Nintendo have revealed the filesizes for eShop retail downloads in Japan.

• Animal Crossing: Jump Out – 8,192 blocks (1 GB)
• Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics – 4,096 blocks (512 MB)
• Mario Kart 7 – 8,192 blocks (1 GB)
• Mario Tennis Open – 4,096 blocks (512 MB)
• Super Mario 3D Land – 4,096 blocks (512 MB)
• Pilotwings Resort – 1,024 blocks (128 MB)
• Hana to Ikimono no Rittai Zukan (3D Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna) – 8,192 blocks (1 GB)
• Star Fox 64 3D – 5,120 blocks (640 MB)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – 4,096 blocks (512 MB)

I'm gonna need a bigger SD card...

Man, those are some big games.

How is that they are exactly a gig, or exactly half a gig? I'm assuming those are the different sizes of flash memory available in 3DS carts, but does the download need to like emulate the size of the cart or something? I just refuse to believe that every 3DS game is using every single MB of space on each cart.

I just purchased a 16Gb card, so that should take care of things for a while. Not that I plan to buy games digitally.

I still have 2Gb in mine, despite having 49 VC games.

I'll be buying that DL version of Animal Crossing; JO.

I don't see the point in paying so much more for digital games, it's completely anti-consumer.. But Animal Crossing is one I'll probably fork out the money for. That's a game that needs to be digital, as far as I'm concerned.

@BisonHero said:

How is that they are exactly a gig, or exactly half a gig? I'm assuming those are the different sizes of flash memory available in 3DS carts, but does the download need to like emulate the size of the cart or something? I just refuse to believe that every 3DS game is using every single MB of space on each cart.

Seems weird. Did they just dump the roms and not bother to strip the junk files?

Animal Crossing is a game that makes sense to have on the device at all times. But a whole gigabyte. Damn, I'm not looking forward to downloading that.

I'd love to download AC but the whole if my 3DS gets broken/lost I lose everything part doesn't exactly entice me.

I bought a 32GB SD card for my 3DS for a little over $20 recently, so this stuff ain't really a thang.

You can buy a 32 GB SD card for a fraction of what Sony is charging for their Vita cards.

@MideonNViscera said:

I'd love to download AC but the whole if my 3DS gets broken/lost I lose everything part doesn't exactly entice me.

I think that's going to be addressed very soon with the launch of Nintendo Network, in the meantime keep ya 3DS safe and have your s/n written down safely.

Nintendo will never tell you this, but on some occasions they do make exceptions...

I have nearly 50 DL games, I'd be heart broken!. The current system cannot be right, Nintendo must know this.

i was actually surprised that my 3DS XL came with a memory card at all.

only got Pushmo, Kirby, and a couple demos on there so i don't think it's very full yet.