As Breath Of The Wild And Tears Of The Kingdom Combined Published Oct 21, 2026, 5:54 AM EDT Josh Coulson is an editor at TheGamer covering breaking news on everything from colorful platformers to the latest Lego sets. Primarily a news writer since 2018, Josh has covered just about every major game from the past decade. Now an editor, their focus has shifted to being the leading affiliate expert at the site, building relationships between TheGamer and global brands including Mattel, Funko, and The Pokemon Company. Sign in to your TheGamer account We’re returning to the Ocarina of Time in a little over two weeks as Nintendo’s Switch 2 remake of one of the best games of all time releases on November 5. We’re learning more and more about the Ocarina remake all the time, including how much room we’re going to have to make for it on our consoles when it gets here. Ocarina's File Size Has Been Revealed Nintendo’s store page for Ocarina of Time still doesn’t mention its file size. However, since products are now out in the wild ready for release day, items confirming the game’s size have been discovered. That includes a download card, shared by Genki, confirming the Ocarina remake is 27 GB. That’s pretty modest in today’s landscape, but first-party Nintendo games often are and, even on Switch 2, rarely creep above the 30 GB mark. It’s impressive how compact it is, but it’s still a significant step up in file size from other Zelda games, old and new. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are two of the biggest, most detailed games Nintendo has ever made. However, Nintendo somehow managed to keep their respective file sizes incredibly modest. The sprawling Breath of the Wild only requires 14.4 GB of storage, while the even bigger and more feature-heavy Tears of the Kingdom only needs a little more at 16.5 GB. That means the Ocarina of Time remake’s file size is almost the same as BOTW and TOTK combined. On the one hand, surprising since Ocarina is a far more linear game without the huge open world Hyrule that forms the base of the newer two Zelda games. However, this is a Switch 2 game, the first on the Switch 2, and it’s evident those additional GBs have been used to make this new take on the Nintendo 64 classic look stunning. 843 Original Ocarinas Nintendo Speaking of the original Ocarina, how different the remake looks isn’t the only indicator of just how far video games have come in the last 28 years. Its 27 GB file size is too. Hard to believe, but the original Ocarina was only 32 MB. That means its remake is almost 850 times bigger. Thankfully it doesn’t need to be 850 times better. As good as the original, which remains the highest-rated game of all time, will be just fine. The hype for Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 has been building ever since we were given a proper look at it a couple of months ago, but it’s really starting to hit an apex as Nintendo really cranks up the marketing machine. Hands-on previews are out there, pre-order bonuses are available the world over, and last I checked, Ocarina is outselling GTA 6 on Amazon at a rate of six-to-one. Systems Released November 5, 2026 ESRB Everyone 10+ / Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence Developer(s) Nintendo Publisher(s) Nintendo Franchise The Legend of Zelda Genre(s) RPG, Action, Adventure