The Legend of Zelda - Global Sales

This post will be used to keep track of global sales of the Legend of Zelda series.

Update, Nov 12th, 2019: Numbers updated as of September 30th, 2019.

Update, Apr 26th, 2018: As of March 21st, 2018, Breath of the Wild is the best-selling Zelda ever.

Update, Jan 31st, 2018: As of December 31st, 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has outsold every Zelda game globally with the exception of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

As part of their latest financial results briefing, Nintendo reported that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has shipped 15.54 million units worldwide on the Nintendo Switch. This number does not include sales of the Wii U version, which was previously reported to have sold 1.61 million units.

This brings total sales of Breath of the Wild to 17.15 million units globally. For insight into why Breath of the Wild has been selling so well, take a peek at our analysis on the subject. It largely pertains to the game's performance in Japan, but also explains its global success.

Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening has sold 3.13 million units since its release on September 20th. (That's 10 days on the market)

A full list of the each Legend of Zelda game's last known sales can be found below.

System	Game	Global Sales
NES	Legend of Zelda	6,510,000
NES	Adventure of Link	4,380,000
SNES	Link to the Past	4,610,000
GB	Link's Awakening	3,830,000
N64	Ocarina of Time	7,600,000
N64	Majora's Mask	3,360,000
GBC	Oracle Games	3,960,000
GC	Wind Waker	4,430,000
GBA	The Minish Cap	1,760,000
Wii/GC	Twilight Princess	8,850,000
NDS	Phantom Hourglass	4,760,000
NDS	Spirit Tracks	2,960,000
Wii	Skyward Sword	3,670,000
3DS	Link Between Worlds	2,900,000
NSW/Wii U	Breath of the Wild	17,150,000

Data courtesy of Nintendo.