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Switch 2 remake
Switch 2, 2026 Sources checked · 7 Nov 2026
The remake is on sale. Nintendo's US store lists the digital edition at $59.99, and the cartridge edition is $69.99.
The short version
Release day was 5 Nov 2026, and the game is a Switch 2 exclusive. Development is credited to Nintendo EPD, with HokWai Ng directing and Eiji Aonuma and Fujibayashi as producers, per the Wikipedia summary of the credits. Master Quest is not in the box. A new Hall of Fallen Foes records enemies and lets you rematch bosses on a timer. Cutscenes are fully voiced. Link does not speak full dialogue. Castle Town is a full 3D space, the quest log is called Threads of Time, and the console microphone can turn humming into an ocarina song.
OpenCritic currently shows a 95 top-critic average and 100 percent recommendation. The fetched summary does not establish a current review count, so that count is omitted. Metacritic's 96 from 84 reviews is the figure Wikipedia repeats; the Metacritic page itself returned a block when I checked, so I am not treating a live scrape as a second meter. File size is a split: IGN says 24.5 GB and TweakTown says 27 GB. Both stay.
From here: the unlock-time table, the change list, the score card, the control notes, the Light Temple argument, and the Zelda Notes app.
Questions
What does it cost in the US?
$59.99 digital and $69.99 for the cartridge, checked 7 Nov 2026 on Nintendo's store and two retail write-ups.
Is there a PC version from Nintendo?
No. The legal Nintendo copies are the Switch 2 editions.
Sources
- Wikipedia 2026 — checked 2026-11-07
- Nintendo US store — checked 2026-11-07
- OpenCritic — checked 2026-11-07
- Metacritic via Wikipedia — checked 2026-11-07
- TweakTown — checked 2026-11-07
- Nintendo Life: launch prices — checked 2026-11-07
- Gematsu: Nintendo launch announcement — checked 2026-11-07
- Nintendo Life: original Switch 2 review — checked 2026-11-07
- TechRadar: original Switch 2 review — checked 2026-11-07
- Nintendo: Ask the Developer, controls — checked 2026-11-07
- Notebookcheck: regional download sizes — checked 2026-11-07
Limitation: prices, aggregates and regional download estimates can change.