16 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Nintendo

16. The Legend Of Zelda Has A Smaller File Size Than A High-Res Picture Of Itself

Just to really frazzle your brain-circuits, the associated picture here is 74KB, whereas the full game comes in at around 70KB, depending on slight localisation changes altering the occasional byte or two. It's a pretty awesome showcase of how far we've come with technology and rendering in general, and to go a step further; the combined file size of every game on both the NES and SNES wouldn't even come close to equating Mario's character model in Super Mario Bros. Wii U.

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