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Zelda Sales Record Has a Specific Scope

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

Name: __________________________ Date: __________________

Read the story

Nintendo announced that its Ocarina of Time remake exceeded 5.2 million sales during its first four days. The game launched worldwide on November 5.

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

Source: Nintendo, 2026-11-11. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/261111.html

Read and practise

  1. Which condition belongs to the record?

    1. Games on every console
    2. All publishers’ lifetime sales
    3. Games published by Nintendo for Switch 2
  2. Which claim is not established?

    1. It launched worldwide on November 5
    2. It has the highest lifetime sales of every game
    3. It exceeded 5.2 million opening sales

Your turn

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

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