Nintendo talks about Breath of The Wild WiiU and Switch version differences

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The house of Mario has spoken; the Switch will run the upcoming Zelda installment at 900p while the WiiU will be stuck at 720p, both running the game at 30fps.

In a statement provided to IGN, Nintendo explained the following “key facts” about each version:
  • Both launch on the same day, March 3.
  • Both have a frame rate of 30fps.
  • Both versions of the game offer the same content.
  • On a TV, the Nintendo Switch version of the game renders in 900p while the Wii U version renders in 720p.
  • The Nintendo Switch version has higher-quality environmental sounds. As a result, the sound of steps, water, grass, etc. are more realistic and enhance the game’s Open-Air feel.
  • The physical copy of the Wii U version will require 3GB of available memory on the Wii U system or an external drive.
  • Some icons, such as onscreen buttons, differ between the two versions.
  • A Special Edition and Master Edition of the Wii U version are not available.

This might come to a disappointment to many who would expect the upcoming (their preordered?) console to run one of the most anticipated game of the year at a glorious 1080p/60fps. Nevertheless, it should be noted that this decision has probably been made to ensure the gamer's best experience and shouldn't foretell the gameplay.

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It's more troubling to me that the console is incapable of rendering such a staple first party title at 1080p with at least 30 fps in 2017.
This.

I feel like the past 11 pages people have been focusing on the completely wrong thing here. It's not the fact that 30fps is "bad" or "good" or whatever, it's the fact that Nintendo, who generally develops really well made first party titles for their consoles regardless of specs, has to resort to pushing out something that had to be locked to 900p and 30fps just to run well (assuming it actually runs well and not like laggy crap like the various preview builds we've seen). If Nintendo can't hit the "magic" 1080p or 60fps mark in one of their staple series, how are third party devs going to handle porting their games to the Switch?

You can sit there and claim "OH IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WII U GAME ORIGINALLY SO IT'S JUST A BAD UP-PORT OF COURSE" but when have you known Nintendo themselves in recent history to ever do shoddy "technical" work in anything they personally develop? As much as I like to shit on Nintendo for everything, they do solid work when it comes to their own games.

It's looking like it's going to be the Wii U all over again, where Nintendo pushes out a substandard console that devs try developing for but then give up after a year because "FFS this console has terrible hardware".
 

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I can care a less what resolution it runs at. I just want to play the game. all you that complain about the resolution need to just deal with it or don't buy the game. Yall don't complain about broken beta games released on the other consoles. all this fps and resolution is dumb. To much Nerd Rage. the fps/resolution noobs would be eaten a live in the 90's. People hating the game for all the wrong reasons...
 
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This.

I feel like the past 11 pages people have been focusing on the completely wrong thing here. It's not the fact that 30fps is "bad" or "good" or whatever, it's the fact that Nintendo, who generally develops really well made first party titles for their consoles regardless of specs, has to resort to pushing out something that had to be locked to 900p and 30fps just to run well (assuming it actually runs well and not like laggy crap like the various preview builds we've seen). If Nintendo can't hit the "magic" 1080p or 60fps mark in one of their staple series, how are third party devs going to handle porting their games to the Switch?

You can sit there and claim "OH IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WII U GAME ORIGINALLY SO IT'S JUST A BAD UP-PORT OF COURSE" but when have you known Nintendo themselves in recent history to ever do shoddy "technical" work in anything they personally develop? As much as I like to shit on Nintendo for everything, they do solid work when it comes to their own games.

It's looking like it's going to be the Wii U all over again, where Nintendo pushes out a substandard console that devs try developing for but then give up after a year because "FFS this console has terrible hardware".

why would it be terrible , iv seen a lot of guy like you saying it is under power it is that blablabla but none of you have real proof or details about the console hardware at all , yes it is a wii u port and i didn't expect such a drama for a port that was suppose to be wii u only...
All Nintendo consoles games i have played never lag that much it always the gameplay and feeling first for Nintendo industries and i think the switch is a overpowered console with a portable mode and seeing it is already sold out for pre-order tell me that it gonna blow the competition with ps4 pro and xbone scorpio!
 

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I'm not disappointed because in the end all we care about is playing the games right. But Nintendo could have added upgradeable graphics cards for Nintendo Switch.
 

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I'm in for the Wii U version. I play mostly 1st party games on Nintendo systems so I cannot justify buying a Switch at this time for 1 game. When price drops and there are 5+ first party titles available I would be more inclined to invest in the Switch.
 

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Hate to reiterate what you guys are already saying, but it doesn't say very good things about Nintendo's new console design when a launch title that was designed with the previous gen in mind can't even play at 1080p. As a predominantly PC gamer who does want to play some console games, it's still a bit insulting that another console is getting released that can't even do 60FPS, but that much is an expected insult since 30FPS consoles is the industry standard. But this is a new console releasing in 2017, a year after the console industry standard moved up to 4k, and Nintendo's shiny new home console can't even touch the OLD industry standard resolution. Ninty's going to go the way of Sega if they keep assuming their cheap hardware gimmicks can keep them competitive.
 
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I have to agree with @Nyteshade714, Nintendo makes new consoles that are well behind current technology. Granted the 1st party titles are usually system sellers, however 3rd party does not usually sell systems (at least in Nintendo's case). The handheld mode of the Switch is a nice feature but games and content is ultimately what sells systems. Considering their efforts from a technology standpoint, how much real effort does one expect on the games?
 
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come on guys, 30 fps, 60 fps, your eyes see no difference, dont complain please
30fps is abousletly fine...720 and 900p tho thats sad as hell

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Just play competitive games like counter strike @ 25fps, and play it a 150, just, do it... lol the eye CAN perceive a distinct difference till like 100fps, after that it's hard, but still doable... You must have never played a game on low-end PCs to say such BS dude... :/
i literally cannot tell the diffrence between 30 and 60... i just dont understand people
 

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well i can see up to 128 fps (give or take) no joke, i can easily see the difference between 30 and 60 fps (tested) i dont like 128 fps, i prefer 60 fps and i can tolerate 30 fps.
that aside im not to excited about 720p, this is going to look like shit on my huge tv.
 
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