The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Nintendo Switch 2 remake will take up 27 GB of storage, Polygon reports. The outlet attributes the figure to a photo of the game’s Japanese download card posted on X by Genki_JPN.
That makes the remake the largest mainline Zelda game so far, by Polygon’s reckoning. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the most recent mainline entry, takes up 24 GB on Switch 2. The only Zelda release that currently exceeds the remake is Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, the 2025 Musou spin-off, at just over 43 GB.
The gap against the original is the starker comparison. The 1998 Nintendo 64 version of Ocarina of Time shipped on a 32 MB cartridge, which Polygon calculates as more than 800 times smaller than the remake’s download. By current standards 27 GB is not unusual: Polygon notes that Call of Duty installations routinely pass 200 GB on consoles.
Polygon attributes the increase to the remake’s new art style, which it describes as complex and controversial, and to an expanded game world. On that basis the outlet says a larger file was to be expected, while noting it still outdoes Tears of the Kingdom in scale.
What else is known about the remake
The remake is a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive and is dated for November 5. Alongside the new graphics it adds a set of quality-of-life features, among them the ability to jump at will rather than only at ledges.
Polygon published a hands-on preview earlier this month and wrote that the remake is graphically impressive and plays better than the original, calling it both nostalgic and thoroughly modern. The 27 GB figure comes from the Japanese download card the outlet cites.
