Four Games That Will Max Out Your Switch 2’s Storage

Well, here we go again. Nintendo’s at it with the Switch 2 pre-orders, and yep, they’re also taking pre-orders for the games. Kind of jumped into this rabbit hole right away—like, before I knew it, I was checking out the “Game file size” stats. Dunno why that fascinates me so much, but it just does. And wow, some of these sizes are massive. Seriously, I’m talking like PC game size here. A bit unexpected, honestly… or maybe not, given how things are going.

So, here’s what’s new. The Switch 2 is a beast compared to the old one. 1080p and crazy fast frame rates—great, right? But, hold on a sec, it only takes a couple of these hefty games to max out the 256 GB storage. Let me just list them real quick: all together they’re over 300 GB. Ridiculous, huh? Looks like you’re gonna need that microSD Express pretty pronto.

Feels kind of bonkers to buy storage for a console you don’t even have yet. But hey, maybe it’s clever? I guess if you can grab one of those bigger microSD Express cards, do it. Faster and, of course, more expensive than those old ones we slapped into our first Switches or even the Steam Deck. By the way, those ancient microSD cards—forget about using them in the Switch 2. Only good for peeking at old screenshots or clips from your original Switch days. Cool, right? Or maybe that’s just how tech nostalgia goes. Anyway — ah, lost my train of thought.