Weltall Zero
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Um, what? Do you mean the intentional hitstop effects that have been in every zelda since Wind Waker?
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DF: Zelda Breath of the Wild "Wii U" Vs. "Switch"
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Um, what? Do you mean the intentional hitstop effects that have been in every zelda since Wind Waker?
ArkhamFantasy
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Always-honest
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TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I'm just looking at the video. The steps are immediate.
Erm what?
You do realise that working on an emulator does not mean "pirated version!!" right? The people who work on it use their own console and game and emulation is fully legal, so is dumping files from your WiiU
Kaffeemann
Banned
No, it's not the hitstop effect. The image simply freezes briefly. You can also see the frametime graph dip really hard twice during combat.
Disgusting that Nintendo made the game for WiiU when people are clearly going to play the pirated version.
Davey Cakes
Member
Nice. This reinforces my decision to wait on a Switch and jump into Zelda right now on Wii U. I'm glad the experience is close.
TLZ
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Sorry, but no they're not.
TheZink
Member
Probably. 😏
TLZ
Banned
I find it a bit disgusting you accusing the guy.
At least the guy cares enough and puts effort for a better version.
Jimmyfenix
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DF saying docked mode should have been 720p
Is this why other switch games are currently that resolution on docked?
Is this why other switch games are currently that resolution on docked?
In my experience they are. I'm sensitive to these things, and notice every time, but especially when I got off of the opening area, I'm noticing the drops significantly less. It might be how I'm playing, as I don't quick pan the camera very often, and I'm mostly just exploring without messing with too many enemies.
Game is beautiful.
Edit: I don't want to diminish that there are real performance issues with the game, but nowhere near of an issue that I anticipated during the lead up to launch.
Chinbo37
Member
There is always one holier than thou post in every thread that remotely mentions emulation. It's getting so tiring.
I own a Wii u and a retail copy of BotW. So I shouldn't be able to play a better version of this game on my PC?
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Deleted member 325805
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Hopefully they fix it soon, this isn't how I want to experience the game.
Yup, pretty much the only reason I bought it on WiiU. At some point I'll be playing the game on my PC.
InfiniteCombo
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My fear is that Nintendo will just focus on patches for the Switch, and leave us Wii U owners in the dust.
I was gonna play it this weekend, but I'll wait for performance enhancements... Either from patches, or when it runs on Cemu.
I was gonna play it this weekend, but I'll wait for performance enhancements... Either from patches, or when it runs on Cemu.
SpiceMelange
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From what I've read on US laws with the Digital Millenium act , it's not the case because the only way to play personal back ups of Wii U games is to decrypt them and bypassing DRM/decryption is illegal now (but not the act of backing up itself, however that file would be useless in any case).
This is my fear as well, but hopefully not.
It sounds like a lot most of the issues are caused by the VSync implementation, so hopefully things are finessed.
Xdrive05
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So I played about 6 hours last night off the great plateau on Switch docked, and the game really smoothed out. I didn't notice any drops at all for that whole session, save for literally one second here or there in a certain town that will remain unnamed, and the same for a couple heavy wooded areas. It seems like most of the rest of the areas run at a totally locked 30fps. It's weird that the plateau has whole sections that will chug around 20 for 10 seconds plus. But it really clears up while exploring later in the game.
All of that said handheld mode is pure magic anyway. Yes the 900p does give you more resolution, and on a properly calibrated set will look technically better than handheld. But that "little" screen makes it look amazing at native 720p. There's no shame at all in playing the game entirely on the go, I'd say.
All of that said handheld mode is pure magic anyway. Yes the 900p does give you more resolution, and on a properly calibrated set will look technically better than handheld. But that "little" screen makes it look amazing at native 720p. There's no shame at all in playing the game entirely on the go, I'd say.
sixteen-bit
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Nice, I've been waiting for the DF analysis
Worldshaker
Member
Glad I waited and picked up the Wii U version.
Hopefully we get a switch revision next year.
Hopefully we get a switch revision next year.
Summer Haze
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Yautja_Warrior
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Having played the Wii U version and watched the first DF video on the Switch Docked vs Handheld mode, I thought it would run pretty similar to the Docked mode, as the game did stutter a lot in some places.
Can't fault handheld mode though, no stuttering at all so far.
Can't fault handheld mode though, no stuttering at all so far.
Fan anyone tell me how
is on Switch, performance wise? I'm there now on Wii U, and it's unbelievably awful. Depending on where you're turning the camera, it can turn in a sustained 20 FPS, and it just looks so bad. It's pretty unbearable to the point that I just want to leave despite how much I'm enjoying walking around, talking to everyone, doing side quests, etc. Is the Switch any better when it comes to towns/villages, etc.? The nearby
were terrible in this regard as well.
Kakariko Village
stables
In my experience the area has been fine.
It's mostly when there's nothing on the screen at all that you notice it slowing to a crawl on Switch. An empty field? A mountainous peak? Better stutter to a slideshow.
The performance problems on Switch in docked mode is a shame. If there's one thing I can depend on a Nintendo game to be it's being technically sound.
If the only option for Wii U owners is docked mode like performance I think that's a problem. The Great Plateau is a slice of the BotW experience as a whole - villages and denser areas also cause significant dips in the docked mode's performance. If the Wii U suffers that in all modes that really sucks.
If the only option for Wii U owners is docked mode like performance I think that's a problem. The Great Plateau is a slice of the BotW experience as a whole - villages and denser areas also cause significant dips in the docked mode's performance. If the Wii U suffers that in all modes that really sucks.
having screens in the OP (or at least in the thread) showing how the switch dropps to 20fps for 5-10 seconds in areas the wiiu doesn't and vice versa would be a great addiction. There's no such pictures in the article and, if we had them in the OP, people who can't watch youtube could see it. If someone can take those 
also, what happened to the filosofy of having stable frame rates over resolution, nintendo? Is it that the wiiu can't do better than that, so they made the docked switch version run similarly for parity!? because that would be a pretty crazy idea
also, what happened to the filosofy of having stable frame rates over resolution, nintendo? Is it that the wiiu can't do better than that, so they made the docked switch version run similarly for parity!? because that would be a pretty crazy idea
So the 900p on the Switch won't look so good on my B6 this coming week?
Huh, really interested to see DF compare later areas of the game, now. Wii U is really rough in villages, but outside of that, it's really just a stutter here and there. Fields and mountains are great, lol. Really bizarre if both versions have severe frame drops in different areas. I really don't get the Undocked mode on Switch turning in such solid performance. I mean, it's actually supposed to be a lower clocked version of the what you get with the Dock, right?
It makes me wonder if other games could have similar issues, or if the Switch version was just rushed as hell. I really hope it's the latter, because I really didn't want to use the Switch primarily as a handheld.
jts
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It sounds slightly but it's not so much. It's 56% more pixels being pushed.
Regardless, Nintendo would net good PR points if they just allowed for people to play 720p on TV if desired.
B6 is a 4k tv?
Im not completely sure, id have to test out both versions.
I did play zelda on a 4k tv, briefly. The image quality did not bother me at all.
Without upscaling the image is less blurry. I think we should ask the DF guys to answer this for us.
B6 is LG's 2016 4K OLED.
I'm hoping it still looks as gorgeous as it does on my old crappy Philips 1080p from 6 years ago.
amodelmerol
Member
Playing on Wii U. I don't regret it at all.
The Hermit
Member
I am in that spot btw, and Jesus Christ.
I personally can't give a pass, is worse than GTAV Ps3.
I really want to emulate this game because it's botherline unbearable
Exactly.
The framerate is affecting the whole experience 😥