The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's file size has been revealed, and it's a hefty 18.2GB - making it the biggest first-party Nintendo Switch release to date.
As reported by IGN, the file size for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been revealed on the Nintendo US store. According to the store listing, the Breath of the Wild sequel will require 18.2GB upon its release. This is obviously still fairly small when you take into consideration other AAA titles on the likes of the PS5 or PC, but for a Nintendo Switch game, it's pretty big.
To put that into perspective, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild only requires 14.4GB of space, with other recent Nintendo releases like Bayonetta 3 needing 16GB, Fire Emblem: Engage taking up 13.4GB, and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet only needing 7GB.
- Assassin's Creed Shadows file size is the second-biggest in the series, beaten only by Valhalla and dwarfing Mirage
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is at the front line of the debate over the Nintendo Switch 2's computing power, because if the Switch 1 can load three worlds at once, imagine what its sequel can do
This large file size almost makes the $70 price tag for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom a little more understandable. Don't worry though, Nintendo isn't planning on charging this amount for every new game it releases as it has said pricing is decided on a "case-by-case" basis.
In case you missed it, earlier this week Nintendo hosted its now regular February Nintendo Direct in which we got more information about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as well as other announcements such as Pikmin 4's release date, the Splatoon 3 expansion pass, the official GameBoy and GBA Switch emulator, and much more.
Focusing on the upcoming Zelda game, during the presentation we got our first look at the Tears of the Kingdom collector's edition, which has already become very difficult to track down, as well as a brand new Link Amiibo - which is due to release on the same day as the game on May 12, 2023. We also got to see Link's car for the first time in the new trailer, which very quickly got a lot of BanjoKazooie comparisons.
Looking to secure your copy of the upcoming sequel? Take a look at our The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom pre-order guide.
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