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Nintendo Switch arrives in less than two weeks, and slowly but surely, new details are surfacing as we wait for launch. This time around, Nintendo has shared details about the Switch’s digital games and how much space they’ll take up on the console’s small 32GB hard drive. Needless to say, you’re probably going to want to pick up an SD card alongside your Switch.

In fact, if you already know that you’re going to buy digital games over their physical counterparts, an SD card is most likely going to be a necessity. Download sizes have been published to each game’s Japanese site, making it clear that the Switch’s 32GB of internal storage is going to fill up rather quickly. The full list of games and their sizes can be found below.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 13.4 GB
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 7 GB
Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together! – 1.60 GB
Disgaea 5 – 5.92 GB
Puyo Puyo Tetris – 1.09 GB
I Am Setsuna – 1.40 GB
Dragon Quest Heroes I·II – 32 GB
Nobunaga’s Ambition – 5 GB

As you can see, some titles like I Am Setsuna and Snipperclips weigh in at less than 2GB each, which isn’t bad at all. Dragon Quest Heroes I·IIVerizon software repair assistant note 4. , on the other hand, needs 32GB of free space, which means that when you take the space used up by the Switch’s operating system into account, there won’t be enough room on the hard drive for it. In other words, you have no choice but to buy an SD card if you want to buy a digital copy of Dragon Quest Heroes I·II.

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Luckily, SD cards seem to be getting less expensive with each passing day, so picking up a high capacity one shouldn’t really break the bank. It’s also nice that we have the option of using SD cards and aren’t forced into buying proprietary memory cards (looking at you, PS Vita). Still, it would have been nice to have at least a little more than 32GB of onboard storage at a time when the Switch’s competitors are shipping with 500GB at a minimum.

SOURCE: IGN

Nintendo has published the file sizes for its lineup of downloadable Nintendo Switch games, and one flat-out says a separate microSD card is necessary for users who wish to go that route. Nintendo has revealed file sizes for a number of Switch games that can be downloaded digitally to the hardware's internal storage. The information can be found on Nintendo's Japanese website,. Nintendo Switch game download sizes confirmed – you’re going to need an SD card. By Sherif Saed, Monday, 20 February 2017 16:19 GMT Share on: Facebook Twitter Reddit Google+. Nintendo Switch digital game sizes make an SD card a must. Eric Abent - Feb 20, 2017, 10:26 am CST. Nintendo Switch arrives in less than. Download sizes have been published to each game’s.

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Nintendo of Japan has revealed digital download sizes for a number of Nintendo Switch games, including one that is too large to be stored on the console's 32GB internal memory.

Listed in individual software entries on the Nintendo website, the games and their download sizes are as follows:

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 13.4 GB
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 7 GB
• Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together! - 1.60 GB
• Disgaea 5 - 5.92 GB
• Puyo Puyo Tetris - 1.09 GB
• I Am Setsuna - 1.40 GB
• Dragon Quest Heroes I·II - 32 GB
• Nobunaga’s Ambition - 5 GB

Given the space taken up by the Switch OS, Dragon Quest Heroes is too big a download to fit onto the console's internal storage, a fact confirmed by the site itself, which states that a separate SD card will be required to install it.

It's worth remembering that, unlike PS4 and Xbox One, physical games bought for Nintendo Switch do not require an install, so this issue only applies to digital copies.

Several upcoming Nintendo games, including launch day title 1, 2 Switch, do not yet have public download sizes. While the size of Zeda: Breath of the Wild corresponds with what we've already been told, it may be that Japanese versions of these games differ slightly in size from those released in the west.

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