The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 remake Metacritic records, Digi Mart USA News: Nintendo appears to have made the right call in remaking The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2, at least from a hearts-and-minds perspective.
The visually upgraded remake, which hit store shelves last week, has already set two records on Metacritic in just a few days. It holds the highest aggregate score of any game released in 2026 so far, with 96 out of 100.
That milestone was established when reviews went up a week ago, so it is not necessarily new.
As Forbes noted, Ocarina for Switch 2 has also reached another Metacritic milestone: it is now the highest-rated game by user scores in the site’s history, with an all-time record score of 9.6 out of 10. For reference, the original Ocarina of Time for Nintendo 64 holds the record for the highest critic score in Metacritic history, at 99 out of 100, a mark it has held for a long time.
More than 8,750 users have submitted scores for Ocarina on Metacritic, so the result is not likely skewed by a small sample size. However, Metacritic does not require verification of purchase to submit a review score, so some users may have added ratings in either direction without having played the game.
The remake has been in the hands of the general public for just over four days at the time of publication, so these reactions are fresh and could change over time. Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19, creating a small chance that Ocarina does not hold the top user review spot for long.
