Zelda Breath of the Wild Back was held back by WII U According to Devs.
Zelda Breath of the Wild Back was held back by WII U According to Devs.
by Riomegon
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CloudstrifeHY3
I completely forgot there was a wii U version
sentientTroll
Surprised pikachu.
fuzzygreentits
I was one of the only people who had it for wii u lmao.
I literally only kept it to play BOTW on. Holy jank with the Wii U handheld screen
mudermarshmallows
> Actually, the previous title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, was originally developed for Wii U, so there were restrictions in development. There were a lot of ideas we wanted to implement during its development, but we made clear decisions on what we wouldn’t do in that game. For example, we decided that it wouldn’t involve flying. Then Aonuma-san kept saying, “If flying is out of the question, I want to dig underground!”. And we’d respond, “Oh no! Please don’t make us develop that too!”.
I don’t know if this literally means “held back by Wii U.” It’s restrictive to have to change what system you’re developing for during development, and having to cut the already shown off tablet-screen inventory isn’t quite a detractor to the Wii U. The Wii U and the Switch are *barely* different in terms of actual technical prowess.
The decisions around flying / underground don’t seem to be because of hardware limitations, but due to design focus. The “Please don’t make us develop that too!” line implies it a question of effort, not possibility.
twinkletoes-rp
Yeah, no shit! Lol. Still good to know for sure, though!
StillhasaWiiU
Older tech is not as good as new tech.. imagine that.
jbraden
r/titlegore
ej_stephens
And Tears of the Kingdom will be held back by the Switch
agentfrogger
Technically every game is held back by their consoles, some ideas are now possible thanks to the switch being stronger but even then I can imagine some ideas weren’t feasible with the switch.
And this is true for any software and hardware.
twelfthcapaldi
I got the Wii U version about a week or two after the release. Wasn’t a day one adopter of the Switch since the Wii U gave me some trust issues with Nintendo.. prior to that, my Wii U was a Mario Kart 8 machine. Man, I fell in love with the game so hard, even on the Wii U. Beat it, got over half of the korok seeds. Few months later I got a Switch and bought the game again for it, and did it all over again.
bingthebongerryday
Breath of the wild back?
cereal-kills-me
I have TOTK early. And I mean it’s not very much technically superior to BOTW. In fact, TOTK runs are like 20-30 frames with similar graphics to the previous game. So if this game isn’t held back by the previous console and it runs identically to that game, I don’t think that game was held back either.
How much more powerful is the switch than the Wii U? Probably not by much tbh.
bobby_corwin
Oh yes, because it absolutely SINGS on the Switch.
dragoniteofepicness
It doesn’t exactly run great on the Switch either. Besides, they removed the Mii NPCs for the Switch release because the Switch didn’t have Miis.
HugeDickMcGee
then why does the new switch one look just as visually shit? took me installing ryujinx and reshade so i could add some actual AO and remove the anti soul gas that randomly spawn in too and makes the game look horrible.
triskster94
Wii U catching strays.
Lunafreya_NoxF
Funny ‘cause the WiiU version lost a lot of its intended GamePad functions because of the Switch, so, in a way, the WiiU version was held back by the Switch.
Radium
Was also held back by switch. It is *** amazing *** on a proper machine
Sabin10
If the Wii U had sold well, BOTW would have just been a Wii U game and the Switch wouldn’t have launched for another year or two.
Dymarob
Good to hear.
I’ve been playing through Breath of the Wild again and the frame rate gets pretty choppy in areas with high foliage like the Lost Woods, so I was worried about the frame rate for Tears of the Kingdom.
Falchion92
I had to get a Switch for this game. That’s how you sell consoles.
Phoef
The wiiu was held back by BotW.
p-sychiatrist
Nintendo is still trying to convince people that the Switch is significantly more powerful than the Wii U in 2023? Smh.
HiFiMAN3878
Nintendo’s hardware is holding everything back all the time
0x706c617921
Personally, I even feel like the Switch is a bit underpowered for BOTW.
I guess it works fine despite the frame drops etc since it isn’t a super-fast paced game with precision action items like Smash Bros, or Mario Kart, or any 2D/3D Mario platformers.
Dracogame
Bullshit.
BotW was a Wii U game first. If anything, it was held back by the Switch, as it had to drop useful second-screen features AND was delayed a good 6-9 months to be a Switch launch game.
This new game took 6 years despite running in the same engine. Botw took 5 years and they built it from nothing. That’s what held it back.
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I completely forgot there was a wii U version
Surprised pikachu.
I was one of the only people who had it for wii u lmao.
I literally only kept it to play BOTW on. Holy jank with the Wii U handheld screen
> Actually, the previous title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, was originally developed for Wii U, so there were restrictions in development. There were a lot of ideas we wanted to implement during its development, but we made clear decisions on what we wouldn’t do in that game. For example, we decided that it wouldn’t involve flying. Then Aonuma-san kept saying, “If flying is out of the question, I want to dig underground!”. And we’d respond, “Oh no! Please don’t make us develop that too!”.
I don’t know if this literally means “held back by Wii U.” It’s restrictive to have to change what system you’re developing for during development, and having to cut the already shown off tablet-screen inventory isn’t quite a detractor to the Wii U. The Wii U and the Switch are *barely* different in terms of actual technical prowess.
The decisions around flying / underground don’t seem to be because of hardware limitations, but due to design focus. The “Please don’t make us develop that too!” line implies it a question of effort, not possibility.
Yeah, no shit! Lol. Still good to know for sure, though!
Older tech is not as good as new tech.. imagine that.
r/titlegore
And Tears of the Kingdom will be held back by the Switch
Technically every game is held back by their consoles, some ideas are now possible thanks to the switch being stronger but even then I can imagine some ideas weren’t feasible with the switch.
And this is true for any software and hardware.
I got the Wii U version about a week or two after the release. Wasn’t a day one adopter of the Switch since the Wii U gave me some trust issues with Nintendo.. prior to that, my Wii U was a Mario Kart 8 machine. Man, I fell in love with the game so hard, even on the Wii U. Beat it, got over half of the korok seeds. Few months later I got a Switch and bought the game again for it, and did it all over again.
Breath of the wild back?
I have TOTK early. And I mean it’s not very much technically superior to BOTW. In fact, TOTK runs are like 20-30 frames with similar graphics to the previous game. So if this game isn’t held back by the previous console and it runs identically to that game, I don’t think that game was held back either.
How much more powerful is the switch than the Wii U? Probably not by much tbh.
Oh yes, because it absolutely SINGS on the Switch.
It doesn’t exactly run great on the Switch either. Besides, they removed the Mii NPCs for the Switch release because the Switch didn’t have Miis.
then why does the new switch one look just as visually shit? took me installing ryujinx and reshade so i could add some actual AO and remove the anti soul gas that randomly spawn in too and makes the game look horrible.
Wii U catching strays.
Funny ‘cause the WiiU version lost a lot of its intended GamePad functions because of the Switch, so, in a way, the WiiU version was held back by the Switch.
Was also held back by switch. It is *** amazing *** on a proper machine
If the Wii U had sold well, BOTW would have just been a Wii U game and the Switch wouldn’t have launched for another year or two.
Good to hear.
I’ve been playing through Breath of the Wild again and the frame rate gets pretty choppy in areas with high foliage like the Lost Woods, so I was worried about the frame rate for Tears of the Kingdom.
I had to get a Switch for this game. That’s how you sell consoles.
The wiiu was held back by BotW.
Nintendo is still trying to convince people that the Switch is significantly more powerful than the Wii U in 2023? Smh.
Nintendo’s hardware is holding everything back all the time
Personally, I even feel like the Switch is a bit underpowered for BOTW.
I guess it works fine despite the frame drops etc since it isn’t a super-fast paced game with precision action items like Smash Bros, or Mario Kart, or any 2D/3D Mario platformers.
Bullshit.
BotW was a Wii U game first. If anything, it was held back by the Switch, as it had to drop useful second-screen features AND was delayed a good 6-9 months to be a Switch launch game.
This new game took 6 years despite running in the same engine. Botw took 5 years and they built it from nothing. That’s what held it back.