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Zelda Sales Record Has a Specific Scope

The comparison covers one publisher, platform and period.

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Technology news editorial illustration for Zelda Remake Sells Over 5.2 Million Copies in Four Days

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Source: Nintendo, 2026-11-11.

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In this lesson: Evaluate the boundaries of a commercial sales record.

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Read and understand · 1/2Which condition belongs to the record?

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Games published by Nintendo for Switch 2. The second paragraph identifies the publisher, platform and opening period.

Clue: The record concerns Nintendo-published Switch 2 games over that opening period. It is not a claim about every game’s lifetime sales.

Read and understand · 2/2Which claim is not established?

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It has the highest lifetime sales of every game. The final sentence explicitly says the record is not about every game’s lifetime sales.

Clue: The record concerns Nintendo-published Switch 2 games over that opening period. It is not a claim about every game’s lifetime sales.

Grammar in this story: A bounded comparison

over that opening period

The phrase limits the comparison to the opening four days, rather than all time.

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Write a sales update that keeps the record’s limits.

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Nintendo says the remake exceeded 5.2 million sales in four days. Its record applies to Nintendo-published Switch 2 games over that opening period, not all games’ lifetime sales.

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