By now I’m sure most of you will be aware that Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will require 1.7GB of space of your 3DS SD card should you choose to download it instead of buy a physical copy. But how exactly does this file size compare to existing games? Furthermore, what can we expect content-wise with data of this size?
First I feel I need to point out that 1.7GB is a hefty amount of data for a 3DS game, making it one of the larger ones thus far. Theoretically 3DS games could utilise cartridges of up to 8GB, though currently the largest cartridge available as a product is the 4GB cartrige for Resident Evil : Revelations (though the data of the game itself was 3.17GB). This games top-notch size owes to the cinematic cutscenes as well as some of the best graphics and tones in a 3DS game to date.
That being said, beautiful graphics do not always require a large data size. Zelda: The Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 3D world really have their graphical moments, even though both are only a third of the file size that Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will offer. Pokémon X and Y will be slightly bigger than massive titles such as Monster Hunter 3G or Kid Icarus : Uprising, and double the size of Animal Crossing : New Leaf or Mario Kart 7.
With that said, a majority of this data is likely attributed to the 700+ Pokémon sprites and data that will be in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, rather than the graphics. Personally I’m really fond of the graphic style we’ve seen in trailers so far, but what do you guys think?
No matter what way you look at it, with your average 3DS game being 500MB, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y’s massive 1.7GB is something to be happy about. It’s over 3 times larger than the average 3DS game, so hopefully the extra room will be put to good use.
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Any word on an e shop demo release? I would assume by then that the types of the starters evolutions would already be know. Though if not it would be funny to see someone level up through the demo, however the developers would have program a demo where the pokemon can’t evolve.
I hope a lot of the data is on the region. I hope its not filled with looonnnnggg roads like in BW.
they need to make a map of the pokemon world, one of gaming’s greatest “unown” probably my most wanted now that zelda timeline is “revealed”, and i hope they make it north of unova, it seems likie it could go slightly northwest
i want a thing were you get a sort of wifi gym and you can make your own puzzles but have to make sure it works
Wonder what will happen to the bag of chips and sushi-mon…?
they will be eaten by a snorlax
XD Yes they will.
and then they will give us a doggie bag pokemon
Who told you those are real.
I saw the video… DUH.
And I don’t know if they are real or not, we’ll just have to see.
Not trying to be “that guy,” but the largest 3DS game is actually Metal Gear Solid 3D, which clocks in at 3.24 GB.
no one is saying it’s the largest game where saying that it’s the largest pokemon game and it’s one of the larger 3ds ones thus far but not the biggest
The article says Resident Evil has 4GB…?!
No, the cart was 4GB. The game itself was 3.17 GB.
do you think that some day they will create pokemon game like Colosseum on the 3ds or the new portable console??
I wish pokemon had alternate endings depending on your answers. hahahaha
Could i play it on a 2gb sd card if i buy the physical copy?