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Title: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: NWR_DrewMG on June 18, 2012, 06:08:30 PM

The era of retail games on the eShop begins... kind of.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30780

Order Up, released in Europe as a retail release last December on 3DS and in 2009 on Wii, will take up more than 310 megabytes worth of space on the Nintendo 3DS SD card. The game, which releases this upcoming Thursday, June 21, weighs in at a whopping 2,485 blocks equalling just over 310 megabytes worth of storage.

For a quick comparison, here are some other eShop heavy-hitters and their file sizes:

Mighty Switch Force: 1,800 Blocks (225 MB)
Let's Golf 3D: 1,520 Blocks (190 MB)
The Amazing Spider-Man Demo: 1,001 Blocks (125 MB)

The game took this writer about twenty minutes to download from the eShop.

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Nintendofanboii on June 18, 2012, 06:16:14 PM

My 16G SD cards says...Bring it on!

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Mataata on June 18, 2012, 06:45:32 PM

Average TF2 update: 110. And it gets updated about weekly.

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Enner on June 18, 2012, 06:57:58 PM

Woo! Welcome to the big download!

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: MasterE on June 18, 2012, 06:59:05 PM

my 32 gig sd card is ready. I just hope the downloads are at least half as fast as tf2 updates on my pc.

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Oblivion on June 18, 2012, 07:09:56 PM

How do I transfer SD cards?

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: motang on June 18, 2012, 07:26:35 PM

I wasn't able to download the Spiderman demo over the weekend as ran out space.  So I ordered a 16GB SD card from Newegg.com for $10.

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Tora on June 18, 2012, 07:29:39 PM

My 32 Gigs says "I'm....I'm not...done yet..."

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: IamAwake94 on June 18, 2012, 10:14:19 PM

Just finished downloading it... Took about 15 minutes... Not too bad. Hopefully the download speeds quicken when bigger games come out.

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Tora on June 18, 2012, 10:29:23 PM

I don't think the speed will increase when real games come.  Nintendo is likely using the best server they can buy to support the eShop.  And it's likely that the downloads are leaching all the avalable bandwidth.  Much like a Torrent file.  You might need a faster connection if you plan to download effectively.

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Oblivion on June 18, 2012, 11:19:02 PM

I'm fairly certain Nintendo bottlenecks their own downloads.

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: C-Olimar on June 19, 2012, 04:04:18 AM

Super Mario 3D Land is 310 MB as well...

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Chocobo_Rider on June 19, 2012, 12:44:27 PM

Quote from: motang on June 18, 2012, 07:26:35 PM

I wasn't able to download the Spiderman demo over the weekend as ran out space.  So I ordered a 16GB SD card from Newegg.com for $10.

What?? You mean you didn't have to pay Sony $70!? Incredible!

/snark-itude  ;D

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 19, 2012, 09:18:25 PM

Quote from: NinSage on June 19, 2012, 12:44:27 PM

Quote from: motang on June 18, 2012, 07:26:35 PM

I wasn't able to download the Spiderman demo over the weekend as ran out space.  So I ordered a 16GB SD card from Newegg.com for $10.

What?? You mean you didn't have to pay Sony $70!? Incredible!

/snark-itude  ;D

I own a Vita and am enjoying my time with it, but that snark is more than called for. I got a 32 GB Vita card for $20 off on Amazon and still paid four times what it would cost to upgrade my 3DS/Wii/Wii U SD card to the same capacity.

Title: Re: Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes
Post by: Tora on June 20, 2012, 10:32:25 AM

Quote from: NinSage on June 19, 2012, 12:44:27 PM

Quote from: motang on June 18, 2012, 07:26:35 PM

I wasn't able to download the Spiderman demo over the weekend as ran out space.  So I ordered a 16GB SD card from Newegg.com for $10.

What?? You mean you didn't have to pay Sony $70!? Incredible!

/snark-itude  ;D

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