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Zelda Remake Passes Five Million Sales

The total includes two ways of buying the game.

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Source: Nintendo, 2026-11-11.

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In this lesson: Identify the launch date and what the sales total counts.

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Read and understand · 1/2When did the Switch 2 game launch?

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November 5. The first paragraph gives November 5 as the new game’s launch date.

Clue: Nintendo says its new Zelda remake sold over 5.2 million copies in its first four days. The Switch 2 game launched on November 5.

Read and understand · 2/2Which copies are included?

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Physical and digital copies. The second paragraph explicitly includes both formats.

Clue: The total includes physical and digital copies. It is a remake of a game first released in 1998.

Grammar in this story: More than a threshold

over 5.2 million

Over means more than this number, rather than exactly this number.

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Explain the new game’s connection to an older one.

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The Switch 2 game launched on November 5. It is a remake of a game first released in 1998.

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