Summary
Nintendo has revealed the file sizes for two major upcomingSwitchtitles:Donkey Kong Country Returns HDandMario and Luigi: Brothership. This month’s Nintendo Direct June 2024 livestream was an eventful showcase for Nintendo fans, as several exciting futureSwitchreleases were announced. While the previously confirmed Nintendo Switch successor console was nowhere to be found, there is plenty for gamers to look forward to on the current Nintendo hardware.
The very first of these announcements was forMario and Luigi: Brothership, the long-awaited next installment in the popularMario and Luigiseries. The Mario siblings’ latest madcap adventure drew interest thanks to its colorful cel-shaded art style and an assortment of button-pressing special attacks - even as thedeveloper behindMario and Luigi: Brothershipremains a mystery. Meanwhile, the 2010 Wii platformerDonkey Kong Country Returnsis getting a Nintendo Switch remaster next January, with Forever Entertainment SA taking over developmental duties for Retro Studios.
The estimated file sizes forDonkey Kong Country Returns HDandMario and Luigi: Brothershiphave been listed on theJapanese Nintendo eShop(viaNintendoLife). First isDonkey Kong Country Returns HDat 9.0GB, about 2.4 GB larger thanDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze(which took 6.6GB of space when it was ported to the Switch in 2018). Meanwhile,Mario and Luigi: Brothershipweighs in at 10.0GB, making it 3.5 GB smaller than last November’sSuper Mario RPGremake (6.5 GB) and about half the size of thePaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorremake that launched on Switch last May (5.0 GB).
Donkey Kong Returns HD and Mario and Luigi: Brothership File Sizes
Donkey Kong Country Returns HDandMario and Luigi: Brothershipare just the latest in a series ofupcoming Nintendo Switch gamesto have their file sizes revealed. Last month, the soon-to-be-releasedLuigi’s Mansion 2 HDwas confirmed to take up 3.3 GB of space at the same time that the aforementionedPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorhad its own size announced. Earlier this week, it was revealed thatThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which was also revealed at the Nintendo Direct livestream, was confirmed to be 6 GB.
BothDonkey Kong Country Returns HDandMario and Luigi: Brothershipare sure to drum up excitement from Nintendo fans, as the originalDonkey Kong Country Returnswas deemedone of the Wii’s best 2D platformersbefore being re-released on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, while theMario and Luigiseries has been in limbo ever since original developer AlphaDream filed for bankruptcy back in 2019. These fans may have to wait a while longer forDonkey Kong Country Returns HD, as it isn’t set to launch until June 05, 2025. In the meantime,Mario and Luigi: Brothershipwill jump onto theNintendo Switchon November 7.
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