Someone try this please.
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Who will buy Zelda BOTW WiiU ?
- Thread starter dovella
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Someone try this please.
I did, it's still pretty bad. Also tried 720p.
Probably just placebo on my end then.
dano1
A Sheep
Well imagine is what you will be doing
New DigitalFoundry vid - https://youtu.be/9yFON2UON3k
timcsavage
Member
They're honestly not that bad. The lack of decent texture filtering is the real shame in my opinion.
They are that bad in towns, though. We're talking 15 fps here.
Phoenix RISING
Banned
Target isn't selling physical copies of this game. I was disappointed. Needed it for a "placeholder" for the B2G1 sale.
immortald3ath
Member
I was at target yestetday and they had physical copies.
maniac-kun
Member
Played the Wii U version for 13 hours so far. And its very good 
Yes there are some slowdowns in some areas but the majority of the time the game just runs fine. Gameplay is exellent and its just fun and and it feels like its your adventure.
Yes there are some slowdowns in some areas but the majority of the time the game just runs fine. Gameplay is exellent and its just fun and and it feels like its your adventure.Jazzy Network
Member
Cool my Amazon copy won't arrive till Monday even though I clearly had release day delivery.
I cancelled my amazon order, im thinking of waiting on cemu for it, playing other games in the mean time.
Ill buy it in some months, when hopefully some more progress will have been made.
Assuming i dont cave before.
Revolutionary
Member
I completed my first dungeon yesterday. Without spoiling anything, the performance is a problem.
With spoilers:
The framerate was an actual detriment to the gameplay. :\
With spoilers:
This is in regards to the Zora dungeon. There's a sweet action sequence before you enter it where you have to use the freeze rune while skidding across a lake.. and the framerate was just absymal. The mechanic also pops up during the boss fight and again, it wasn't ideal.
PeterVenkman
Member
Caved and bought this despite performance concerns on both platforms. I'll be playing a digital copy on Wii U on a 4K tv. Will be quite the change from my PC, but hey, it's Zelda.
My googling was unsuccesful, but maybe you guys now just thetrick. So. I started the game on my girlfriends wiiu account, and suddenly she's all against it, with me already like 10 hours in. Never mind my relationship problems, I probably misunderstood something. She will accept it in the end, but is it somehow possible to copy the savegame to my own Wii U Account? Mind: Not an own Wii U, just an own account.
Phoenix RISING
Banned
http://www.target.com/p/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-nintendo-wii-u/-/A-51325366
Website clearly says "not sold in stores"
PowerThroughLov
Member
Ill be getting the Wii U version I am interested in the switch, but literally would only play Zelda right now, and since the Wii U version is apparently not completely terrible, Ill be going that route.
No, I don't think it's possible. The only thing that's there for this cases is system transfer of the data on her WiiU to yours. It transfers EVERYTHING and doesn't allow you to individually select saves.
Phoenix RISING
Banned
Woke up this morning to buy Breath of the Wild from Target online.
OUT OF STOCK.
Wow.
OUT OF STOCK.
Wow.
Nixxed my Switch pre-order and grabbed the WiiU version. It is beyond excellent. I can live with any technical hiccups and eventually CEMU will fix a lot of things. The difference like better sound? I saw nothing in comparison vids that justified the Switch version over WiiU if you didn;t already own both systems. and a few more p's weren't enough to make me buy the Switch. 100% happy with my choice.
immortald3ath
Member
Like I said, I saw physical copies on store shelve, don't know what else to tell you...
T.Slothrop
Member
Got the Wii U version. Happy with it. Towns are very stuttery, but it's plenty playable. I think knowing that you're getting an equivalent experience to switch owners makes it it a no brainer.
The framerate in villages is really bad and enough to give me a headache sadly.
Watching Switch streams and the problem is the same there, so no real escape unless you perhaps undock the Switch.
Having a huge blast with the game though. Really, the village framerate is the only bad part of the game so far, and that's saying something given how far in I am.
Watching Switch streams and the problem is the same there, so no real escape unless you perhaps undock the Switch.
Having a huge blast with the game though. Really, the village framerate is the only bad part of the game so far, and that's saying something given how far in I am.
slightconfuse
Banned
How is the frame rate on Wii U?
Not great but good enough. I've played a lot worse on 360/PS3.
slightconfuse
Banned
That's disappointing going to wait and see if they patch it
Check Brickseek.com to see if there are any physical copies near you. Here's the DPCI for looking it up: 207-30-7004
There weren't any near me and I am not willing to drive far to get it. Hopefully more copies will trickle in throughout the week...
crashnburn
Member
So is this one of Nintendo's more notable technical blunders of a mainline series? Don't get me wrong, I'm loving the Wii U version but whenever I get frame rate strutters, I think "This isn't the Nintendo polish I know!"
Still gorgeous art direction....
Still gorgeous art direction....
royox
Member
I was fighting against 2 enemies just now and I thought the WiiU stopped working. The game is gorgeus but it can't stand 2 enemies + any climatic effect at the same time, it's a shame.
Well worth it. Plays perfectly fine.
Plus, there is something about playing it on a Wii U after being in development for it for so long. Nice final game.
Prolly been playing for about ten hours or so...and barely did anything other then explore and see the world.
I bought a switch and the wii u version of BOTW. I wanted to own the last great game on wiiu. Im wondering which to play if course and tbh 720p vs 900p doesnt bother me. What i do want to know is how big a deal is HD rumble and is it used well in the game, and also implementation of joycon control - is there fishing ?
On the other hand I've been brawling amongst half a dozen bokoblins and had no issues.
On Wii U here and performance 40% of the time is absolute shit. On the brink of unplayable. Their biggest game ever and this is what we get. Even on Switch while docked apparently. Ruins the game if you ask me. Here's to hoping we get a patch that fixes it on Switch at least.
mordecaii83
Member
Played 15+ hours, multiple times against groups of enemies in every kind of weather, never had more than small hiccups. Now towns, that's another story, but at least there's no real action happening there so I deal with it.
Edit: The "small hiccups" I'm referring to are the drops to 20fps, never seen it go lower.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
This game is absolutely amazing.
I cannot think of a more complete package than this. Best swan song release ever.
The dips aren't that bad at all, and the visual fidelity at 720p is high enough that this game pushes the Wii U to its absolute limit.
On Switch docked apparently there are some strange areas where the game dips for no reason, but on Wii U the dips (which are probably about as often as on Switch) appear where you'd expect them very.
Some slight location spoilers here:
I don't see another update unless there's a gamebreaking bug found. Nintendo is done with Wii U, this was the last thing of note they ever planned to release.
I cannot think of a more complete package than this. Best swan song release ever.
The dips aren't that bad at all, and the visual fidelity at 720p is high enough that this game pushes the Wii U to its absolute limit.
On Switch docked apparently there are some strange areas where the game dips for no reason, but on Wii U the dips (which are probably about as often as on Switch) appear where you'd expect them very.
Some slight location spoilers here:
(For example, Kakariko Village dips quite a bit, as does Zora's Domain and anywhere with lots of enemies).
I don't see another update unless there's a gamebreaking bug found. Nintendo is done with Wii U, this was the last thing of note they ever planned to release.
Yep, I got a rain storm in a village and it was borderline unplayable. Amazing game nonetheless, but let's not sugarcoat the frame rate problems.
Ridiculous talk.
If that unplayable I would give up on it as your expectations are too much.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Was watching the beginning of the Giantbomb quicklook and the firs thing I thought was how nice the gamepad map would have been for an open world Zelda.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
This is the best-looking game ever released on the Wii U. It also has an enormous draw distance and an ambitious open-world at the same time. That's hardware-intensive.
You have to remember that the Wii U is only marginally more powerful than the Xbox 360, a console released in 2005.
Also, it uses a CPU that is (greatly enhanced but still) the last of this line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_7xx
Not to mention the game is high-definition, outputting a full 1280x720p framebuffer.
It's not surprising that a heavily physics-based and gorgeous game would drop a few frames.
I have no problem, I expected a few dips, it's completely okay and worth it for such an amazing game.
Yeah, that was indeed sleazy of the big N to remove, that I'll agree, though I guess it's possible that it caused performance issues.
Would have been great for selecting runes, weapons etc too.
More than that though, the Sheikah Slate in-game is the Wii U Gamepad itself! IMO the true vision for this game was sacrificed just so that the Wii U version had nothing extra on the Switch version. I've lost some measure of respect for Nintendo because of this. If they wanted the Switch to have its time in the sun I wouldn't have minded Wii U BOTW coming out a month or two later with the Gamepad features intact. That's just me though.
I am not a dev but if this was done to eke out extra performance wouldn't the Gamepad display nothing instead of blinking a message?