Zelda: BotW - Digital Foundry Wii U Comparison + Frame Rate Test

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JRPGfan on 04 March 2017

Never said:
I was hoping they'd comment on loading times as reggie mentioned there was a differences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=364I8grFQAU

Load up game from just starting the console:

Switch: 15.5 sec

Wii U : 28 sec (but he hit the switch button like a sec before the Wii U one).

Starting a quest:

Switch : 35.5 sec

Wii U : 37 sec

Going to a new area:

Switch : 19.9 sec

Wii U : 18.6 sec

Continueing after death:

Switch : 12.7 sec

Wii U : 11.2 sec

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Shikamo on 04 March 2017

Clearly is a rushed port for switch launch day ( Switch is clearly a very rushed console too. ), the way is expect some patches

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captain carot said:

vivster said:
900p 20 fps. Welcome to Gen 9 in 2017.

Basically the same as Witcher 3. So, Gen 9 confirmed.

That's been fully patched now. Digital foundry released a video of The Witcher 3 fine now.

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Never on 04 March 2017

SubiyaCryolite said:

Never said:
I was hoping they'd comment on loading times as reggie mentioned there was a differences.

From a different source. "The Switch appears to have a leg up on the initial loading and starting the quest, but Wii U seems to have a slight advantage when entering Shrines and restarting from death."

Come to think of it, I've an old 64 gb ssd I've been thinking about sticking into my wii u and that would presumably make everything fast loading so bnchmarks don't really apply.

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REDZONE on 04 March 2017

20fps?So how did reviewers miss this or (ignored it).Another free pass.

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maxleresistant on 04 March 2017

They should have added a data pack installation like Xeno had on WiiU. Would have helped with those framerate drops and pop in issues...

Basically the WiiU is not used to its full capabilities because they don't want it to look better or as good as the Switch, and the switch is just a lazy port of the WiiU version.

It sucks that Nintendo does stuffs like this, but the game is great, and beautiful.