6.6GB
Thanks to a tip from a reader, I was able to log into my Japanese eShop account on Switch and take a gander at the listing forDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze— only to find out that the file size has been posted!
According to the listing the Switch port is 6.6GB, which is roughly half the size of the Wii U original of 11.4GB. Compression ho! Japanese eShop users can pre-load the game now that the size has been posted, and we can only assume that the functionality will make its way across the world over time.
I’m a little nervous about this release, mostly because I don’t want to see the reputation of the incredible original tarnished because people are turned off by the $60 pricepoint of the Switch edition. That’s on Nintendo though.
