The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: Preload times for Switch

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was a true masterpiece. And now its sequel is set to arrive soon. Tears of the Kingdom is scheduled to release on May 12. If you are someone who ordered the game digitally, you may want to think about preloading the game so that you can just jump in and start playing immediately on May 12.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: Preload times for Nintendo Switch

If you are somewhat unfamiliar with preloading video games, let me explain. Preloading video games make it easier to play a video game that was bought digitally the day it was released. By preloading a digital game, you are basically downloading that game to your console days in advance, so that you can bypass the download time on the day of release. This makes the game in a “ready to play” state come the official release day.

If you are someone who doesn’t buy video games digitally, there is usually no way to preload the video game since you don’t have the game in your possession.

Since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is so highly anticipated, a lot of gamers who bought the game digitally are going to want to preload the game. If you are wondering when you can officially preload Tears of the Kingdom onto your Nintendo Switch, the answer to that would be right now!

Preloading has already begun. If you want to take advantage of this feature, head over to your Nintendo Switch and you can begin downloading the game early. Remember that you won’t be able to play the game early, just downloading it early. On May 12, Tears of the Kingdom will be unlocked, and you will be able to play the game as much as you desire.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom comes in at a whopping 16.2 GB. If you are a PlayStation or Xbox gamer, 16.2 GB doesn’t sound like a lot of storage space. However, when it comes to the Nintendo Switch, 16.2 GB is more than half of the 32 GB storage that your Nintendo Switch comes with. I can only imagine that every GB of space that Tears of the Kingdom takes up will be worth it. You just got to make sure that you have enough space to download the game early.

By preloading The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you will be happy that you saved the extra time downloading it a few days in advance. Depending on how fast your internet is, it shouldn’t take you too long. However, with a game of this caliber, you aren’t going to want to waste any time with any downloads on May 12.