While Square Enix had previously announced that the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 release of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade would take up 87.9 GB of storage, the company has now announced a correction. In a social media post, Square Enix has now revealed that the standard edition of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade on the Switch 2 will require between 90 and 95 GB of storage.
The more content you get with the title, the higher the storage requirements go. The Limited Early Purchase Edition, as well as the Limited Early Purchase Digital Deluxe Edition of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade will require between 93.8 and 99 GB of storage space.
It is worth noting that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade was going to end up being the largest game on the Nintendo Switch 2 even before Square Enix updated the storage requirements. Even the previous estimates indicated that the title was going to be much larger than what is now the second-largest title on Nintendo’s new console – WWE 2K25 – which weighs in at 73.2 GB.
Due to the game’s largesse even on the Nintendo Switch 2, Square Enix has confirmed that the physical release of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade – slated for January 22, 2026 – will make use of Game-Key Cards. This largely comes down to the fact that the proprietary media format used by the Switch 2 caps out at around 64 GB, while also being quite expensive to manufacture for developers and publishers. Along with this, performance considerations also tend to play in decisions like this, since physical cartridges are slower than the console’s internal storage.
Director Naoki Hamaguchi has spoken about the trend of using Game-Key Cards in lieu of physical cartridges that include all of a game’s data, and how it is essentially inevitable. Back in October, Hamaguchi also noted that physical releases of games are “less and less part of the industry.” He went on to note say, “I think it’s, in some ways, part of a larger trend that we can’t avoid.”
As for the general criticisms towards Game-Key Cards by fans of physical media as well as those interested in preservation efforts for older games, Hamaguchi said that he understood why these people might not like the format. This, he notes, is specially the case for users of Nintendo’s platforms, which tend to have a preference for physical releases.
“The trend is going towards digital,” said Hamaguchi. “But within that, where the key card falls into that – I understand why a lot of people don’t like this and maybe want to push back against it. But from a creator’s perspective, I kind of think it gives us opportunities to put some games on Switch 2.”
With Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade making its way to Nintendo Switch 2 as well as Xbox Series X/S in January, Square Enix has also confirmed that it will be bringing the rest of the trilogy to more platforms as well. Currently, the second game has only been released on PC and PS5, while the third game is still under development.
