{"id":131742,"date":"2023-02-10T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-144984"},"modified":"2023-02-10T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:05:00","slug":"zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-apparently-has-the-biggest-file-size-of-any-first-party-switch-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/10\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-apparently-has-the-biggest-file-size-of-any-first-party-switch-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Apparently Has The Biggest File Size Of Any First-Party Switch Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> has been in development for many years now, and it’s expected to be a rather big game. If you have been wondering just how massive Link’s new adventure is, it’s officially been confirmed on Nintendo’s webpage listing to be a whopping<\/em> 18.2GB<\/strong> in file size.<\/p>\n

As highlighted by fans online, this supposedly makes it the biggest first-party title on the Nintendo Switch (and note: we’re not counting updates or anything like that here, just the base game in its release state).<\/p>\n

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That’s roughly 4GB bigger than The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a>, coming in at 14.4GB.<\/strong> Breath of the Wild also happened to be a previous record holder of this title. One other sizable first-party offering released more recently on the Switch was Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/a>, taking up 14GB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tears of the Kingdom will also cost an extra $10, with the game priced at $69.99 USD. Nintendo has publicly stated it does not plan to make this a trend, and decides pricing on a “case-by-case basis” – the file size may have played a part in this decision.<\/p>\n

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