Zelda: Breath of the Wild download fills almost half Nintendo Switch internal storage
13.4GB of 32GB used.
A download of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will fill nearly half of Nintendo Switch's internal storage.
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Zelda's file size weighs in at 13.4GB on Switch (or 13GB on Wii U), Nintendo's official Japanese site has confirmed.
Switch launches with a scant 32GB or internal storage.
The console's storage can be expanded by SDXC card, although this is something you'll need to purchase separately.
A 64GB SDXC currently costs around £20, or you can pay around £40 for a 128GB version. 256GB costs around £70, or you can pay considerably more for 512GB.
The format is eventually expected to reach the 2TB mark, although 1TB cards and above are yet to become commercially available.
Zelda fills a huge chunk of storage on day one, especially for a game which will likely last players a long time - and which would be convenient to always have available.
But perhaps this isn't too surprising - Breath of the Wild looks enormous, and is the first Zelda to feature extensive voice acting for key characters. Perhaps a physical copy - on a cartridge which presumably doesn't have an install - is best.