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Who will buy Zelda BOTW WiiU ?
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peanutbutterlatte
Member
This is why i prefer in store pick up if possible instead of relying on shipping to be on time.
Wii U version is soon to sell out in stock at Webhallen here in sweden, switch version very much not so. But Wii U version is Probably undershipped.
Maybe it's just me getting older but I'm perfectly willing to wait a few days (no matter how amazing it apparently is) to save £25! In store prices for games are extortionate and I refuse to pay them. My girlfriend was amazed I was even paying £35 for it, she's a non-gamer and thought games were the same price as blu-rays/DVDs lol.
In any case, the whole ordeal with Amazon seems to confirm for me that there's an issue with stock for the Wii U version (maybe they didn't expect that people wouldn't want to pay £300 to play a basically identical version of a game, I don't know), so I'll sell the copy I get from Amazon on. My ShopTo order will be here later on today, not that I can play it until Monday evening...
And they continued to be utterly unhelpful. All they would offer me is a £5 credit and an upgrade to prime delivery for when they are going to send it.
Asked for it to be passed to a supervisor who is supposedly going to e-mail me ASAP.
If they can't do anything for me today, I've stuck a reservation in at Argos. (£48.99, eeek) Would everything go smoothly if I picked it up from there and then return the Amazon copy to them when it arrives?
Martinski43
Member
If you exclude game stores like Gamestop the prices are the same exact ones in 'physical stores' and online stores here in Sweden. So the only point to shop online is if you want it delivered home.
And it can be even more expensive if you have to pay for shipping wich is often not included in the price. This is maybe weird, since it used to be a bit cheaper to buy games from online stores some years back. The game for both Switch and Wii u is £58 here as well.
Cheapest ways to buy games is from steam sales. PSN store sales or CD-key stores like greenmangaming and so on. Cant really get good deals here anymore like you have on amazon in the US and UK.
Soodanim
Member
Yeah, you aren't even going to open it so definitely. If there's Amazon lockers near you then even better.
Apparently it has no gamepad integration, it's pure controller. Which makes sense, given that it's cross gen with Switch.
ZekeThePlumber
Member
I finally finished the 2 hour download!
Oh, now here's a 35 minute installation time. FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUU-
Oh, now here's a 35 minute installation time. FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUU-
Don't quote me on this, but I think there's stuff you can do with the gyro, and it's even required at some point in the game.
But yeah, otherwise it's whatever.
Yoshimitsu126
Member
Damn that sucks but thanks for the heads up!
I think you misunderstood - not returning to Amazon, returning a sealed game from Amazon to Argos. Therefore I get Zelda today in-store at Argos, but end up paying the Amazon price.
Didn't know you could return at Amazon lockers though, so thanks for the info
Same here.... and then there's around 2GB patch to be downloaded!!! I thought I could get couple of hours of playtime before I go to bed
Installs still super slow? Those were worst on WiiU.
Black Mantis
Member
The scores are too good for me not to get the Wii U version, even with the technical issues.
ZekeThePlumber
Member
I've been taking the 3Mbps download speed I get from Steam for granted. This sucks.
Soodanim
Member
Oh! I guess that depends on whether there's anything on top of Nintendo's plastic seal that would suggest to Argos that it wasn't bought from them. Which I don't think there would be from Amazon, so my money's on it being fine.I think you misunderstood - not returning to Amazon, returning a sealed game from Amazon to Argos. Therefore I get Zelda today in-store at Argos, but end up paying the Amazon price.
Didn't know you could return at Amazon lockers though, so thanks for the info
balgajo
Member
15% here and 00:21 left.
Angel Abaddon
Member
Well, that's cemented my Switch order I've got on click and collect at Argos. Amazon have screwed up and not sent my Wii U copy and won't be coming until the 6th. I'll get it and either make my money back plus some trading it into CEX or just return it (if I cancel, I'll likely lose the discount I've got on Doctor Strange BR I ordered at the same time)
SatoAilDarko
Member
I'm read there are certain puzzles that require gyro control. When those occur and you are using the Pro Controller the game will prompt you to use the Gamepad for that.
On Switch even the Pro Controller has gyro.
So, just got to the first village, and no regrets buying it on the Wii U yet. There are occasional framerate dips, yes, but generally they don't last long and they're by no means major. I'm having an absolute blast with the game, to the point that I said "I should call it a night," stuck to that plan for 30 minutes, then decided I wanted to play a little more and ended up playing for another 3 hours, whoops.
XANDER CAGE
Member
I forgot how awful the install and download process was on Wii U. The download took two hours. The install took 40 minutes and now I'm installing a mandatory patch that took another 20 minutes to download and is now taking 20+ minutes to install. Cruelly, the estimated time has been ~30 seconds this whole time.
I could've just driven to the store and bought the game, heh. Good riddance to this system after Zelda is over and done with.
I could've just driven to the store and bought the game, heh. Good riddance to this system after Zelda is over and done with.
Wasn't there like a 3GB installation for retail? I had to do a update when I loaded up the game, but it went by decently fast that I think it was just the day 1 patch.
Anyway did a little more than a hour on the gamepad before I get some sleep. Framerate was taking some dips as I was running down the path from where you come out, to the tower, but it been fine since.
Anyway did a little more than a hour on the gamepad before I get some sleep. Framerate was taking some dips as I was running down the path from where you come out, to the tower, but it been fine since.
dickroach
Member
I think the Switch Version looks wayyy better (3:20ish), but it's not something I would have really noticed without seeing them side-by-side.
going to pick up the game at best buy in like 6 hours. stoooooooooooooked
I also don't think it helps matters that the weather is different in both.
The Wii U version looks fine.
Sorry for the late reply, I was asleep and now at work. It dips a little from time to time, nothing too major, but the very beginning when you meet the old man for the first time felt like it went to 15 fps or so for quite some time. It's never been that obvious anywhere else, or maybe I was just getting used to it.
It's really no biggie, game is perfectly playable and the framerate is solid most of the time.
Thanks Best Buy
That's a beautiful cover, much better than the horrible European Version:
I just don't think I'm getting my copy today =( Amazon says it's supposed to arrive today, but it hasn't arrived at the local facility and I usually get mail by 10:30 AM. I'll hope I get it. If not, I definitely need it by tomorrow, because my Wii U is at home home and I'm currently in college, today is the start of my spring break and I'm going home, and I shipped it here (college) rather than at home at the chance of being able to play it at my friend's house day one while he plays on the switch lol >_>
sunshine and gasoline
Banned
Couldn't get a Switch so I picked up a Wii U and BoTW for it. Hopefully the fps difference will not be too great.
I don't think there's that much difference other than the time of day causing light changes. Maybe a bit more aliasing on the WiiU? Barely noticeable - especially on gamepad.
superNESjoe
Member
Wow....I mean at that price you should have waited a few days/weeks to find a Switch.
BlackBanditSho
Member
Started downloading at 9:10 pst....still only 75% complete at 4am pst. Nintendo servers are terrible.
Hey guys, i'm not sure this was already answered, but I have a basic Wii U (8gb) and no HDD. Is it possible to play BotW with all the software installations, the day 1 patch and the mandatory installation?
I'm not in a position where I can buy a external HDD to play this so I don't want to waste money on the game and not being able to play it!
Thank you
Quoting myself from the other topic, I think this one is more accurate to post this.
Thanks in advance!
Ragnar Blackmane
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Poll lacks a "getting it later on WiiU" option.
JacoTheDex
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Deleted member 752119
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Yay, my game and Amiibo are out for delivery via UPS. I have a long day at work, but at least my fiance is working at home to get the package rather than have it sit on the porch all day.
There is going to be no later on WiiU likely unless you buy it digitally/marked up on places like ebay.
WiiU is already pulled from store shelves. This is going to be a one and done limited game shipment of WiiU discs much like TP was for GCN. Nintendo is not going to maintain any printing of WiiU discs or WiiU shelf space after today, similar to what went down with GCN and Twilight Princess almost certainly.
Tevious
Member
Bought the game on the eShop and I'm running into all sorts of issues getting this fucking game installed. Took nearly 3 hours to download cause the wifi on my Wii U suddenly kept crapping out several times (btw, fuck you Nintendo for not including an ethernet port on the Wii U). Now it's installing and the estimate was 5 hours and 45 minutes. Got to 4% after 15 minutes or so. It can't seriously be taking this long to install 10GB... and longer than it took to even download. I still have the patch to download/install yet, too. Bullshit that there was no pre-order and pre-load for this game. Unless I'm remembering wrong, I could have sworn they did that before on their other games.
Edit: Rebooted and now it's taking eta 16 minutes to install.
Edit: Rebooted and now it's taking eta 16 minutes to install.
Android18a
Member
Got the WiiU version downloaded right now. It's being very slow to install though...
blankempathy
Member
I thought I could wait but the hype became too much. Bought the Wii u version and yeah it does have fps drops, mostly in areas with heavy grass but aside from that it's been pretty good for the 3 hours I played.
Davey Cakes
Member
I decided to go for it. I won $50 on a scratch ticket the other day to help pay and I'm suddenly feeling the urge to jump in.
Right now I have an in-store pickup order at Best Buy. Should be able to grab the game today if they didn't somehow mess up their inventory.
The Switch version is neither going to be worth the wait nor the price tag for the system itself. Might as well get my Zelda on while it's hot.
Right now I have an in-store pickup order at Best Buy. Should be able to grab the game today if they didn't somehow mess up their inventory.
The Switch version is neither going to be worth the wait nor the price tag for the system itself. Might as well get my Zelda on while it's hot.
HIGH DEF JEFF
Banned
Wife is trying to talk me out of the Switch...but I don't want the hassle of juggling shit around on the Wii U to free up enough space for the game/patch.
I really just need to offload crap like the Wii version of Metroid Trilogy and I will have enough space..I don't want to waste an entire external drive or look for one of those Y adapters just for that. I am reading that I can just use a USB thumb drive or an SD card to move games (not play them on)...is this true? That's a crazy good option that I didn't know existed.
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Also..in the case of a USB stick I assume it needs to be USB 3.0?
I really just need to offload crap like the Wii version of Metroid Trilogy and I will have enough space..I don't want to waste an entire external drive or look for one of those Y adapters just for that. I am reading that I can just use a USB thumb drive or an SD card to move games (not play them on)...is this true? That's a crazy good option that I didn't know existed.
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Also..in the case of a USB stick I assume it needs to be USB 3.0?
I'm using an average USB 2.0 16gb stick I got free from somewhere. No issues so far, loads fast from the USB. Nintendo doesn't recommend using USB sticks, but for me it seems to work ok.
OrbitalBeard
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Is this really true? I love motion controls. I hate the gamepad. This alone has justified playing this game on Switch for me. If I could have played the entire Wii U version on the Pro Controller, I would have been perfectly fine with that version. Boxing up my Wii U last night for good was a great feeling.
Having gyro in the Switch Pro Controller is such a huge deal for me. So glad Nintendo went in that direction.
Can confirm this is the case. You can't use the pro controller entirely on the WiiU one but you can on Switch.
The estimated time is in HH:MM which is pretty hilarious. Nintendo even knew how terrible the Wii U DL speed was.
I don't know who thought that was a) a good-looking cover, or b) better than the US alternative.That's a beautiful cover, much better than the horrible European Version:
It's dreadful. If I get the chance to swap it for the other version I will in a heartbeat. Even if I have to print it off myself.