Ocarina of Time Switch 2 Remake Price Leaks Via Nintendo Store Hours Before Zelda Direct

By CriticalPixel · 2026-09-08

Nintendo managed to leak its own price reveal hours before a dedicated Zelda Direct built to announce exactly that. On September 8, the Australian Nintendo eShop briefly listed The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 at 94.95 AUD before the page disappeared, and Vooks grabbed screenshots before it did. IGN picked the story up minutes later, confirming the listing pointed to a mid tier price rather than the premium tag Nintendo has charged for its biggest Switch 2 remasters this year.

The number itself is the interesting part. At 94.95 AUD digital, Ocarina of Time lines up with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book rather than the roughly 69.99 dollar tier Nintendo set for Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. Converted for other regions, that price points toward something close to 59.99 USD or 49.99 GBP digitally, based on the Nintendo store listing itself, though Nintendo has not confirmed anything outside Australia and New Zealand. The physical edition reportedly carried a higher tag around 109.95 AUD, continuing the pattern Nintendo has run all year of charging more for a cartridge than a straight download.

Where Ocarina of Time Lands on Nintendo's Pricing Ladder

Switch 2 pricing has been all over the map since launch, and that is exactly what makes this leak worth reading into. Star Fox landed on the cheap end at 49.99 dollars. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book sits at 59.99, the same bracket this leak places Ocarina of Time in. Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza both launched at the premium 69.99 price point Nintendo reserved for its flagship new titles. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom went even higher for their Switch 2 editions at 79.99 dollars apiece, treating those upgrades as close to full new releases. A 59.99 dollar Ocarina of Time would sit well below that ceiling, which is a real signal about how Nintendo views this project internally.

Official box art for The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Nintendo Switch 2 remake

A Remake That Was Already Splitting Opinion

Ocarina of Time was one of the headline reveals out of Nintendo's June 2026 Direct, and the fanbase has been arguing about it since the trailer dropped. Part of the crowd wants a from scratch rebuild on Switch 2 hardware that finally fixes the camera, targeting, and lock on quirks that have aged out of the 1998 original. The other part just wants Nintendo to leave the game alone and ship a clean visual pass without touching the feel of the level design that made it a landmark title in the first place. A mid tier price does not settle that argument on its own, but it does suggest Nintendo is not pitching this as a ground up rebuild on the scale of the Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Switch 2 editions.

Fans Are Already Doing the Math

Reaction under the leak split fast, though it is worth being upfront that this is a handful of loud replies rather than a confirmed consensus this early. One fan replying to IGN's post said they hoped the leak holds up because Ocarina of Time deserves the full remake treatment, while adding that the price is going to sting no matter what number Nintendo lands on. Another reply pointed out the irony of Nintendo's own storefront being the leak source just hours before the company was supposed to control that reveal on its own terms during the broadcast. Expect a much louder and much wider reaction once the actual Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct airs and Nintendo either confirms or quietly changes the number.

Trailer still from the Ocarina of Time Nintendo Switch 2 remake reveal

The CriticalPixel Take

This keeps happening, and at some point it stops looking like bad luck. Nintendo's eShop storefronts have leaked pricing, release windows, and box art ahead of nearly every major Direct this year, and it keeps happening through the exact same regional channel. Either the backend is not locked down the way it should be before a scheduled reveal, or somebody inside Nintendo does not mind a little pre show buzz landing on gaming Twitter and Bluesky a few hours early. Either way, the price call itself is the smart move here. Charging full premium money for a 1998 game with a new coat of paint would have been a hard sell, even with three decades of nostalgia doing half the marketing work for free.

Nintendo has not confirmed the price, and both Vooks and IGN are careful to note the listing only ever applied to the Australian and New Zealand stores. That leaves room for regional pricing quirks, or even for Nintendo to adjust the number before launch. The real answer lands during tonight's Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, where Nintendo is expected to lock in release timing alongside pricing, with a full Nintendo Direct following the very next day carrying even more Switch 2 software still to reveal.