Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition – requires a digital download

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition – requires a digital download

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will be hitting Nintendo Switch physically in December 2021.  Retail listings apparently revealed that the Nintendo Switch release of the game will require an additional digital download – with a glaring “Download Required” banner on the cover.

There are currently no details on how big this download will be, or if the game cartridge will still be playable without it.

But this was to be expected
This is likely attributed to the game’s rather large file size of 25.4 GB on Nintendo Switch, and the expensive cost of larger-capacity Nintendo Switch game cartridges.

About Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition

Three iconic cities, three epic stories. Play the genre-defining classics of the original Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas updated for a new generation, now with across-the-board enhancements including brilliant new lighting and environmental upgrades, high-resolution textures, increased draw distances, Grand Theft Auto V-style controls and targeting, and much more, bringing these beloved worlds to life with all new levels of detail.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition includes:

  • Grand Theft Auto III: It all starts in Liberty City. With the revolutionary freedom to go anywhere and jack anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the center of the criminal underworld at your fingertips, if you have enough guts to take it.
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man’s rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti’s tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Five years ago, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson escaped the haze of Los Santos, San Andreas…a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs, and corruption. Now, it’s the early 90s. CJ’s got to go home – his mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart, and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of cops frame him for homicide, forcing CJ on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets in the next iteration of the series that changed everything.

Developed by Rockstar Games, adapted by Grove Street Games.