Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Launches June 3 on Switch 2

The second installment of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, is set to launch on Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S on June 3. The game will be the largest title in terms of file size on the Nintendo Switch 2 platform, according to listings on Nintendo’s official store pages.

The Japanese My Nintendo Store page lists the file size as 102 GB, while the European site shows 91.5 GB, indicating the final size may still be adjusted. Either figure would make Rebirth the platform’s largest game, surpassing Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (90.4 GB), Split Fiction (71 GB), and Cyberpunk 2077 Special Edition (60 GB). Due to this large size, the physical release for Switch 2 will be a Game Key Card, requiring a full download, rather than a self-contained game cartridge. Director Naoki Hamaguchi explained that performance and storage constraints made this decision necessary, noting that loading directly from internal storage is roughly twice as fast as from a cartridge for this game’s design, which constantly streams data during gameplay.

Concurrently, Microsoft has added handheld support for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on its Xbox Ally device, listing it...