What Was Your First Game for Each Console?

[Pemalite]

WhiteEaglePL said:

Pemalite said:

Absolutely. I had a choice.

Buy a WiiU for Breath of the Wild.
Buy a Switch for Breath of the Wild.

I bought the WiiU because it was $100 AUD on clearance sale and Breath of the Wild was $70 brand new.
The Switch at the time was $470 and Breath of the Wild was $90.

Keep in mind I had skipped Nintendo's Home consoles during the Gamecube and Wii era due to a lack of games that enticed me.

I don't regret my decision, eventually backfilled my WiiU Library with every Australian release, my WiiU+Game library is worth more now, than what I originally paid for it.
The WiiU was a great machine at the end of it's life if you were just jumping into it and easily the cheapest way to play Breath of the Wild, but would have sucked if you got it on launch day.

Despite all the good games, Wii U is still my least favourite Nintendo console. I really dislike the gamepad so I used the pro controller for most games, but still, least fav. I had more fun on the Wii as my first Ninty home console.

Switch is by far the best device Nintendo has released imo, I refused to play botw on Wii U I wanted the better experience on the switch.

There isn't a big difference between the WiiU and Switch release of Breath of the Wild, largely aided by the stylized and simplistic visuals.
Both games drop to 20fps thanks to it's double buffer.

Resolution on the WiiU is 720P on the TV, 480P on the handheld.
Resolution on the Switch is 900P on the TV, 720P on the handheld.

Visual makeup of both games are identical. WiiU TV mode is basically identical to the Switch in Handheld mode.

Game is otherwise brilliant on either machine. I enjoyed the WiiU when I got it at the end of it's life, especially for the price and grabbing Mario Kart 8, Smash, Breath of the Wild, Twilight Princess HD, Wind Waker HD and Xenoblade X... Got tons of fun out of it before the Switch came into it's own game-library wise.

Last edited by Pemalite - on 03 March 2025