Fire Emblem: Awakening Download Takes Up Almost 8,600 Blocks

This is one of the reasons why I get retail over digital.

yea me too, would love to get the digital version but ill have to get the retail copy of this beast!

@SheldonRandoms: My 3DS has a 32GB Class10 SD Card which cost me £18 many months ago.
Situation on Vita is much worse in terms of expensive space due to the proprietary memory cards.

If Nintendo could discount the price for downloading, then I would consider getting it from the eShop. Until then, Gamestop is just across the street from my office. For me, an hours long wait to download when I can walk and be back in 10 minutes doesn't make sense.

Bring on the downloads!

This is actually one game I am strongly considering getting the download version over the physical. I have Sacred Stones on my 3DS and I really like to be able to just pick up and play it whenever without having to worry about what game is already in the system.

That's fine by me. Bring it on!!

NINTENDO: Stop using "blocks" and just list stuff in GB/MB/KB like everyone else!

would but i already pre-ordered it. although i am tempted by the 3DS bundle. ugh decisions decisions

@shinpichu - Nintendo is going to stop using "blocks" when the US starts using metric. It's just their way of payback. It's still not as bad as MS 1600 points = $20.00 which has no basis in reality whatsoever.
I'm glad the 3DS and Wii U use $ and not Wii points.
The Wii U doesn't use blocks, does it?

The Wii U uses MB/GB.

Anyway, I already have a 3DS, no need for me to get the bundle. Still on the edge about getting this...

If I get this, I'm going physical for sure.

Pretty small file for such a huge game. Still getting physical simply because it's Fire Emblem.

Only 8,579 blocks. My Class10 block power of 200,986 can land a critical hit on that.

Nintendo is going to stop using "blocks" when the US starts using metric.

I don't see why the U.S. doesn't already use metric. Its far superior.

I've set a 5,000 block limit on myself for any games that can be purchased in physical form. If downloads were slightly cheaper I would reconsider that stance, but there are too many good download-only games to waste too much space on games available physically.

I was very happy with the download option, I live in Brazil and the price of the 3ds games here is about 75 dollars!!! But since we have a brazilian eshop, nintendo doe not accept brazilian credit cards in the american eshop, so the download price is 75 dollars, no problem though, I have preordered mine from play-asia for 45 bucks with shipping!

@Bass_X0 I've always felt that way about the world and the English language.

The biggest problem is that you lose your save data when you remove the game. If you could install/uninstall without losing save data you wouldn't have to worry about using too much space.

I don't plan on downloading many retail games, however this is the most tempting so far. I think I would miss the physical box and artwork though.

Downloads for me forever. I would really like the booklet, since I'm sure it comes with more than the single-page instructions most games come with. But for me, I just really, really love having all my games with me, always. My current 3DS has 5 Mario games, 3 Metroids, 4 Zeldas, 1 Kirby, 3 Warios, Bionic Commando, Mario Kart, 2 Fire Emblems, and a few dozen Dsi titles on it. I would have download Harvest Moon, if it wasnt for the Cow pre-order. In the end, the chance to carry so much with me is too good to pass up.

For 3DS it is now Downloads only unless the game is only retail.

The first thing I did when I got a 3DS was get a huge SD card for it. I'm not sure what my reasoning was at the time but now it seems like a good impulse buy.

I will be buying the physical version for sure now.

That file size is glorious, and shows how much content there really is when the game is raw. WIth all the DLC added, I wonder how much larger it will be? Absolutely glorious.
On a side note, I wonder if a 64GB SDXC card would work with a 3DS? I've heard that it works if you format the partition to fat32, but I've seen someone try that, and, while it will be recognized by the system, it is extremely slow, and trying to boot up almost anything causes it to crash.
Has anyone here been able to get a 64GB SDXC card to actually work well with the 3DS?

From a collecting standpoint I prefer to have a box and card. Still on the fence about getting this game though since MonHun comes out the following month. I think most of my game time will be used to slay gigantic beasts.

@drdark I purchased a Class 4 32 GB SD card here in the states for about $22.00. It works well and all but I'm tempted to get a Class 10 instead. The reason? I've read somewhere that the higher the class, the faster the download. A Class 4 works good but I'd like to test out a Class 10 for that purpose only. Nonetheless, I'm glad Nintendo is using SD cards as opposed to proprietary cards like Sony which I'm sure tend to be a bit pricey.

Has over 750,000 unused blocks, isn't worried about DL size, Bring it on

@Robo-goose
I'm using a 128gb class 10 U1 SDXC, they work just fine

Good thing I picked up a 32gig SD card over Christmas! Bring on the digital age!

For those who don't know how much a block is:
1 block = 1 megabit (Mb)
8 blocks = 1 megabyte (MB)
8000 blocks = 1000 megabytes (MB) = 1 GB

No biggie. I still have 'bout 85,000 blocks of free space, and when push comes to shove, I can always delete some of the demos I've tried.

@tigermask
32 GBs are much cheaper now, too. So anyone who wants to go all digital on 3DS can do so VERY easily. Unlike Vita.

@Zemus-DJ
Oh! Fantastic! So, how did you get it to work? I want to make sure I won't waste $60+ on a card that won't read or write properly, lol! Anything specific that needs changing on the card?

"Blockbuster" oh lord XD

loved to seen this happen

either
Cart verison 40
Download version 30
or
Download verison with all of the japan add ons for 40

Has anyone seen a load time comparison article for different class SD cards on 3DS? Would be interested to see if a class 10 is worth the extra money. Maybe this is an experiment Nintendo Life can conduct for a feature?

@Bass_X0
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Metric_b3c890_1765079.jpg

I rather get the physical copy for this game due to the xtra stuff such as the artbook. I do like the concept of retail games having its digital counterpart however. I opted for the digital version of the retail Art Academy and that took up 3,000+ blocks and will continue to grow as they offer more DLCs. My next digital retail game will be Animal Crossing whenever that comes out.

buying physical games makes more sense to me. once done, i can trade or sell it back for another game. i usually never replay a game more than once anyways.

Still not as many blocks as Style Savvy: Trendsetters! That digital download is huge.

@Gamesake ♪Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes♪

That's not really that big. That a bit more then 1 GB. That's half of Kid Icarus: Uprising and ONE-FOURTH of Resident Evil: Revelations

@rayword45 Yeah, it's really not that big. I have a 32GB SD card for my 3DS, which basically acts as a bottomless pit. lol But even still, I'm not getting the bundle, so if I ever get this game it'll probably be physical. shrug

Edit: Thanks for posting this info, by the way! I'm always glad to know block sizes in advance.

I already ordered my own copy online. Plus I'm getting a free art book with artwork of all of the characters with my order.

@FiveDigitLP It's FE, you won't want/need to play another game for a looooong time. Btw, sucks you ambassadors got Sacred Stones instead of Blazing Sword, it's much better.

New Style Boutique (Style Savvy in the U.S.) is over 1.5GB.

That's why you buy the retail copy.

I'm getting this in digital form

I used to love retail because of the box, manual and stuff, but nowdays, it is just a box with no manual or one page manual. I miss the old days where you were able to check the pictures, characters, story and enemies. So, since nintendo is doing this to save money and maybe enviroment thing, I will preffer the download version, there is no point on retail anymore...

Gotta get that artbook.

Can't wait wait to open the box of my physical copy. And that art book is something I must have.

Wow, better buy a new SD card, I only have 5,079 gb left.

as soon as i get a bigger sd card... and acquire an interest in fire emblem

Shining force, All the way.

@sillygostly It's a big game, yeah. By far the biggest game I have on my 3DS.

@SanderEvers I don't want everyone to speak English dude. I just find it funny that people are so quick to suggest switching over to metric whereas someone suggesting switching to English is usually considered going too far when it's really the same concept.

@MagicEmperor lol Language has little to do with race. Living in America, we should know that better than anyone.

This is why I prefer the physical version.

I just cancelled my pre-order from Amazon because I'm not certain that I'd get the booklet and there is a notice that shipping for pre-orders might be delayed.
I'm just going to download it, FE:A will be a good game to always have on my system.

No sweat! I will download it!

@Bass_X0

The US does use metric. Just not for everything.

Why? Just imagine you are a factory and all of your drawings and parts are made to Imperial inch measure. Now to go to metric you need to redesign and redraw all prints, order all new screws and material sizes etc. It is a matter of cost, not all companies can afford the costly switch.

@SheldonRandoms
I get physical because I can put it into any 3DS at any time without logging into the net to let Nintendo watch over my shoulder, sell used, trade, and if my 3DS breaks I just take out the cart and put into the new one (with digital you need to send in your broken 3DS to Nintendo, ridiculous!). Nintendo's DRM is just too restrictive.

Be wise, just buy a physical copy at retail!!

Crap.... I only have the standard normal 3ds SD card D: so far all I have is 12,000 or so blocks ;A; I'll have to delete some stuff :I

Picking up a 8GB!

Actually downloading this game as I type its going to take a while tho, I played the demo for hours so I doubt I'll get tired of it and want to sell it. good game to have on the system n_n might do the same for animal crossing.

It took me 2 1/2 hours to download fire emblem awakening last night from 12am to 2:30 am. D:
idk if its because other ppl are downloading from eshop too or my connection either way it took forever Dx.

I might get FE:A since I never got it at launch.