| Use Case | Set Type | Storage Required | Recommended Hardware | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Top 100 Games (Decrypted) | 128 GB | 256 GB SSD | | Serious Collector | Full USA Retail (Trimmed) | 650 GB | 1 TB NVMe or HDD | | Preservationist | USA + EUR + Patches | 1.2 TB | 2 TB External HDD | | Complete Archivis | All Regions + DLC + Updates | 1.5 TB+ | 4 TB NAS (RAID 1) |
If you want a trimmed, decrypted, playable collection of every unique US and European game (excluding updates and Japanese titles), you will use approximately . If you want the absolute full archival experience—every region, every patch, every DLC, and every demo—you need 1.5 TB (compressed) or 2 TB (uncompressed). 3ds Complete Rom Set Size
This set includes every retail cartridge release plus every digital title that was sold on the Nintendo eShop. This is significantly larger because digital titles were never compressed for cartridge storage. It also includes "Updates" (patches) and "DLC" (Downloadable Content). | Use Case | Set Type | Storage