Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Has the Largest File Size of Any First Party Nintendo Switch Game
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has the largest file size of any first party game on Nintendo Switch, larger than its predecessor, Breath of the Wild.
Reddit user Bob (below) discovered nintendo eshopTears of the Kingdom base file size is 18.2 GB.
That’s still a small number compared to games on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox series, which can often use over 100GB of storage, but it’s enough to put Tears of the Kingdom at the top of the list of first-party Switch games. .
Breath of the Wild was once the biggest first-party Switch game by a long shot at 14.4 GB, but other Nintendo first-party titles such as Xenoblade Chronicles 3 at 14.38 GB and Fire Emblem Engage at 12.68 GB are on par. increase.
The large file size certainly indicates that Tears of the Kingdom will be a bigger game than Breath of the Wild and other first party Switch titles.
The company has begun sharing more about the long-awaited sequel as the May 12th release date approaches, with a new trailer revealing that the classic Ocarina of Time enemies may return. Nintendo also revealed a Collector’s Edition of Tears of the Kingdom and a new amiibo that will launch alongside the game during the Nintendo Direct on February 8.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and UK news editor. He talks about witchers all day long.
