: Extracted from a physical Switch console to decrypt the game data.

Super Mario Odyssey XCI NSZ: The Complete Guide to Nintendo Switch Formats

: While XCI files can often be "loaded" directly, NSZ files usually need to be installed into the emulator's NAND or onto a Switch SD card using a tool like Tinfoil or DBI, as most emulators cannot play compressed NSZ files directly without decompressing them first. Important Note:

Super Mario Odyssey is a big game. The original game is around 5.7 GB.

Understanding the space savings helps illustrate the practical benefit of the NSZ format for Super Mario Odyssey . The base game is known for its efficient file size, but compression makes it even smaller.