i just want to know, what is up with storage?

It's manageable in this game, I think. Way worse in others, including Ocarina of Time.
I look forward to trying it with the GC controller that is waiting for me back at my house. Not sure it's any better, but would be fun to try.

I'm not sure. Was really surprised that 1.25 TB wasn't enough for literally anyone. But to be fair, you don't need to have every single game you own on the system at once anyways.

Don't you also have a second 1TB card? DL the rest of your games to that. I assume that's what you bought it for.

I do have a 1TB microsd card, but both are nearly full. but i will delete more. thanks Deck.

also, i love using the GC controller. it felt natural, like I've been using it all along. but i am going to try the Pro to see if that is any better.

What?! You have 2 tb of Switch games????

1TB and the internal storage.

Got completely sucked into Wind Waker the second I booted it up and heard the opening theme. Like an old friend you haven't seen in years. Finished up the first half of the game over the weekend. Sister is safe and it's time to save the world.

Dude downloaded the entire eshop.

Again, you can see exactly what is taking up your storage, is there some mysterious "other" that's taking up a ton of space? Otherwise your games (and saves, don't underestimate saves especially for certain games like Minecraft) are taking up too much space.

I believe the switch 2 at least allows you to put your saves on the memory card now? I know for my switch 1, because we have so many users on one system we would routinely run out of onboard space and all of that had to be on there because saves could not be moved. Bottom line is you do not need all your games and certainly not all your saves on every system, particularly if you have cloud saves with nintendo online.

no mysterious other. i deleted what i could and that i wasn't going to readily play or have on another console. it didn't do much and my save data i don't think is taking up much space.

But you don't have to think, you can see what is using the space right there, right?

yes, i could see what is taking up space and what is not. i deleted some big game files and got some memory back, but i fear for the future. i thought i would be safe with the increased internal storage and the 1TB express microSD card.

I bet he has like 3 years' worth of the same sports game installed at the same time.

i don't have any sport games whatsoever, unless you count the racing games like MKW and Fast Fusion. that's the only 2 i have that is sports related.

What size of card did you have on the switch 1? Yes the switch 2 has more internal storage but not THAT much more and games will naturally be bigger especially the upgrades. Bottom line is that the transition between switch 1 and 2 is probably the perfect time to just port stuff over that you're playing, particularly if you're keeping the switch 1 around anyway.

i had a 1.5TB, i believe on SW1.

Then I have no idea why you thought you'd be "safe" when it seems like you ported your whole catalog over?

I know there are a lot of complaints about the screen not being OLED but man, what a massive jump over the OG Switch LCD.

There was no option for transferring certain games. It was all or nothing, I thought.

I think that is correct. There might have been a way to stop midway through, but I didn't find it. Thankfully I didn't have my memory card in when I did the transfer so it only downloaded 256 GB worth of games, which was a lot but not nearly everything. It is fine to not have every Switch game on the Switch 2. Time to curate a bit.

Hmm... obviously I haven't done my migration to my (unopened) switch 2 but I know when you move a profile over to another switch, it asks you if you will still be using your old switch and if you select yes, it doesn't move everything over. I have no idea (if you're keeping your old switch and you have cloud saves) why you'd want to by default move everything over besides things like Animal Crossing which are a pain since they can only be on one system at a time.

I luckily don't have a ton of Switch digital games. The majority of my collection is physical. I still have 160 GB free on the Switch hard drive and that's after downloading Mario Kart World, and the Switch 2 versions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

I completely forgot about needing to get a card for expanded storage. I lucked out with not needing it right now.

I’m actually really enjoying the Welcome Tour. It gives a lot of insights into the technology if you’re into that sort of thing. I would love for them to present in this way for all past consoles.

If your BotW and TotK Switch 1 games are physical, then the download for the upgrade is very small. It's like a texture pack, I think. Not the full game again.

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