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Order Up eShop Download More Than 300 Megabytes

by Andy Goergen - June 18, 2012, 3:08 pm EDT
Total comments: 14

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

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.

Talkback

NintendofanboiiJune 18, 2012

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

MataataJune 18, 2012

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

EnnerJune 18, 2012

Woo! Welcome to the big download!

MasterEJune 18, 2012

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

OblivionJune 18, 2012

How do I transfer SD cards?

motangJune 18, 2012

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.

ToraJune 18, 2012

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

IamAwake94June 18, 2012

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

ToraJune 18, 2012

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.

OblivionJune 18, 2012

I'm fairly certain Nintendo bottlenecks their own downloads.

C-OlimarJune 19, 2012

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

Chocobo_RiderJune 19, 2012

Quote from: motang

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

Quote from: NinSage

Quote from: motang

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.

ToraJune 20, 2012

Quote from: NinSage

Quote from: motang

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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