Six years on from the launch ofBreath of the Wild, it’s still a modern miracle thatNintendowas able to fit the game on a single card. NowTears of the Kingdomis almost here and Nintendo is back to try and better that miracle. While its file size will definitely be bigger than Breath of the Wild’s, there’s now some confusion over how much room you’ll need on your console as different Nintendo sites are displaying varying sizes.
We previously reported that at more than 18GB,Tears of the Kingdom will be the biggest Switch game to date, taking the crown fromBayonetta 3which clocks in at 16GB. Hold your Hylian horses for just a second, though.GoNintendohas highlighted the Japanese listing for Tears of the Kingdom reads a little differently. According to that, the sequel will also be 16GB, tying the latestBayonettagame for the crown rather than beating it.
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With a little more than two weeks to go, the file sizes still differ on both sites. In fact, just to muddy theZeldawaters even further, having checkedthe UK siteI can confirm it has a file size for Tears of the Kingdom that differs from both the US and Japan. While Japan’s listing has it at 16GB and the US claims the next Zelda game will be 18.2GB, according to the UK’s site, Tears of the Kingdom will be more than 18.6GB.
Those of you who don’t do your gaming with Nintendo will be reading this and either scoffing or having your jaw hit the floor. While 16GB is an eye-watering file size for aSwitchgame, it’s almost nothing when compared to some titles onPS5andXbox Series X.Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, for example,clocks in at 155GB on PC. SomehowRespawnhas managed tocut that down to a third of the size for the Series S version, something owners of the console will greatly appreciate as 155GB would be roughly a third of all the space it has available.
That’s not how things go on the Switch and games that don’t have to rely on cloud gaming can somehow be kept to a very low file size. No doubt the end result will be mind-blowing for those of us who play Tears of the Kingdom next month. Whether 16GB or 18GB, what’s for certain is the amount of game Nintendo will have managed to cram onto a single card will be almost unbelievable.The beefy new design for Ganondorfalone would be at least 25GB on a PS5.
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