TheGreatLugia
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The team only started working on the Switch version in Spring 2016.
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...rge-extra-burden-of-moving-to-nintendo-switch
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Gamekult editor on graphical differences between the Zelda Switch/Wii U version
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Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...rge-extra-burden-of-moving-to-nintendo-switch
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Deleted member 752119
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Hope it's better than that, and those are just early area issues. But in any case I don't know that I ever want a Switch (not into portables, overpriced/underpowered as a a console IMO)so I'll keep my preorder. I'll be balls deep in Horizon, but guess I'll set aside time to play this on Friday when it comes to see how it runs. If it's awful at least I'll know and can keep an eye on resell prices if the Wii U version is tough to find. Should be able to sell at cost at the least anyway since I bought with 20% GCU discount.
And there's always this hope since I have a Wii U and gaming PC. Haven't bothered with CEMU, but may be worth looking into for BOTW depending on how long it takes them to get it running well.
And there's always this hope since I have a Wii U and gaming PC. Haven't bothered with CEMU, but may be worth looking into for BOTW depending on how long it takes them to get it running well.
No it's no the same thing.
Wii U has not its own Zelda, it should be BoTW
It would be more a situation like TLOU delayed from June to November to be released on PS4 and the PS3 version is shitty version
ArkhamFantasy
Member
The game was being built from the ground up for Wii U...
So you're saying they should have cancelled it straight after finishing it?
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
So was Perfect Dark and look how that ran.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Oh that's interesting, so it took around a year to finish off the game and port it to Switch? I was thinking somewhere around 2015 Switch development started, seemed odd to be so quiet on the game and remove gamepad features.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Fuck.
Does this perform worse than xbx??
Why?
Does this perform worse than xbx??
Why?
Here's a video of someone playing the first 15 minutes (from the preview thread). Spoilers etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsn2MdHOr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsn2MdHOr8
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First, people should definitely wait for more impressions or (better yet) watch the new footage out there and decide for themselves.
That said, if this is accurate, I doubt this is the result of a lazy effort, poor development (does anyone know how to use Wii U's hardware better than Nintendo? Except maybe Shin'en, I guess.
), or Nintendo abandoning their Wii U fans. It was likely a matter of EPD deciding whether to scale back the game or to ship it with performance issues, and they chose the latter. It'd be pretty unusual for the company, but I guess they had a vision for the game that they wanted to stick to. If the Wii U version is worse, it's because Nintendo released new hardware that can run it better. If the Switch version has truly been in development for a year, I doubt they suddenly said, "Now that we have a new version to code, let's make the other version we've spent 4 years on terrible."
And all of that said, it'd be nice to actually get numbers to look at rather than qualitative statements. People should try to not get up in arms over someone's opinion when we should have much more concrete data to draw our own conclusions from soon (if not right now).
That said, if this is accurate, I doubt this is the result of a lazy effort, poor development (does anyone know how to use Wii U's hardware better than Nintendo? Except maybe Shin'en, I guess.
), or Nintendo abandoning their Wii U fans. It was likely a matter of EPD deciding whether to scale back the game or to ship it with performance issues, and they chose the latter. It'd be pretty unusual for the company, but I guess they had a vision for the game that they wanted to stick to. If the Wii U version is worse, it's because Nintendo released new hardware that can run it better. If the Switch version has truly been in development for a year, I doubt they suddenly said, "Now that we have a new version to code, let's make the other version we've spent 4 years on terrible."And all of that said, it'd be nice to actually get numbers to look at rather than qualitative statements. People should try to not get up in arms over someone's opinion when we should have much more concrete data to draw our own conclusions from soon (if not right now).
This.
Oh wow we should be so thankful they actually released a game they announced 4 years ago on the platform it was being developed for.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
That's just insane to me. Is there a mistranslation or a miscommunication or something? They should've begun porting it to Switch as soon as the game was delayed from 2015. I just can't believe they'd have really not decided whether to put the game on Switch or not until not even a year ago.
Because it has more going on?
It'll be fine, don't worry.
I don't see a reason for that as he is just pointing out specific things worse in the Wii U version.
Frozenprince
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I mean I just watched a guy play around on a copy and it didn't have any of these issues so
Flashbacks to people buying PS3s for FF Versus XIII and The Last Guardian.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Not really the Nintendo way, but you never know I guess?
OrbitalBeard
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Splatoon received a patch that doubled the framerate in the game's main hub. I won't be surprised if BotW receives at least one performance patch.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Decent if it was another company but don't expect it from Nintendo.
Well by default some of these things are true just from the fact that it runs at a lower resolution...
SinCityAssassin
Member
When the fuck did THAT happen.
Nintendo has become much more likely to Patch in recent years. Of course the issue has to be something that can be patched.
Unless Cemu has a way to overclock the virtual CPU (I honestly don't know I haven't looked into it for a while) the frame rate will be the same as the WiiU.
Assuming it even runs at all day one.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Yeah, really.
Never noticed.
Probably because it's the kind of insignificant hub.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I believe a month or so after launch. It was one of the first post-launch patches, if not the first.
The hub was originally locked at 30fps. It was actually a great way to show people the difference between 30 and 60fps, since the rest of the game ran at 60.
serenewarfare
Banned
I don't buy that at all.
Frozenprince
Banned
Well yeah I mean it's gonna be worse and the IQ won't be as good but I was literally not even twenty minutes ago sitting next to somebody playing the game and the frame drops aren't nearly as frequent or as bad as stated here. The game will obviously run better on the better hardware but the WiiU version isn't broken and barely functional.
The E3 footage was like 20fps
Jonneh3003
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Would indeed be nice to see proof before losing our minds.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I know that.
Switch version has also quite an aliasing and quite a number of framerate drops. Also both have low res textures. As I said, a nice comparative analysis with direct captures and videos is much better than a translated series of tweets.
Edited: oh, the video is from a pirate, forget it.
Dude I'm so sad right now, I hope it's just hyperbole on this guy's part D:
shira
Member
IGN said the switch got disturbingly hot after playing Zelda.
I imagine it was built for WiiU.
I imagine it was built for WiiU.
Yeah, that's an equal comparison as the PS3 was discontinued after 4 years and Sony/SE didn't face much backlash for the constant delays.
TheGreatLugia
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It doesn't sound like a mistranslation to me. It seems like when the game was announced for a 2016 release near the end of 2015, the team was still planning for it to be Wii U only. This quote is from the same article.
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...rge-extra-burden-of-moving-to-nintendo-switch
SinCityAssassin
Member
The E3 build also had much less draw distance and worse textures. It may have had dynamic lighting for interiors but it seems those were traded for near graphical parity with the Switch.
ZorroMcNube
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Here's some Wii U footage.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsn2MdHOr8&ab_channel=EpicLPer
It looks fine to me, but its framerate is definitely lower than on the Switch. Seems playable, though.
Edit: beaten.
It looks fine to me, but its framerate is definitely lower than on the Switch. Seems playable, though.
Edit: beaten.
SinCityAssassin
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He's also probably played substantially more than what you've seen?
Jonneh3003
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Docked or handheld? Handheld is worrying.
I hope Nintendo cancels the Wii U version, purely out of spite for folks like you.