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Sammy Samusu · Nov 12, 2015

Chaos said:
Euro pre load is ment to be starting on the 30th Nov

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...lade_chronicles_xs_data_packs_early_next_week

Nintendo Direct: https://youtu.be/VF3AnGHbG6s?t=15m45s

New Trailer: https://youtu.be/yTGAwHbluZ0

If you are planning to buy the physical version of the game, you can download data packs to decrease loading times (fast travel, menus) and improve your gameplay experience.

You don't need to download data packs if you buy the digital version.

Now we wait for Dec 4...

duckielein · Nov 12, 2015

Only in NA or EU, or both?O:

bobbychalkers · Nov 12, 2015

Oh my god best trailer yet lmao

RPGCrazied · Nov 12, 2015

Checking eShop now....

Kouriozan · Nov 12, 2015

Time to clean the fridge then.

Eolz · Nov 12, 2015

Original voices pack please.

Soul Lab · Nov 12, 2015

I want to buy an external hd for my wiiu.
Anything I have to know? Do they all work?

Zack Zavage · Nov 12, 2015

Wait, wasn't this game supposed to be a seamless open world without loading screens?
Except for the initial one of course...

SatoAilDarko · Nov 12, 2015

Zack Zavage said:
Wait, wasn't this game supposed to be a seamless open world without loading screens?
Except for the initial one of course...

There are loading screens when you fast travel.

Tathanen · Nov 12, 2015

I've been trying to keep my Wii U clean for months for exactly this. I think I might have to delete a few things either way tho.

RPGCrazied · Nov 12, 2015

Woot, found them, downloading.

Thanks for doing this Nintendo.

Sammy Samusu · Nov 12, 2015

Soul Lab said:
I want to buy an external hd for my wiiu.
Anything I have to know? Do they all work?

Yes, but if it doesn't have dedicated power source, you might need a cheap Y cable.

Zack Zavage · Nov 12, 2015

I embrace additional options for gamers, especially if they are offered to us free of charge.
And I'm definitely going to make use of this one. Thanks NIntendo.
Kinda reminds me of the data installation for some of the PSP games.

My 64GB usb flash drive is ready.

Mithos · Nov 12, 2015

duckielein said:
Only in NA or EU, or both?O:

I second this question.

Ridley327 · Nov 12, 2015

Zack Zavage said:
Wait, wasn't this game supposed to be a seamless open world without loading screens?
Except for the initial one of course...

These aren't so much for loading times as they are for streaming improvements. Textures and geometry will load quite a bit faster with these augmenting your retail copy. You don't need them for the digital version since it's already fully installed on your storage device.

Dead Prince · Nov 12, 2015

nintendo magic with the small game download

vareon · Nov 12, 2015

Cool! Now about the storage... I have an old SATA hard drive. Can I just slap a powered casing and be done with it?

Robert at Zeboyd Games · Nov 12, 2015

Apparently the Japanese version is 22.7 GB for comparison. So buy the retail and download 2-10 GBs to improve performance or bite the bullet and download ~23 GBs.

random25 · Nov 12, 2015

Gotta download this later today. My hard drive is ready!

RedBoot · Nov 12, 2015

Did anyone do any measurements on how much this saves on the Japanese version? I've probably got room for all of them, but if the Skel Pack saves me like 5 seconds every now and then, it's probably not worth the fridge space.

Original Man · Nov 12, 2015

Downloading now. I bought a WiiU for this and smash bros

Zonic · Nov 12, 2015

Bleh, 10GB of data. Might have to finally give in & get a cheap HDD. Might just use my 16GB flash drive for the time being. It's mainly DKC TF taking up the most space (had to delete Wind Waker HD taking 1.7GB).

I can use an USB flash drive if it's just stuff like the data pack, correct? Nintendo said it's not recommended, especially for save data.

Ridley327 · Nov 12, 2015

One important thing to point out that people may not know: the Basic Pack is required for all of the other packs.

Zack Zavage · Nov 12, 2015

Robert at Zeboyd Games said:
Apparently the Japanese version is 22.7 GB for comparison. So buy the retail and download 2-10 GBs to improve performance or bite the bullet and download ~23 GBs.

How do they manage to get such a file size on a DL-DVD?

vareon said:
Cool! Now about the storage... I have an old SATA hard drive. Can I just slap a powered casing and be done with it?

Assuming your powered casing offers an usb connection, yes.

I'm wondering, why do so many people want to choose an external HDD over an usb flash drive for their Wii U? I understand if you want to go purely digital and need those hundreds of GigaBytes, but why everyone else too?

Today's flash drives are very reliable and durable, not to mention cheap. As long as you don't use a rubbish no-name brand and choose one with usb 2.0 writing/reading speeds of at least 25-30MB/s, you should be totally fine.

ussjtrunks · Nov 12, 2015

Is it up in the EU aswell?

Chaos17 · Nov 12, 2015

Eolz said:
Original voices pack please.

Yes, please

Mithos · Nov 12, 2015

ussjtrunks said:
Is it up in the EU aswell?

A friend in Sweden said NO, only trailer so far.

Ridley327 · Nov 12, 2015

Zack Zavage said:
How do they manage to get such a file size on a DL-DVD?

Wii U discs are single layer Blu-ray discs.

KarmaCow · Nov 12, 2015

You can download it now? Wow I'm surprised that they're allowing it almost a month out from release.

Zonic · Nov 12, 2015

Zack Zavage said:
I'm wondering, why do so many people want to choose an external HDD over an usb flash drive for their Wii U? I understand if you want to go purely digital and need those hundreds of GigaBytes, but why everyone else too?

Today's flash drives are very reliable and durable, not to mention cheap. As long as you don't use a rubbish no-name brand and choose one with usb 2.0 writing/reading speeds of at least 25-30MB/s, you should be totally fine.

Directly from Nintendo:

Can I use a Flash/Thumb drive as an external storage device?

Because these devices have a limited number of rewrites and are not suited to long-term storage of important game data, we do not recommend the use of Flash/thumb drives as an external storage device solution. For best results, we recommend using a hard drive with its own power supply that connects to the Wii U via the USB port on the console.

Commercial Flash memory has a limit on the number of times you can write over it and we don't recommend flash memory devices for long-term storage of important save data.

Granted, I'm probably just gonna use my 16GB flash drive for the time being. Though does anyone have experience using flash drives for downloading extra Wii U content?

KingSnake · Nov 12, 2015

Doesn't look to be in EU eshop, so I guess NA only?

TheBaldEmperor · Nov 12, 2015

Nice.

Adam Prime · Nov 12, 2015

News for those buying it digital: You can get it 10% off via Best Buy cards: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintend...ds/pcmcat295100050012.c?id=pcmcat295100050012

Dr. Black Jack · Nov 12, 2015

Zack Zavage said:
I'm wondering, why do so many people want to choose an external HDD over an usb flash drive for their Wii U? I understand if you want to go purely digital and need those hundreds of GigaBytes, but why everyone else too?

Today's flash drives are very reliable and durable, not to mention cheap. As long as you don't use a rubbish no-name brand and choose one with usb 2.0 writing/reading speeds of at least 25-30MB/s, you should be totally fine.

Can I use a Flash/Thumb drive as an external storage device?
Because these devices have a limited number of rewrites and are not suited to long-term storage of important game data, we do not recommend the use of Flash/thumb drives as an external storage device solution. For best results, we recommend using a hard drive with its own power supply that connects to the Wii U via the USB port on the console.

Commercial Flash memory has a limit on the number of times you can write over it and we don't recommend flash memory devices for long-term storage of important save data.

-Horizon- · Nov 12, 2015

And downloading now.

RootCause · Nov 13, 2015

Downloading them all.

Haines · Nov 13, 2015

So i would assume this was done for japan and people expected this?

Curufinwe · Nov 13, 2015

RPGCrazied said:
Woot, found them, downloading.

Thanks for doing this Nintendo.

How do you start downloading them?

TheGamingBox · Nov 13, 2015

Zack Zavage said:
How do they manage to get such a file size on a DL-DVD?

wiiu uses a custom bluray drive

komorebi · Nov 13, 2015

Brack tar, it gets you
Wherever you go...

-Horizon- · Nov 13, 2015

Curufinwe said:
How do you start downloading them?

go to eshop, there's a banner for XenoX near the top, click downloadable content, select all of them, start downloading, wait one more month for the game, play 30 hours, fly a mech.

El Odio · Nov 13, 2015

Haines said:
So i would assume this was done for japan and people expected this?

The packs in general or the predownload because the packs were there and pretty sure predownloadable before release. Will get this onto my external HDD when I go home for break pronto.

Zack Zavage · Nov 13, 2015

Zonic said:
Directly from Nintendo:

Granted, I'm probably just gonna use my 16GB flash drive for the time being. Though does anyone have experience using flash drives for downloading extra Wii U content?

I'm aware of this and that's probably the reason why most people do so.

I had to dig through this overwhelming wall of text FAQ before purchasing my Wii U a few months back.

To me it just feels more like an alibi for Nintendo and/or to avoid receiving too many support cases of lost data because of very bad quality flash drives.

Rebel Leader · Nov 13, 2015

Linkstrikesback · Nov 13, 2015

Was going to try downloading these but then remembered my current Wii U is a basic, so lol.

Zonic · Nov 13, 2015

Oh freakin' hell, my 16GB flash drive only has 14GB & eShop says I need about 15.7GB.

.......guess I'll keep an eye on cheap 32GB flash drives so I can download it & finally move DKC Tropical Freeze off my Wii U.

Rebel Leader · Nov 13, 2015

Linkstrikesback said:
Was going to try downloading these but then remembered my current Wii U is a basic, so lol.

If america, we're near black friday.

Look for an external HDD

Teuoxton · Nov 13, 2015

Got them in already! That 1TB drive was a good investment after all!

JimboJones · Nov 13, 2015

Zonic said:
Directly from Nintendo:

Granted, I'm probably just gonna use my 16GB flash drive for the time being. Though does anyone have experience using flash drives for downloading extra Wii U content?

Used a 16GB corsair drive for a year before getting a HDD and a y cable, just had demos on it. Been using a flash drive in my 360 for a good few years too installing disks to it and arcade games withought problems.

The 16GB drive is still alive and used for other stuff now BTW.

Space Medafighter X · Nov 13, 2015

Done and done.

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