It’s November 5, the day The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake officially launches on Switch 2. Diehard fans had an important decision to make prior to the game’s release. Buy it digitally and start playing last night or wait for the physical copy on launch day. And if they did opt for a physical copy, should they schlep out to a brick-and-mortar store or just order it online? Amazon has some people who opted for the latter now wishing they hadn’t.
If you pre-ordered Ocarina of Time remake through Amazon or another online retailer, you’ve probably spent the last couple of days anxiously checking the shipment info to see when it will be delivered. Many retailers promise launch-day delivery on orders of big games. It might not arrive first thing, but fans can be assured a copy will be waiting for them when they’re done work or school that day.
But last night lots of people who ordered from Amazon were greeted by a delay notification showing their copy wouldn’t be arriving on November 5 after all. Some wouldn’t even be arriving until next week.
“ro WHAT?! I pre ordered Zelda day 1… Thanks a lot AMAZON,” one frustrated fan whose order had been delayed to November 11 posted on X. “I’m gonna throw up,” wrote one whose order wouldn’t arrive until November 12. “The whole point of preordering Zelda from Amazon was so I can have it launch day,” wrote retro gaming YouTuber 8-bit-Eric. “Every time I try to give Amazon a chance my preorder gets delayed. What’s the point of having prime if I don’t get it launch day?? No more after this.”
Apparently they fucked us all over https://t.co/ir0eC5wWCn
— MURRAYNJ08 (@MurrayNJ08) November 5, 2026
Jeff Bezos is gonna have to pay pic.twitter.com/zslV85PGft
— JetSetShadic (@MobShadic100) November 4, 2026
Yea Fuck you @amazon This is insane… fucking DAYS later??? pic.twitter.com/2aQlAW4unY
— TWP | Dark (@Darkisknown) November 5, 2026
Cheers, @amazon. Didn’t want to play on release… week anyway.
Why preorder three months out if this is a regularity with your site? Might head to @gamestop at midnight to feel something. pic.twitter.com/W0EZ7uZ6RR
— Brian Evans (@_brianevans21) November 4, 2026
This is precisely why I stopped ordering video games from Amazon years ago. They never had any intention of getting it to you day 1. https://t.co/lQrDTX9Tta
— MVG (@ModernVintageG) November 5, 2026
Explain yourself @amazon @AmazonHelp! Sep 10th I preordered and NOW you fuck me over? pic.twitter.com/P6vPn85fn2
— Mikey 🦃 (@Mikeythebiggest) November 4, 2026
People are understandably pissed. I was shocked to see the Amazon Help account actually try to wade into the mess. “You lying scumbags,” wrote another angry fan. “I pre-ordered this nearly a month ago. It was promised to me at point of order that it would arrive on day of release.”
Someone named “James” responded on behalf of the retailer: “Hello! We understand the frustration caused by your order being delayed. While we do our best to predict when products are available for dispatch, unforeseen changes in obtaining the item can occur. The latest update we have regarding when we’ll be able to deliver your items is found on your order here.” Very helpful!
The Amazon screw-up is especially notable for two reasons. One, the Bezos founded online retailer has a chippy history with Nintendo. The gaming giant has at times withheld its products from being sold on the platform, with Amazon having to opt for third-party resellers or overseas inventory to stock popular games instead. Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé accused Amazon of once asking him to effectively break the law.
But fans continue to buy through Amazon, in part because the company has made a point of granting discounts on all new physical Switch 2 games. Physical copies now cost $10 more than their digital counterparts, but Amazon still honors the digital price, meaning you can get a physical copy of Ocarina of Time for just $60, whereas places like GameStop sell it for $70. For pre-order copies that come with special foil art covers, it’s very tempting, though perhaps not anymore.
Hell hath no fury like a Nintendo fan scorned. “Jeff Bezos is gona have to pay,” one wrote. He could certainly afford to. Giving every person receiving a late copy their game for free wouldn’t even appear as a rounding error on his net worth.
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