Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@Monkey_Balls Well, I think the Switch version is the better-looking and sounding version if you can afford the console / think it's worth it. It's also portable and loads faster.

@Haru17 I can afford the Switch, just not sure if it's worth it yet, particularly as the one game I want for it is available for Wii U. Portability, loading times, visuals, etc don't bother me too much, unless of course the Wii U version is significantly worse (which it doesn't seem to be).

The Wii U's last hurrah seems to be a must-have. I'm just not sure about a day one purchase for the Switch version (and the console itself). If the Wii U version was cancelled it would make my decision a lot easier. Are you double dipping?

@Monkey_Balls To double dip I would have to buy a Wii U, Breath of the Wild for it, a Switch and another copy of Breath of the Wild for it. Nope, all Switch for me.

I guess it just depends on if you want to play that Mario game later this year.

@Monkey_Balls

Where is it £35? 40 is the cheapest I can find.

@Haru17 Ah, you've got the easier decision to make. Or have you? Coincidentally I just posted this in another thread:

Are you not tempted to get the cheaper Wii U? It's personal preference I guess. Yeah, I do want to play Mario Odyssey (despite cringing at the out-of-place real world mechanics), but I can always buy the Switch nearer that game's release date. The console might even be cheaper by then, too. Hm, think I'm making my decision here. Or not. Damn you, Nintendo.

@Dezzy I pre-ordered BotW on Amazon UK last February. A couple of months ago the price went down to £35 for about a month or so. It's gone back up to £40 but due to Amazon's price promise I'll only pay £35.

I never bought a Wii U, but Nintendo couldn't have burnt me harder with the system. With no Zelda, no Metroid Prime, and no real Paper Mario game I had and continue to have no reason to ever touch the thing at its price. And that's before you consider that all of the big games are being ported to Switch (Mario Kart, Splatoon '2,' and the rumored Smash 4) or followed by strictly superior sequels (Mario 3D World < Super Mario Odyssey).

I am not someone swayed by many, less significant games. I bought a New 3DS to play Monster Hunter 4's better version and would gladly do the same even if I wanted to play Wii U games, which I really don't. Further, the promise of being future proofed in terms of Nintendo systems makes buying a Wii U for Zelda instead notion laughable prospect to me. In summation, the (even slightly) better version of Zelda of Zelda and SM Odyssey are worthier than the Wii U's entire library to me.

@Monkey_Balls

Wow, so one of the times that it did pay to preorder. Cool. I should've considered that for something as reliably good as Zelda.

@Haru17 Interesting perspective regarding the Wii U. It's quite funny to hear about a non-Wii U owner being burnt by the system as it's usually U owners saying that. I'm disappointed to not get a Metroid, have a lacklustre Paper Mario and wait so long for a new Zelda, but with 50+ games the Wii U has served me well. Admittedly, the Wii U was my first HD system (I don't have an Xb360/One or PS3/4) so games like Assassin's Creed, Batman, Deus Ex, Mass Effect, etc were new to me which has probably helped sway my opinion. I see your point though. Maybe I'd be better off using that Switch money to buy a PS4, XbOne or PC and catching up on all the games I've been missing out on...

@Dezzy I always order from Amazon UK as soon as pre-orders become available. It's pretty much guaranteed that the price will fluctuate before release, and the lowest price is fixed for payment (due to the price promise). I'm pretty sure that every game I have ever ordered from Amazon has been cheaper than the pre-order or final selling price. You have nothing to lose because you don't pay until dispatch and can cancel at any time.

@Monkey_Balls

You have plenty to lose on the games that end up being bad.

@Monkey_Balls I have three copies of Twilight Princess, so yeah, I'll probably double dip eventually, not getting the Switch at launch though.

Not sure how accurate this is, but it's safe to say the world size in Breath of the Wild is pretty large.

http://imgur.com/csqHawf

@Honelith The image itself isn't very accurate, but BOTW is still bigger than any of those other maps.

@ClockworkMario I fixed your video link from earlier. You had a space after the colon. It should be working now

Just realized the Red and Blue Switch is a reference to the red and blue switch from Zelda games
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@Nicolai That's pretty humorous.

If that's intentional then they lost their mind!

So when this game is finally in our hands, nobody's gonna visit this thread, right?

@Spanjard Nope, not on your life

I surely will not get into this topic or anything about the game starting March 3rd! I really want to put myself into a travel or sort of to discover every single aspect of the Hyrule that Aonuma-san will give us! I'm really hyped about this Zelda

Any post after launch that may contain any spoilers will have to be put in spoiler tags, I'll make sure that happens. So feel free to continue visiting this thread to post your thoughts and discoveries here (in spoiler tags of course)!