Zelda sales comparison shows Ocarina on top
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 10:39am by Derek
The chart above is a comparison of the worldwide sales of each of the 3D Zelda console games. A 3D chart comparing 3D Zelda sales—cue the mind blow!
More than a decade since its release, 1998′s Ocarina of Time stands as the best-selling 3D Zelda game to date with 7.6 million copies sold.
The latest entry in the series, Twilight Princess, is gaining on the legendary Nintendo 64 classic, selling a combined 6.43 million copies on Wii and GameCube in less than a year. The charming Wind Waker has fought off cold-hearted critics with 4.55 million sales.
Ocarina of Time’s innovative 2000 follow-up, Majora’s Mask, fares worst among the 3D Zelda games with 3.36 million copies sold.
When 3,360,000 is your worst effort, you’re not doing too bad.
(Note: All figures compiled from sales-tracking site VGChartz.)
November 12th, 2008 at 11:06 am
I’d hope they’re counting Ocarina sales on WiiWare if they’re lumping Wii and Gamecube Twilight Princess sales together.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I am sorry to say but twilight princess wasn’t that great the first time around seamed great but thats because of the huge game and dungeons but no difference in fact its the easiest game so far take ganon for a example the final battle with sword hell to the whole ganon battle was easy anyways it is easy to beat without z targeting just around and let him swing at nothing to let him be wide open and cut reapeat a couple of times and there. if you play it a second time around you wonder why did you think it was so good you can beat it within 24 hours with ease maybe less and you can beat 99% didn’t get the lures within 40 hours I know that aint the best time but still.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
poor old majora’s mask, but if you think about it i bet a bunch more people own it than the chart indicates. what about the bonus discs that had 4 of the zelda games on it? we didn’t have to pay for it (well i did on ebay), but it still means more people own it than 3.3 million and i guess the same goes for ocarina. i loved majora’s mask and thought it was just as good as any other zelda. since the transition to 3-D i have not been let down (not that i was with the pre 3-D games). keep em comin
November 12th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
yessss….. oot ftw…. exsssssellllent…….
November 12th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
why the heck are the showing a “3-D” graph? The 3-D doesn’t do or mean anything it could be 2-D, it is just pointless to be 3-D. they just had to turn the angle to show 3-D which makes it harder to read.
pointless.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Ahh Majora’s mask didn’t deserve to be last! But Twilight Princess deserves its place. It was an amazing game.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
“More than a decade since its release, Ocarina of Time stands as the best-selling 3D Zelda game of all time with 7.6 million copies sold.”
A great game, and it deserves to be on top. I think the combined numbers for Wii and cube are a little unfair for Twilight. And as mentioned before, does this include VC numbers and also the Disk that had copies of Zelda OoT with preordering of Wind waker?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
That sucks. MGS2 sold 7 million, despite being released a full generation after Ocarina.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
“A great game, and it deserves to be on top. I think the combined numbers for Wii and cube are a little unfair for Twilight. And as mentioned before, does this include VC numbers and also the Disk that had copies of Zelda OoT with preordering of Wind waker?”
Oh, so combining the Gamecube and Wii sales for TP is unfair, but OoT should include the Wii VC and TWW bonus disc sales? A little biased, no? Personally, I think both OoT and TP should include ALL versions released, since it’s the same game in every medium.
Anyway, I’m glad to see TP is closing in; despite the criticism, it’s my favourite Zelda game, with TWW, MM, and ALttP close behind. Sure, TP was similar to OoT in some respects, but I honestly think the differences were great enough to avoid labeling it a ‘copy’.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
True, its incredibly linear nature and gratuitous werewolf conceit definitely prevented Twilight Princess from being a copy of Ocarina of Time.
But it sure was pretty.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:54 am
“But it sure was pretty.”
*pauses Wind Waker*
And it didn’t feature a cute child as the lead character, which was enough to win the love and respect of hardcore gamers all over the world, no matter how shallow or derivative the gameplay was!
*goes back to playing Wind Waker*
November 13th, 2008 at 5:14 am
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November 13th, 2008 at 10:49 am
LoZ keeps selling more and more.
hopefully the next one will be huge
November 13th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
hopefully it be different enough than fighting same o’l same o’l I am a hardcore zelda fan but for christ sakes.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
“Oh, so combining the Gamecube and Wii sales for TP is unfair, but OoT should include the Wii VC and TWW bonus disc sales? A little biased, no? Personally, I think both OoT and TP should include ALL versions released, since it’s the same game in every medium.”
No. Not a “little biased at all”, a little more fair actually. This way, they are BOTH calculated equally. The cube/ Wii sales of Twilight and the total copies of OoT. Making it a fair comparison, and exactly NOT biased. It is only unfair IF they do not do this. If they are calculating both Wii and gamecube sales already, they need to calculate all sales for OoT, including the bonus disk, or as you put it, All versions released.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Ironically, Majora’s Mask is my favorite of the 3D Zelda games.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:10 am
I admit, I’ve never played Majora’s Mask, and I’ve only played Ocarina of Time once – yeah, I know, I plan to get it on VC – but so far, Wind Waker is tied with Sunshine and Galaxy for my all time favorite game. It’s perfection!
The first time I played OoT, I got through the village, in the tree, up to the room with the nut spitting thi – ouch! Where’d that come fro – ouch! (never played a Zelda game before) It took me a while to figure out you use your shield to defle – Ha! A little taste of your own medicine!