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Preload Date and Guide: How to Preload

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Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Preload Date and Guide: How to Preload

Preload for Pokemon Legends: Arceus is available now! This is a guide on how to preload the game, preload requirements, and the download filesize of the game.

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Is Preload Available?

Preloading is now Available

Preloading Pokemon Legends Arceus
Preload Date January 21, 2022
Release Date January 28, 2022

Players who have purchased Pokemon Legends: Arceus early may now begin preloading the game a week prior to its release.

How to Preorder and All Preorder Bonuses

Benefits of Preloading

Pokemon Legends: Arceus - How to Preload

Preloading Pokemon Legends: Arceus will let you play the game immediately at 12 midnight of the day of its release! If you've been eagerly awaiting this new adventure into the Pokemon world, preloading is the way to go!

Release Date and Time

How to Preload

From the Nintendo eShop

Step 1 Nintendo Eshop
Select the Nintendo eShop on your Nintendo Switch home page.
Step 2
Nintendo Shop Coming Soon
Find Pokemon Legends: Arceus by searching via the search bar, or by going to the "Coming Soon" section.
Step 3 Select the Pokemon Legends: Arceus full version.
Step 4 Select Proceed to Purchase. (Download will start after confirming the purchase)

Preload Filesize

Required Space is 6.0GB

Nintendo Switch microSD card
File Size 6.0GB

Make sure your Switch has enough memory space available for the game before preloading. If your memory is near full, you might need to delete other game data, or prepare a microSD card to store more.

MicroSD Card May Be Required

If your Switch does not have free space to download the digital version of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, consider purchasing a MicroSD card to increase its capacity.

When purchasing a MicroSD card, be sure to choose one that is compatible with the Nintedo Switch.

Examples of games with large file size

Game Required Space
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 16GB or more
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 13.4GB
Pokemon Sword and Shield 10.3GB
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 6.8GB
Super Mario Odyssey 5.7GB

The following games in the above table use about 26GB of file size. When installed in the Switch's internal memory, this leaves the console with at least 6GB of free space. Note that this does not include the space reserved for use by the console, so the actual free space may be lower.

If You Cannot Play the Software Yet, You'll Have to Wait

When you start playing the game during its midnight release, you may come across an error that tells you that you cannot play the software yet. You may need to wait for a few minutes before starting the game to fix this.

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