The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild (Wii U) - Lost In Obscurity
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2023
- A look back at the Wii U version of The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and if it holds up a cup to the Switch version.
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Nice little video. I do wanna add some things tho!
- The resolution on the Wii U gamepad is actually 480p and not 720p. So when played on the GamePad, you're playing with a staggering 480p resolution.
- The reason why the games needs to load back in after you press the home button on the GamePad, is because the Wii U has some pretty poor RAM with just 2 GB DDR 3 which is equal to a laptop from 2005.
The Switch has 4 GB RAM LPDDR 4, so that's like a whole decade difference. The game has to load in all the assets before continuing, kinda like when you move really fast across the map on Switch and the game just freezes to load in props; that's exactly what happens when you pause the game via the home button.
- Wii U and Switch both had frame drops in the same locations at launch especially at the start of the game when you walk down from the little hideout where the old man is sitting, Kakariko village, Hateno and random places across the map. Nintendo patched these frame drops on the Switch version the best they could but they didn't bother on the Wii U version lmao
- The render distance is also significantly better in the Switch version. Take a look at Death Mountain from where you walk out of the Shrine of Ressurrection.
Overall yes, the Switch version is the best way to enjoy the game but the Wii U version deserves a chance imo. I played both versions and think that the experience on the Wii U is just superior because this game was meant to be played on the Wii U and it's the last game for the system so why not give it one last chance to shine and considering that the game is massive and it runs on a system that has specs from the late 2000s, it still is impressive how Nintendo got that game to run.
Not only less RAM but also half the bandwidth in Switch/PS3/360. So there's not much room working around the capacity limitation. The CPU which is literally just 3 Gamecube cores tied with 80s bus system isn't exactly helping either. The Switch on the other hand, could "cheat" by driving the CPU to its designed limit (1.7GHz) temporarily to ease I/O bottlenecks. I'm not sure whether BOTW does this but this is seen in TOTK.
Keep in mind that only 1gb of RAM is actually available to games on Wii U.
Where Switch have something between 3 to 3.5gb available to games.
I can confirm the render distance, texture quality and shadow quality it’s the same on both Wii U and Switch.
The only difference is on resolution, no difference in graphics.
@@MoonSarito that's true. Dont know wich games people are comparing, it has been confirmed, and if you have both versions you can tell by your own, that both versions are exactly the same, just resolution changes, and both suffer frame drops at different points. Wiiu even does better on some places.
This video just hates on Wiiu. It's impressive how well the game runs on such an outdated system.
What makes it overall superior? I'd say having better gyro would be great for me cause gyro aim is the best aim but otherwise what makes it better. I've heard it's way better to wii u emulate it too.
The funny thing about BOTW on Wii U is that more people have emulated the Wii U version on PC than actually played it on Wii U.
And it’s only because it’s more easy to put mods there
@@sfogliatelle278 its easier to run as well
@@sfogliatelle278 And also it runs at 4K and looks great.
You're right lol. That's a shame
Was just about to comment this! The wii u emulator runs flawlessly and this is probably the best game for it. I can play at 4k 165hz and its incredibly smooth. The art style scales so well with any performance target.
I love how in the wii u version you still get the switch shirt for buying the DLC lmao
I 100% the game on Wii U, and even despite that, as well as knowing the game as "Zelda U" for several years, it just has this identity as a Switch game despite there barely being any differences
Yeah, and it's a shame. The Wii U has a big Zelda experience just like the Switch but nobody really cares or treats it like it does.
Well it was meant to sell the switch. Honestly putting it on WiiU to begin with was a really odd move. It's always been the switch Zelda game
@@mentholnewport it was originally for the Wii u so that’s probably why
@@ilovepepperpizza3152 no it was originally for the switch but got ported to wii u. Which is why the wii u version runs worse in every aspect
@@mentholnewportit was for the wii u, they said they were making a new zelda game for the wii u and they said it would only release it om wii u until it got so delayed it got put on the switch
I bought a hacked WiiU only for BOTW back in 2018 and I fucking loved it. Beat the game a few times then put it aside. Until 4 months ago when I discovered how good BOTW was on CEMU, I couldn´t believe my eyes in comparison with the WiiU, and fell in love all over again with BOTW. So I decided to buy a Switch for Tears, dreading that it would be as bad as the Wiiu. I was so surpised to find out that it was WAY better than the WiiU version! By the reviews I always thought they were almost the same. This is the fist video actually telling it like it is.
At launch, the Switch version didn't perform *that* much better.. a few months after launch it got a patch to make performance better. so maybe that's where the disconnect in reception is.
I did play the Wii U version a few years ago, and the slowdowns are nowhere near as bad as some people say. It was bad at launch and for a few months after, but the Wii U version got patched a bit after the final DLCs were released. Nowadays the framerate is pretty comparable with the Switch version. Of course the Switch version does run better when put side by side, but when playing the Wii U version I didn't told myself a single time in my 100-hour playthrough (which was my third playthrough of the game, my first 2 were on Switch) that I was playing a significantly downgraded version of the game.
The only places in the whole map where the framerate dips a bit on Wii U whereas the Switch version doesn't are the very beginning of the game on the Great Plateau when exiting the Shrine of resurrection and Kakariko Village (even though it's pretty stable and dips far less now than at launch). Everywhere else 99% of the time when the Switch version is stable, the Wii U version is also stable. The only noticeable difference is in resolution, but even at 720p this game is still beautiful and when not put side by side, it's not that noticeable and you forget it after a few minutes playing. The other thing I noticed is that due to the WII U having less RAM than the Switch, blood moons happen a bit more often on Wii U than on Switch (which is how the game engine frees up memory by resetting the overworld in it's default state). That's not an issue, just a interesting observation.
My only gripe with the Wii U version is that the Gamepad screen is not used. Like, they could have made the Sheikah Slate visible all the time on the Gamepad. I do understand that they wanted feature-parity with the Switch version, but it's a missed oportunity regardless.
I had the Wiiu version first as I haven't bought a Switch quite a long time later.
But when I did I traded my Wiiu version for the Switch version and immediately noticed a huge difference.
Both in graphics and framerate.
It really showed.
Nice video.
You earned a new subscriber.
I REALLY miss the Wii U intro screens when you boot the game, the botw one gave me chills every time I started it on my Wii U
Its like remembering the fact that there is a gamecube version of Twilight Princess
Is it? I always figured TP on GC was the definitive version due to no dumb motion controls in sight (?). 🤷♂ Edit: then again never bothered with the Wii at all; was cool to see at the time but too gimmicky for me with the motion controls. I skipped out from that gen on, retro only, until getting a Switch couple of years after release.
When I was younger I didnt get a switch at launch, so I ended up getting the Wii U version instead. Despite the significant downgrade in performance, I'll always appreciate the Wii U version of botw. I was only 13 when I first played Botw, and now I'm nearing my 20's, so I'll admit I do feel a bit of nostalgia when thinking about this version of the game lol
Same here
same here
I relate to everything you said word to word. I actually STILL have my Wii U. Mainly to play old Wii games but I used to play BOTW on it. Eventually some data got corrupted though and lost the $60 game entirely which was a bummer but at least I got the chance to play it. Such an amazing game
literally in the same boat. didn't even know it was a switch game at the time
ITS THAT OLD???? WHAT THE FUCK
My first playthrough of BOTW was with my friends WII U, I borrowed it till I beat it, but still brought it to school and hooked it up to an outlet and then played it through the gamepad the day I had to bring it back to him. I loved it, and it felt the same as my 3 playthroughs I did on my switch when I finally got that.
I think the most important thing about games is to not take them at their hardware limitations and just still try to get lost in the world being given. Probably just nostalgia goggles speaking but both BOTW and TOTK hit the same chord for just giving a world to be lost in, low frames or bugs be damned.
Dang I played this game when I was 19. It would have been incredible to play in middle school, back when I was still replaying Twilight Princess on repeat every week.
Congratulations on adulthood, btw.
I have it on the Wii U, it’s honestly great
Very well structured video! i was surprised when i finished the video and realized i wasn't watching a video with 1M+ views from some big youtuber, props to you hope your channel grows!
Thanks so much for the support. It really does keep me at it
No for real you have a great point, theres so many great videos that people make and its always super under viewed. CZcams algorithm is really brutal
I’m surprised you didn’t bring up the load times for the memories. The Sheika Slate had to buffer the memories before they could play. Insane haha.
You're totally right. tbh most of my videos are short and simple right now cuz every time I make one I have to juggle with hard drive space and the longer the vids are, the more my iMac crashes while I edit lol. Otherwise I would record a lot more gameplay and write a longer script
3:36
The Wii U only has 2GB of RAM, but only 1GB is reserved for the OS, the other is used for games.
However, BotW is the only Wii U game to be able to use an additional 500MB of RAM from the OS to have the game properly running. So when you go to the Home Menu, the OS needs time to refresh as it's being taken by the game. When going back to the game, the game needs time to regain the memory that is being used by the OS.
Switch version doesn't need to do this since it has 4GB of RAM, and only 500MB is being used by the OS.
Updates: been fixing lots of typos lmao
As a Botw for wii u owner exclusively, I was so confused when getting Totk and the gyro was HORRIBLE. I dont use motion controlls on any other games that I would notice how bad the switch's gryo is.
Same here.
Same!
Great dive into this version of the game. Keep it up! I got this recommended to me so heres hoping more people find this.
Tried to play botw on switch but emulating wii u version with graphic packs, 1080p+ res and 60+ fps is far superior. But switch version is portable tho
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I remember vividly as I got a wii U to play this game, when my wife came home looked at the screen and said "why does that game look so bad?" lol
Cool video man! Would love to see more of this
I got the WiiU version when it came out and I was in 7th grade. I put about 450 hours into that version alone, but it's easy to forget it was originally Zelda U. Also really wish they did something cool with the gamepad
You deserve wayyyy more subs my guy
I initially played the Wii U version and eventually bought the Switch version a few years later, along with the DLC. I noticed the difference in performance right away. Places that lagged on Wii U are fine on Switch, but both versions do have their FPS drops.
The very start of the game is where a lot of the assumptions about the Wii U version having worse performance come from, they both have FPS drops and freezing but in different locations of the games map. Stuff like the game freezing when an enemy ragdolls can also happen on Switch, it just happens in places that aren't commonly traveled on foot where it does on Wii U, etc. People tend to forget this game was designed for Wii U then ported to Switch and not the other way around. Neither of the systems are really designed to handle a game like this very well either, but that's just the Nintendo way I guess.
Man you just have me flashbacks to when i first entered korok forest on the wii u version my first time playing. Those frames were DYING in the forest
I was so used to playing BoTW on Wii U that by the time I started playing ToTK on Switch I thought it looked a lot better.
I loved the feel of the Wii U game pad and the gyro aiming with it is much better than using the Switch Pro controller IMO.
I got the Wii U version because at the time the switch was really hard to find, plus I was 14 and had to wait for Christmas to get a Switch anyway. I really enjoyed playing the Wii U version, plus I feel like in years the Wii U version will be pretty rare because of how little it sold. Weird how its thought of as a switch game was originally a Wii U game
It's so weird, I never remember it running like this. I'm reinstalling it on my wii u right now anyway to check out my saves and just because I wanted to revisit smash 4, may aswell do zelda aswell. So I'll check this out and see if it's just nostalgia and rose tinted glasses lol.
I have literally never seen any of these issues except in this video, I even went back to play the Wii U version since its the one I own and I still didn't notice them.
Same here. I must be a total luddite or have a completely unrefined video game palette (so to speak) cos I’ve never once noticed a single thing wrong with the Wii U version. Plays just lovely (as far as my evidently crude uncultured cave man brain can tell).
Congrats on this video blowing up I just subscribed!
I remember where I borrowed the Wii U version from my local library but because nobody wanted that version, I was able to borrow it for weeks & weeks at a time. Had to give it back every so often but for the most part it was just at my house.
My Wii U is the windwaker edition. I can never get rid of it. My breath of the wild is so nearly complete. Plus there’s also windwaker, twilight princess, hyrule warriors, original Zelda, and link to the past.
I got the game on Wii U a few months after release, and I honestly don't mind the differences in visual quality between Switch and Wii U. If there were any differences in the game itself that would change.
I remember doing that infamous gyro puzzle on the switch. you know how I solved it - using the gyro? i turned the platform completely upside down - to the flat underbelly. no more gyro maze, just a bit of trial and error to get the target to the finish line. easy.
good times.
I've done the exact same thing every playthrough since my second. If the gyro is gonna suck ass then I'm just gonna beat the system.
@@Bearman3600 hahaha! Yes, agreed!
First time I've played, it was on the Emulator, so I'm more familiared with the Wii U layout, it was weird when I saw the switch controlers in the swing version.
3:50 I’m a little sad that the Gamepad screen menu elements were removed, given how I enjoyed them for Wind Waker HD & Twilight Princess HD like Item swapping without needing to pause
Bro 4:10 caught me so off guard 💀 this video is awesome
I’ve only ever played the Wii U version because I couldn’t get a switch on launch day and had to wait a few months but still got BOTW on release
I remember playing it at a friends house and then coming home and getting it from my dad…
I dont own a Switch but have a Wii U. So just asking because im not sure can I play this game without a TV? I usually bring my Wii U with me to play on the go (wherever I can find a power outlet) and would like to with this game as well.
The Wii U version was the first one I got. Didn't have money for a Switch (but got one for Christmas 3 years later) but I played the hell out of the Wii U version until then. I didn't really notice a lot of differences until I got the Switch version, but looking back on it now the WII U version looked almost like Wind Waker HD compared to the quality of the Switch, haha. Both versions are just as fun and the WII U version has a special place in my heart as a broke college student at the time.
Wii U was my first contact with Breath of the Wild, gosh... I remember how excited I was, I almost skipped class just to play, it was such an epic moment to be able to play in day one a game I've been waiting for for so many years, sure, it had its problems like lower resolution and more frequent frame-rate drops, but the game was so magnificent that I just didn't care.
I’m currently playing Tears of the Kingdom on Switch but I've never bought Breath of the Wild on it (and I don't intend to, I even played the Switch version at some friends' houses and apart from the resolution and frame-rate I didn't see any difference , even the graphics were identical, so I didn't see any reason to buy the game again ) besides I found the gyro better on the Wii U one of the things I miss is Miiverse, it was really cool to be able to interact with other people who had the game and even asking for help at shrines when I got stuck or just watching the drawings people made, I miss that on Switch
Funfact: The Wii U version has a load whenever you press the Home button because BOTW is the only Wii U game that uses more than 1 GB of RAM, normally the Wii U has 1 GB dedicated to games and 1 GB dedicated to system, as BOTW needs more RAM than other Wii U games the console needs to re-allocate the RAM between the game and the system whenever you press Home, this may be a bad optimization as other bigger games like Xenoblade X don't have this problem.
I'm not sure it's due to bad optimization. BOTW's engine seems more complex than the one from Xenoblade X. It's been a while since I last played Xenoblade X, but as far as I remember (I could be wrong though), things like physics simulation is far, far better in BOTW. I can't remember also if in Xenoblade X the items you can get from the overworld or the enemies respawn when you re-enter a location after clearing it, which is not the case in BOTW (the game has to keep track of defeated enemies and picked items until the next blood moon, which does consume more memory than clearing everything when you exit a location).
2:44 you really do learn something new every day 😂 i own both BOTW and TOTK amd and didn't know you could shield surf until just now.
i literally had to boot that shit up and check😅
You funny as hell bro you need more fame frfr
Whats that theme towards the end of the video? The song name from the soundtrack?
It's Mipha's Theme from the game
@@Bearman3600 I’ll check and let you know bomb ass video idk why only 300 subs
Best comparison video commentary ever. I have subscribed
DANG THIS TAKES ME BACKKKKK
I still have my WiiU version, I couldn't afford a switch at the time so I figured get this and it'd be just good and I wasn't wrong.
I had thought about holding out a few weeks or months to get a Switch, but when BOTW came out I really had no impulse control and went out that day to buy a used Wii U and a copy. I only ever played it on my friend's Switch after I beat it on my own Wii U. I noticed it was a bit smoother running, but I never saw it docked.
I could tell it was a slightly less optimal experience on the Wii U... But it's the difference between seeing Dune in IMAX and seeing it in a regular theater. One is definitely better looking, but all the things that make it absolutely wonderful are present in both.
The home menu waiting is because the game uses extra memory from the system to run. Just like Super Smash Bros and Pokemon Sun on 3DS. I played the Wii U version first on the release and it was also the version that everyone played on Nintendo E3 2016 presentation, so for me, the Wii U version is the one I remember the most.
I played the wiiu version when it came out and got the switch version about a year ago and I couldn’t really tell any significant difference but then again it’s been like 5 years.
I played about 100 hours and completed all of the shrines on the Wii U version when the game first released in 2017. My friend got a Switch at launch and he let me borrow his Wii U which my or my not have been jail broken and my or my not have had a copy of this game loaded onto it. I remember wondering around the Korok Forest at a blazing 10fps, good times.
i played botw first on wii u since i was able to buy one for 50 bucks and man i loved it. I didnt have switch but after playing through botw the first time it left such an imppression on me that when i finally did get a switch a year later i also bought another copy of botw. Also i think the game still looks great on wii u and ran pretty decently.
i got the wiiu version on launch day and got my switch in june of 2017, i got it for the switch in mid 2020 and rebought all the dlc etc
I have 1500 hours on Wii U BotW, I 100%ed the game and barely noticed any lag.
i originally played botw on my wii u and it's surprising to me that I don't remember the lag being bad, but I was also a child so you know it makes sense.
Just saying, i hardly experienced any massive frame drops when i played. Pretty sure i only got the ones that were also on switch. I also dont remember any delay on going back in from home menu, pretty sure it was instant for me
Well, I don't know what to say, I didn't had a Switch until 2018's Christmas, and I had to wait until March 2019 to play BOTW on Switch (My uncle bought it for me). So, from march 2017 to March 2019, I had to play BOTW on Wii U, and I absolutely adored it, it was one of the best gaming experiences that I have had for a long while, and Several months after I had finished it, I kept playing it because of how awesome the game was
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
I'm playing the Wii U version on the 32 GB Wii U, modded to play as Linkle, and I never noticed any of the performance issues you were talking about. I'm confused. I'm probably blind towards the framerate drops? But quitting in and out of the HOME menu works just fine. It messes up the look of my mods sometimes but it works instantly, no waiting time included. Maybe either your Wii U is the problem or I'm just lucky. Or maybe it's because I downloaded the game from the eShop. I wonder if discs just work way worse for some reason?
This existing on the WiiU feels cursed as hell
That’s crazy that I was one of the million to get it for Wii U. The frame rate was bad but I’ve played fallout new vegas on release so there’s nothing that could run or look worst lol
I adore your style dude
Why did the gyroscope feel better on Wii u? I also noticed that going from splatoon 1 on Wii u to splatoon 2 on switch
I got a Wii U for this game in 2018. It was way cheaper to get a "refurbished" wii u and the game than just getting the switch by itself. Plus knowing you can play the game on cemu was awesome.
Nice video, but I just wanna say it's just amazing that, tbh, the best way to play BoTW it's in the cemu emulator in the Wii U versio.
It's ironic
good video. keep it up!
I played and beat both versions. I got the wii u one on launch because the switch was sold out. I don't remember it being bad except for the frame rate ofc
I was a freshman when this dropped, got my first tax return (wasn't much), spent it on the wii u version and dark souls 3 for the ps4...only ever played an hour of ds3, missed numerous hw deadlines because of this game. What a simpler time. (also this game feels MILES better on the wii u gamepad compared to any controller I've used on the switch version)
I played the Wii U version when it first released. Also, another issue I have with the Wii U version is that it cannot be updated to include Chinese language option.
I finished the wiiu version 100 % good times
I played the wii u version and i loved it. My 11 year old ass didn't care about the framerate hahaha. Thats 6 years ago man thats crazy
after deliding the WiiU processor and changing the thermal paste for better quality, the the framedrops are way less frequent, almost none
I actually played BOTW on the WII U and I loved this game definitely one of the best games I put almost 200 hours on it but unfortunately I haven’t played BOTW since 2018 since then I got a Nintendo switch and I never bothered to buy the switch version
The Wii U version was the first game I ever preordered. I was so hyped for it. I guess I was too excited to see any issues like frame rate and the lower quality visuals compared to switch, despite seeing comparisons. Played that version for about 3 months until I got a switch. I didn't notice much of an upgrade, but I did notice the gyro controls being worse like you mentioned.
Noticed gyro being worse when I got TOTK recently
Holy shit, I spent six years wondering why everyone hated the apparatus shrines considering I had no issues with them - is it because I played the Wii•U version?!
I actually played everything that BotW had to offer on my Wii, and yeah there were a lot of hiccups, but the fact that the game is so fun literally ignored the performance issues it had... (also I couldn't find Switch in the early days of it so I had to deal with it. 😅)
I owned a WiiU but part of me told me to wait until I was able to get a Switch, so I decided to wait and I don't regret that decision now.
And I really loved the Wii U version.
The reason the game even runs on Wii U as well as it does is thanks to Nintendo pulling a bunch of engine programmers and coders from MonolithSoft, who managed to pull off some sort of unholy wizardry to get Xenoblade Chronicles X (a game that nearly required a second disc due to it nearing 24 GB) running on the dinky Wii U. The game has massive load times while running from disc, but with a bit of homebrew you could easily get the data pack DLC that was offered on the eShop to help the game running better today. I'd highly recommend it as it's a piece of crazy tech engineering that paved the way for BotW's success and also a damn fun game with a lot of funky design choices (and giant robots)!
I beat BOTW on Wii u (and all shrines) and enjoyed it.. TOTK on switch is a pretty big graphical upgrade over it tho - hardly any framerate drops in the built up areas & forest - which was the only time the Wii U version was frustrating. It essentially has the same graphics as BOTW on switch tho - and had some beautiful moments.. prob the best looking game on the console and I was happy to play it on Wii U
I played the wii u version first because i couldnt find a switch, i was 50 hours in when and my wife and i were at target and they just got in 3 switches and 2 sold in seconds, i scoped up the third and a copy of zelda and restarted botw, i then gave my wiiu to my bro so he could play zelda. Funnily the same exact situation happened when twilight princess came out i lucked out and found a wii and restarted twilight princess on wii
I played it for the first time on a Wii U and i was surprised to find that I didn’t enjoy the game very much, and that I was absolute ASS when it came to fighting enemies. Fast forward 4 years (of playing no video games, so it’s not like I could practice) and I get a copy of the switch version. I suddenly don’t suck anymore. Idk wtf was up with the Wii U version, but thankfully I’m much better on the switch 🙌
BotW on the Switch has the exclusive v1.6.0 update, which is generally known for adding VR capabilities, but it also allowed the Switch to overclock a bit to improve loading times, which the Wii U version surprisingly did better prior to the 1.6.0 update.
The Wii U version has another flaw involving the Pro Controller - Due to the fact that the gyroscope Shrines are strictly motion controls, you have to swap controllers in order to solve these. You couldn't even use Nintendo's janky Wiimote Pro Controller solution that they had for Splatoon.
I do have to say though, that the Wii U has more comfortable controllers than the Switch. I'm fine using Joy Cons or the Switch Pro Controller, but that GamePad (despite having to keep it plugged in most of the time) feels extremely comfortable in my hands.
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Awesome video bro! I was very deeply engaged lmao
Breath of the Wild Wii U is the first way I played Breath of the Wild lol. I got a Wii U when Windwaker Hd came out and I didn't wanna buy a Switch cause it didn't have many games yet so I got Breath of the Wild on the Wii U.
Wii U version exist , so you can play on PC , which is indirectly port of PC through CEMu emulator
I actually one time got that weird Home Screen loading on Tears of the Kingdom
My sister has somewhere in the range of 700 hours of BotW on Wii U, and she's the only hunan being I know of to actually play that much of the game on that console.
Botw is the only game I've bought twice: first was the wii u version because I didn't want to buy a switch at the time, and I enjoyed it so much I bought it again when I did get a switch. I thought enjoyed the game through both play throughs
I am one of the 6 people who bought the game on wii u originally lmao and I had an amazing time I was able to ignore the frame rate and stuff plus I am pretty sure wii u digital download has the most fast loading screens for speedrunners
It used to. Patches later on improved load times on Switch and made them a bit faster. Emulators beat both systems though as usual.
originally played on the Wii U, got at least to 80% . sold my wii u to get a switch and never played too much on the switch afterwords.
The reason it takes a while to get back from the home menu is because the game is the only exception that uses up the Wii U’s 2GB RAM. Normally it’s 1GB (games) + 1GB (OS).
I am infinitely thankful for BOTW releasing on Wii U. Playing it on Cemu is amazing.
It was argued they are the same because the switch port wasn’t highly updated yet
I have a switch and Wii U and got the game on both and I didn’t notice a difference
Its great that a 2012 console can run such game tho
I completed both BotWs on both systems BUT honestly the Wii U was better for navigation. I LOVED having the map on a different screen and could just tap where I wanted to travel to instead of having to pull up a menu and could look at my screen to see where I was heading instead of placing a pin. Really if graphics aren’t the driving force of your enjoyment, Wii U deff delivered a better experience. Both are solid, but navigation this landscape is more convenient on the Wii U even if it means a bit longer of a wait time
Did you even play the Wii U version? The map was on the same screen.
@@Smfsableye ikr 😂
@@Smfsableye They might be a dimension hopper from a timeline in which Nintendo decided not to remove this feature in response to it not being possible on the Switch, as to avoid the 'inferior' version having an added convenience.
I played Wiiu Version first when it came out thena month later got the Switch Version, Personally I didn't care about differences and I don't remember my experience with the wiiu version much anymore, but I want to buy another wiiu copy.
I wonder how those Switch VS Wii U stats would stack up if there was a way to count how many people pirated the Wii U version and played it on Cemu
Tbh, if you take like the entire European PC gaming crowd into account, it would probably be more than the copies sold on both platforms combined. Europeans rarely buy consoles and usually just emulate the games, eastern especially.