From Zelda Wii U to Breath of the Wild

[@milesdevlin7547]

I love Scott’s Stash so much because Scott has perfected his character and voice so much over the years (not to mention gaming knowledge) that his improv is just as entertaining as some fully written out, older Scott the Woz videos. Why spend all that effort? This is the farm to table dining of Scott the Woz. And now Woz eps can be reserved for the fancy Michelin Star meal we all know he’s capable of cooking up. I like this era.

[@monkeeee]

I like scitt to

[@kirbyeatsyou5248]

Tbh I prefer Scott's energy in these than his main videos

[@ineedhealing666]

@@monkeeeescitt

[@monkeeee]

@@ineedhealing666 the wiz

[@sahaprocks7751]

sitt the wz

[@PrixtoTNT]

Oh man I can't wait to hear Scott talking about something I already heard him talk about like 3 times in different occasions

[@stevenbobbybills]

And it still hits every time!

[@777idkineedausername]

I mean, we all watch it, don't we?

[@PrixtoTNT]

@@777idkineedausername I sure as hell watched it a fourth time

[@V1KZTI]

I already knew what happened with the delays and stuff with botw from other videos but i still wanted to watch this entire thing anyway because my mind fixates on anything nintendo related LOL

[@Majinhero]

does super mario 3d world still hold up 40 years later?

[@Wackaz]

I will never forget the debut trailer for this game in 2014. What a phenomenal, exciting, epic trailer that was, full of curiosities and questions, yet unfathomably satisfying all the same - still one of the best trailers Nintendo has ever produced. The era of hype Nintendo fans had for this game between 2014 and 2017 was unmatched. Such an exciting and wholesome time.

[@Dairunt1]

That landscape with the mountains at a distance was my wallpaper for years, and I guess many of us did.

[@Knuckles_la_Enchilada]

​@@Dairunt1it still is my wallpaper lol

[@poorsoul8492]

wholesome? sheesh

[@carlosfer2201]

oh yeah when Aonuma snapped his fingers, there was a nerdgasm sweeping throughout the world.

[@serpentmaster1323]

A trailer so epic the music made it in to smash brothers. Seriously. How many trailers had music made specifically for them, not for the game, that made it inot smash bros?

[@RobertBrocchini]

about the Miiverse support thing: in the files of botw, Tarrey town is referred to as “UMii village.” UMiis are basically nintendo taking the mii format and using it to generate a bunch of botw npcs. It’s 110% just speculation, but perhaps it could’ve been used for Miiverse support and posts at one point due to its name?

[@Dairunt1]

Also the Sheikah Slate was going to be used with the Gamepad touch screen. They had to standardize controls to avoid differences with the Switch.

[@nickk3077]

Nintendo obviously had a lot of faith in the Wii U and it’s social media system, which is why they pushed it in so many of their games. But because the Wii U was such a flop, Miiverse got discontinued prematurely and subsequently in it’s place were some half-assed attempts to recapture the same idea in games like Super Mario Maker 2 and the Splatoon sequels. People often make fun of the Wii U and Miiverse, but Miiverse genuinely added a huge community aspect to several games!

[@elijahfriesen8111]

Terry towns mii verse support could have taken your friends list mii's to populate the town but scrapped it since mii creator is hidden in the settings of the switch or probably a mii amiibo was meant to do something for it, you are able to mod in custom NPC's with the mii's faces

[@RobertBrocchini]

@@nickk3077tbf, as a splatoon fan the splatoon plaza really does feel like Miiverse 2 just for us crazy little splatoon fans

[@RustyNips]

I imagine there would have also been similar thing to windwaker HD bottle system in Zelda wiiu

[@unbeatenlake790]

Still bugs me that the only consoles Wind Waker has physically been released on, are their worst selling consoles.

[@thecaptain6520]

The Curse

[@Combat6271]

So with Nintendo track record the next console… it’ll be there

[@Jlaps941]

Now it makes sense why they won’t release it on their best selling console of all time

[@jakewilburn6295]

I would not have bought a WiiU during its lifecycle if not for “Ill have to get it for Zelda anyway” When it came out I got it for WiiU. It feels so much better / comfortable to control on the game pad then any switch setup.

[@420noscopesonlylol6]

So that means they are cheap to play on right now. Sounds bad.

[@thomasfolkerts6754]

I have a crackpot theory that originally the "play by yourself" feature was about companions. Botw had companion mechanics, but they were only really used for the wolf link amiibo and a couple of the divine beast quests. It would take until totk to later reintroduce the concept with the spirit stone ghosts and the monster clearing quests. I feel like they originally wanted botw to be filled with npcs to help you out, both companions and otherwise, but for one reason or another couldn't get the tech to work properly. This would then go onto explain why the older marketing material features a lot more evidence of human settlement in the background, and also why with later material you see a harder pivot to the "wild" concept as the game's central pillar.

[@butterccm]

I really enjoyed this video, as a wii u owner I remember so much of this and being so excited at Zelda U.

[@fondofpeace]

Yeah same here

[@Derpalon]

I feel like all of Scott's Wii U videos are secretly his method of cope and therapy for his ptsd from this era. XD

[@BugsyFoga]

Really is WILD by the time Zelda Wii U was in development the switch was near by, so Nintendo decided to take the twilight princess route of having their new Zelda title to not only end a console generation but start a new one.

[@therealjaystone2344]

And now we are going through a similar pattern with another cross gen title for switch 2 but this time it’s Metroid

[@BugsyFoga]

@@therealjaystone2344Can’t believe we’ve already been through 7 years of the switch

[@j_scotty_]

i mean they promised the new zelda on wii u they kind of had to

[@get_stached]

I see what you did there

[@Poever]

Zelda’s gotta stop coming at the end of a console generation

[@willr679]

I went to a midnight launch for Switch/BotW in Australia and ended up second in line at midnight. There was one guy in front me and he was dressed up as Link in a very elaborate costume, and I figured good for him he’s the first person that will get his Switch. Turns out, he just bought BotW for the Wii U! I have always wondered if this guy ever got a Switch and played BotW in its best form.

[@alligator64]

0:10 Hearing Scott putting jokes aside here felt really heartwarming

[@Murillos1]

That’s every time though…🤨

[@PACKY231]

The one thing that always stuck with me when Breath of the Wild and the Switch both released is the fact that BotW sold more copies on Switch than the console itself! It was 2.76 million game copies compared to 2.74 million consoles through that first month. Couldn’t have been a better launch game than this. Just getting lost in the world exploring everything!

[@theblubus]

Your journey with Zelda is very much like mine. I too was feeling the depression and hopelessness of being a WiiU owner around Spring 2016. It was the first Nintendo console I was going to skip at launch and I was starting to regret buying one(after had owned it for 4 years lol). I instead moved back to my PC and played there for a while. Back to BoTW, I've always picked up Zelda games, played them for a few hours then put them down. BoTW was the first to truly suck me in and got me to actually sit down and play it through to completion. The only other Zelda game I completed pre-BoTW was Twilight Princess. I enjoyed playing BoTW so much that I put off beating Ganon over a year until sometime in 2019 because I just didn't want the game to be over. After BoTW, I've gone back and started playing through all of the mainline Zelda games start to finish in chronological order. It's been a very rewarding experience! I'm ashamed I've waiting this long to completely immerse myself in the series.

[@Chamberz55]

Legend of Zelda: Last Breath of the WiiU. Great vid. I missed that whole generation went from Xbox360 to Switch so thank you for filling me in on the saga.

[@Dragon_Screamer]

Bot ass comment

[@zacharymccoy7091]

I still can't believe BOTW only sold a little over a million units on the Wii U. You'd think more people still using that console would pick it up if they didn't have the Switch at first.

[@jorgemtzb9359]

I bet it's cuz if someone bought a wii u for botw, chances are they ujst bought a switch after all.

[@robotortoise]

I think the type of schmuck to own a Wii U is also the type of schmuck to buy a Switch on release date. Disclaimer: I bought a Wii U and Switch within months of release. I was that schmuck.

[@GaffsNotLaffs]

@@robotortoisecan confirm. Bought a Wii U in 2014, bought a switch at midnight launch.

[@Jlaps941]

If it wasn’t a launch title on Switch then maybe, but if someone was dedicated to buy a Wii U, they probably were planning on getting a Switch at or soon after release

[@QueensShield]

ngl it took me like a YEAR after the release to find out that it was on the Wii U at all. Seeing it combined in the Switch announcement trailers and everything just made me think its Switch only

[@Zackcatyt]

Funny enough Breath of the Wild will always be a Wii U game in my mind. I have never played the Switch version, since I played it entirely on Wii U.

[@EbolaGW]

It'll always be the Switch game for me. I did ended up getting the Wii U version years later, but it feels weird lol

[@runman624]

You have my respect for that

[@Zackcatyt]

@EbolaGW a lot of the physics puzzles make a lot more sense on wii u pad. Like the marble ball ones you can palm the pad and slightly tilt it around

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

Same here. TOTK was weird since I was so used to the Gamepad.

[@Jlaps941]

I got it and played it first on Wii U before I could get a Switch in December 2017, and I still get surprised sometimes remembering it’s a Wii U game lol

[@pokemonduck]

The 2016 Treehouse is one of my favorite Nintendo memories, it was just so much fun learning more about the games and watching the charming localisation team play the game

[@aaronhluskojr7311]

The WiiU was how I played this game at first, I was too young to have money for a switch and barely had 60 for the WiiU game and beat this a year before I got a switch then immediately played it on switch and preferred it in every way. I went back and played the WiiU version after and you can definitely tell it’s pushing the limits for the console but it’s still amazing it works on it.

[@koolooc726]

Weird that you'd prefer it in "every way" considering the only difference they have is that the switch lags a little bit less I guess?

[@aaronhluskojr7311]

@@koolooc726 I found it strange it had to load when pressing the home button when no other game I played had to, and maybe my WiiU has problems with the gyro because I find the switch version way more responsive and the WiiU pads rumble was so loud because something broke in it, the complete portability with little difference from docked mode (to me at least) completely sold the switch version. The WiiU version is not a bad game whatsoever, I just prefer the switch. I also just don’t like the WiiU as much and don’t really know why I just don’t, so being able to play it on a console I prefer really help I guess.

[@Mr_Redsfan]

If you play them side by side the Switch version is a LOT smoother. I’m not a framerate fanatic and I put 250 hours in the U version but it’s more than a small difference.

[@koolooc726]

@@aaronhluskojr7311 the home button thing is valid but then again, why would you need to go into the home menu and go back? There's sadly nothing to do anymore in the Wii u menu. I guess your experience was hijacked because of the hiccups in your gamepad so I understand better. They're just too similar for me in general terms to care about one over the other

[@aaronhluskojr7311]

@@koolooc726 I tended to panic on specific enemy’s and would press every button because I’m an idiot so it would happen very often…..l

[@SonicTheCutehog]

Now where's the Tears of the Kingdom Wii U port

[@SpeedyGwen]

exactly !!! I would love to see if its even technically possible

[@dagobahstudios3662]

Well if you ever wanted to make a bomb, that’s one way to do it.

[@Fusion05]

​@@SpeedyGwenI highly, highly doubt it. The switch itself struggles with TOTK especially when using ultrahand ability.

[@ask343]

​@@SpeedyGwendefinitely not, I think it needs more memory which the switch has and the Wii U doesn't

[@SpeedyGwen]

@@ask343 am sure we can upgrade the Wii U ram~ even if only doable on emulator

[@ValueNetwork]

I think the “you don’t have to play by yourself” concept clearly became the Sages in tears of the kingdom, where instead of getting a power up for completing a dungeon your essentially getting a side character that will play alongside you, so technically your experience isn’t single player your part of a party of characters. I can imagine that in a early concept for BOTW the champions of the divine beasts were more like the TOTK sages, hence why they cited “play by yourself” in that original WiiU direct as a convention that they’re challenging. But the plans changed, probably as the game evolved to have a sense of loneliness and abandonment, but it also could’ve been technical reasons. And the Champions were scaled back to standard power ups

[@Jade_Geode]

Hey, we had to wait for Metroid Prime 4 twice as long as Zelda Wii U.

[@nickk3077]

I hope that game comes out on the Switch’s successor.

[@Jade_Geode]

@@nickk3077 I think it’ll be cross-gen like Breath of the Wild. Not just that it has a vague “2025” release, but I also think that logically it’d do a lot better near or at launch when there’s not as much to choose from. Even if the Switch 2 is backwards compatible, I see it being marketed like Breath of the Wild: as a Switch game at first, but then as a Switch 2 game when that gets revealed, and releasing on both.

[@greenberrygk]

2017 was one of the best years for console gaming. Mario odyssey, Zelda breath of the wild, sonic mania, Mario kart 8 deluxe, Splatoon 2

[@potatogod8831]

Majora's mask was the first Zelda game i finished and its macabre themes about the world ending was so reassuring to my depressed existential dreading self at the time and it taught me that no matter who you are you can make a difference you can still help people even if the world is (literally) crashing down around you

[@707strait]

Windwaker HD, Pikmin 3 and Zelda were all a joy on WIIU. It’s a flawed system that’s for sure but virtual vault downloads helped ease the pain from the long drought. I also got BotW on launch day for the system and with my trusty WIIU pro controller loved every second of it while the rest of the world scrambled for a Switch. It was worth the wait and Nintendo came back to the forefront. Fun video thanks

[@Katomaster]

Dude love your way of commenting, your videos (especially the wiiu and switch ones) have been playing in the background for a few days now ❤

[@SoullessNazzerin]

Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring are the exceptions for open worlds for me. I've tried many open worlds and almost all the time it feels lack luster aside from these two. Breath of the Wild is indeed one of the best games of all time

[@aarongutierrez7705]

Fallout new Vegas will be your third, I thought it would be too old, but man the game is just amazing. Would recommend modding to add sprinting

[@2006Mercury]

I remember going out and buying a Wii U just for breath of the wild and I think it's still worth it still part of my argument that they really didn't give the console the games it deserved and I'm still playing EarthBound from the Virtual Console

[@tommyblack6135]

I'm glad you mentioned that one specific shot of Zelda crying in the January 2017 trailer and why it's so much more impactful in Japanese than it is in English. I'm not even a huge snob when it comes to those age-old sub vs. dub debates, it just sounds objectively better. That's what stands out the most for me when reminiscing on that trailer and that moment in history.

[@chickennuggo3171]

When BOTW came out I got it exactly a week later on my 11th birthday but didn’t know the switch existed but had a Wii U. I got it on Wii U and loved it even tho I was a stupid 11 year old and beat the game with only 13 hearts missing so much content including memories cause I had no real internet access 😭 I replayed it before TOTK came out and I fell in love with the game even more than when I was a kid. Great game and both the Wii U and the switch version I recently played were amazing and have a special place in my heart

[@benjib2691]

Yes the Wii U version plays amazingly well (especially with updates applied) considering the hardware limitations of the console 😄

[@superdave9]

Watched the trailers again and got goosebumps all over again! What a time to live through

[@dragonman011]

I remember when that final BotW trailer dropped and how I looped it multiple times because it was just so phenomenally-crafted. Still a trailer that puts a lot of current ones to shame with its balance of story, gameplay, music, VA work, just... GOD... chef's kiss.

[@timothyfoote5487]

I have a copy of Breath of the Wild on the switch, but never played it. I have exclusively played the game on the Wii U. I can remember constantly waiting and losing my mind with the initial trailer. I still get a good feeling when watching the trailer all these years later.

[@elijahdeputy9787]

The Wii U's Single and Greatest Glazer: Scott J Woz

[@huhneat8908]

J? I thought it was "The"

[@michaelcastillo619]

I thought his middle name was “the”

[@MoonSarito]

I actually bought the Wii U mainly because of Breath of the Wild. I had been following the "Zelda HD" news since 2012, then in 2014 we finally got a glimpse of what Breath of the Wild could be and I was so excited until in 2016 I finally got a Wii U and in 2017 I I bought this game day one and it was one of the best days of my life, sure, it had framerate drops and ran at 720p instead of 900p, but it was still one of the most incredible and magical experiences I've ever had with a game. To this day I have never bought Breath of the Wild again on Switch and for some reason when I bought Tears of the Kingdom (I bought it day one too) I just didn't feel the same emotion that I felt with Breath of the Wild on Wii U and to this day I feel a little frustrated by this.

[@oh-noe]

It's like that with everything. The moment you discover something you really like it's magical, but after a while even though it's really good it just isn't the same as it was. Totk is an amazing game, better than botw in my opinion. But it will never have that magical feel to it as when I first played botw, purely because it was my first time experiencing that sort of game.

[@peco126]

Great summary of the wait for this game… I remember all of this lol It was agonizing.

[@garfieldcouch4443]

I had a wiiU and couldn't find a switch. Switch was sold out everywhere. I ordered it online for day 1 delivery and it was late. I went to target. The switch version was sold out, but there were stacks of wiiU copies. I bought it from Target and then returned the Amazon copy to target when it arrived 3 days later.

[@K3vinTuCara]

This is my comfort channel, thank you Mr Woz

[@CynHicks]

I remember the BoTW reveal. At that time I had owned every Nintendo system except for the WiiU and had been exclusively a PC gamer for a while. I was also a big Zelda fan... my mind was blown. I was so excited! It was the Zelda game I'd been begging for and dreaming of.... Yeah, so WiiU is the only Nintendo console I never had. 😂

[@TheWaffleFactory]

I love this channel just talking about the games, no skits needed. I remember playing this with a friend in the same room, both wii u and switch versions. We would compare graphics and sounds but mostly enjoyed the calm vibes this game offered.

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

The Switch's launch being so weak is exactly why I played through BOTW on my Wii U. I didn't pick up a Switch until Smash Ultimate, so BOTW always feels like a Wii U game through and through for me. Plus, with the Wii U's shortcomings, it was nice to get use out of it more than it had been in the months leading up to BOTW.

[@Mr_Redsfan]

Same, just didn’t see a reason to spend over $400 when $60 would get me the only game worth playing. I got a Switch around Christmas 2018.

[@talison461]

​@@Mr_Redsfan over $400?? The switch is $300 and zelda is $60.

[@Manuel32_]

I remember getting my switch in February of 2018 for Xenoblade 2. By the time i got it i already had sunk a bunch of hours of BOTW on wii u, so i didn’t need to get it on Switch

[@kirin1230]

Tbf the main appeal is that the switch is fully portable AND not a Wii U. If you own a Wii U and don't need to play Zelda on the bus, yea might as well stay with the Wii U for a bit longer.

[@DakotaRileyMedia]

BotW was a wild ride. I never got a Wii U during the generation, so i distinctly remember the Switch reveal trailer and knew i would be a day one purchaser if it was a launch title, and then immediately after the January showcase I preordered my console and copy of the game.

[@charlesriston8972]

14:30 Metroid Prime 4 vibes........... We can only dream!

[@Pyrple]

Mainline Zelda has for a while been a one-game-per-generation series alongside Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Smash, and likely 3D Mario now. Sure the N64 and GameCube got two, but Twilight Princess is was cross gen and came out on GCN after the Wii version. That was the last GCN game and the first Wii game. Then skyward sword was the Wii's true exclusive Zelda. Then 7 years went by until BotW was the Wii U's Zelda, cross gen with the switch. Now Totk is the Switch's true exclusive Zelda game. And it will likely be many years into the Switch 2's generation before we see its Zelda title.

[@yang6642]

Gamecube got three

[@mechadeka]

"It's one game per generation if you don't count all those times there were more than one Zelda game on a console, which is almost every generation."

[@ismailahmed4542]

New 3d Zelda will probably come 2nd year of Switch 2, I think its more likely than another 2d Zelda which release at least twice every gen.

[@Pyrple]

@@ismailahmed4542 2nd year of switch 2 would be 2026. That would be 3 years after tears of the kingdom, or half the development time for a game with way better graphics. That's not happening. I could see late 2027 at the earliest because Totk was delayed due to covid and polishing, but Zelda's going to be one of Nintendo's most ambitious AAA games next gen. It's gonna be a minute.

[@ismailahmed4542]

@@Pyrple oh yeah well they'll probably make a remake or 2 until we get the next 3d game. But also making the next game not open world will definitely make the development be much faster.

[@Megaman.ExE7]

Scott will never run out of ideas

[@nickk3077]

I just think to myself how convenient this game would be if I just used the GamePad for the map, or how less broken it would be to consume food on the bottom screen during combat, or how less frequent I would in general be going through the menus. There are these gimmick puzzles in BotW that force you to use motion controls. These are some of the last remaining bits that utilize the GamePad's unique features left over in the game, and I just find that so interesting! Like, BotW was supposed to better showcase what the Wii U GamePad could do before they fully removed most features. Man, like, the Wii U just makes me sad! Like, it had such a cool Swiss army knife of a controller, and they were too scared to take many risks with it because people weren't buying their games and people were ridiculing games like StarFox Zero. But for every StarFox Zero, there was a Super Mario Maker, a game that uses the GamePad in an ingenious way! Splatoon is still best played on Wii U! Even after the third Splatoon game, they just couldn't implement a seamless way for players to have instant access to the map like they did before.

[@sandman8920]

Yes it’s sad.

[@sandman8920]

I think it’s one of the reasons I don’t think much of the switch. Because I thought the WiiU was better. We and it was robbed

[@carlossmedina]

this game means so much to me, and the fact that u expressed so beautifully of it made remember feels and memories of a first gameplay; it actually made me tear a bit up.

[@geminisfl]

"Breath of the wild" was and is the only game that made me stay awake untill 4am even thought I had to work that morning

[@Kottery]

I got the Wii U version of BotW first as I didnt get a Switch until later that summer. I remember it was initially the better performing version as the Switch release had some gnarly framerate issues (which were swiftly patched out).

[@Henry7Madsen]

I know it’s weird to say but I actually play the Wii U version more just because it’s so weird for a game pretty much considered a switch game on a platform that I love and hate so much at the same time

[@Wackaz]

How can you hate the Wii U? I get that era wasn't every Nintendo fan's cup of tea but the console is hardly worthy of hatred. So much heart and soul was put into that console. It is full of charm, warmth, and wholesomeness. I don't see how you hate it. What a strange description.

[@Henry7Madsen]

@@Wackaz yes. I love it a 100x more than I hate it but at launch Nintendo had such an anti consumer (even more so than normal) approach to how they where treating it. They were practically saying you suckers will buy our product and we don’t have to do anything but call this thing wii__. There are many sides to Nintendo and the Wii U is definitely my 2nd favorite console but at least the pr for it was atrocious. At least at launch

[@mohammedsarker5756]

@@Wackaz cus the WiiU sucked for everyone that wasn't a Nintendo hardcore fan. I got the Switch in part because of the strong 3rd Party Support, portable Skyrim is amazing

[@Henry7Madsen]

@@mohammedsarker5756 bro just get a steam deck

[@sandman8920]

@@mohammedsarker5756hmm I’ve just sold Skyrim. I couldn’t get into it at all. And I bloody tried as it was expensive I got it at launch. I’m selling quite a few switch games actually over hyped 3rd party stuff and those WiiU ports I don’t know why I bought as I already own them on WiiU. Pointless.

[@knux333jw]

As a Wii U enthusiast once, I can confirm that "Zelda U" truly was the game carrying the hope of Wii U as a system. With every year, they said it was still coming, I was convinced Wii U still had some hidden bangers it'd pull out to stay in the game. Even with its poor sales. In hindsight though... yeeeah I think once Nintendo saw the MK8 & Sm4sh killer duo wasn't doing anything... it was over lol. Surprised the vid didn't cover more of the speculation and rumor side of things, because there was some wild (hah) stuff. Like the theories that the game would directly take story inspiration from Princess Mononoke. And how Link would be a freaking fugitive. But glad the vid brought up the girl Link rumor, because that was a BIG one. Some people literally thought Link in that initial teaser was a girl lol. And it didn't help when Hyrule Warriors introduced "Linkle" too. We were convinced at a point Girl Link was happening. And now its just funny af to look back on.

[@koolooc726]

Kinda crazy to think that if BOTW released in 2015-2016 it would of have much more Wii U like features and would have been a very different feeling game.

[@sandman8920]

And probably better. I was really disappointed that they removed all the cool WiiU features we had come to expect from playing ww and tp.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

i still would like if the Wii U had the Gamepad Menu/Map screen at all times, if not for the curiosity because in Wind Waker it actually was a great use of the GamePad ... unlike StarFox Zero

[@sandman8920]

We were robbed!

[@mattkim96]

Thanks for sending me back on another BoTW 2017 trailer reaction marathon. So hype, and the game lived up.

[@davidsanchez8158]

Wow I really needed to see this, for someone who stopped playing games that weren’t sports titles since 2008 and Nintendo specifically since 2000. I just got my switch last year (enjoying the F out of it) but I was confused why everybody was so hyped about it in the switch I assumed it had been out on the Wii U. I’m like is it the change of scenery? But wow I get it now l, nice it’s technically a switch game that’s wassup

[@DuckDQuack]

Wind Waker HD had the “leave messages for other players” thing like dark souls with messages in bottles.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Confession: I have never played Breath of the Wild. But when I do, I want it to be the WiiU version

[@BugsyFoga]

Epic

[@Wackaz]

Beautiful take. Wii U version is the version we all waited for back in the day, after all. What an era. I'll never forget the first time I watched that trailer in 2014 - phenomenal.

[@UlzYT]

It's not a bad version. It has its frame rate drops, and pop in, but it's the full BOTW package.

[@cam935n]

That doesnt make it better lol​@@Wackaz

[@tountoes1677]

That's a weird flex but you do you, bud...

[@octoguygmod]

Scott's Stash feels like old Scott The Woz and that's great

[@ChibbyTonx]

BOTW released on both the Switch and the Wii U on the same day where I live. On that day, I went to Game Planet to see the game. I knew I couldn't buy it because it'd be $60 and I'd still need a Switch to play it. Funny enough, I believe because of the Switch's release, Game Planet was having a 50% sale on Wii U games to get rid of their stock, INCLUDING BOTW. Best $30 I've ever spent on a brand new game that had just released.

[@CaptainBlackBread]

The Wii U is how I chose to play BoTW only because of the gamepad's comfort.

[@SigmundFrorg536]

This game's hype cycle from E3 2016 to release was the most hyped I have ever been for literally anything. And I am still nostalgic for that hype.

[@LionofTruth182]

23:45 The Japanese Zelda voice is perfection. Her cry literally broke me.

[@doc_o_pizza8655]

As someone who had played both Breath of the Wild and Tear of the Kingdom, when I go back to Breath of the Wild after playing Tear of the Kingdom, the world oddly feels empty It might be because Breath of the Wild are missing caves and the wells we can go inside of Also another improvement in Tear of the Kingdom having Quest Menu right next to the map and not in the inventory.

[@OrbitalLizardStudios]

18:20 I wonder why there was a cut here when he was talking about "inserting yourself" in relation to Link nyehehehe

[@Cosmosis-86]

Zelda Wii U, classic! I bought the Wii U version on release, then again for Switch later… BOTW on the go was mind blowing at the time.

[@Chad_Wick]

one of the best games on the switch. *wii u game* you don't know how true this still is.

[@2DThom]

Fun fact: it only took nintendo a couple months to port botw to the switch

[@coyote9448]

My first Zelda games were Minish Cap and Windwaker. I played and beat them and loved them. I almost finished Twilight Princess but didn't complete it. BOTW was freakin amazing.

[@elliottb7009]

i played my GF's wiiu and loved it, i though it was great. then the switch came out and all my friends were saying how good it was, but i just saw all the games were just ports. so in spite of the switch i purchased a wiiu. i got breath of the wild for wiiu. its great. runs well. i also thought it would be like the gamecube twilight princess and be the more collectible version. but i got all the other zeldas and other games CHEAP as the console was on the way out and everything was priced to go. i also feel that the map system (dual screen) was removed from the wiiu version soley due to the fact that i may have made it the superior version. so they just made it parity with switch. it took me well into the OLED switch before i got a switch. all the games were just ports, and is still half true to this day.

[@benjib2691]

As a Wii U owner from day one back in November 2012, I'm kind of sad that the Wii U has sort of been pillaged of its exclusive games over the years. What I don't understand is that people were non-stop shitting on the Wii U and its games before the Switch launched, and when those same games got ported to the Switch, suddenly they became masterpieces or must-haves (Super Mario 3D World is one example of this). Still, I think it was for the best because in the end far more people can play and enjoy theses games on Switch than if they were still Wii U exclusives.

[@Monke80s]

I remember being with my brother and just being in awe at the trailer. I must have rewatched that thing hundreds of time. Getting shivers, emotion overcoming me almost to the point of crying. It was beautiful. Truly, what a time to be alive then. I remember checking on the internet and seeing people that were in E3 saying how good it felt seeing a game like BOTW after almost every other game in E3 was "shooty kill bravo to alpha team" stuff. The mfs at Nintendo did it. Almost everything worked to their favor that day. It was a sight to behold. Finally getting that game, finally getting the switch, the unboxing experience, everythign. Amazing. Popping that tiny little cartridge, smaller than a 3DS surprisingly at the time, with that tiny box similar to the PSP's. Seeing the opening, waking Link up, getting out of the shrine of Resurrection, noting how weird it is for Link to be able to freely jump, letting the cinematic play with that piano piece. It was...wow

[@魚-c3d]

Currently playing the game 7 years after everyone, I am enjoying it a lot too

[@ipag1006]

Same here!

[@dewritochan]

i remember that stream every single time my horse bonks into a tree

[@Iffondrel]

I feel like if Nintendo has learned anything, its that Zelda at the launch of a console is an absolute winner. Wii and Switch went hard with their cross platform releases. I don't know if they'll have anything for next gen, but 4k support will at least be nice.

[@clay2889]

Zelda Breath of the Wild was really revolutionary for the entire game industry. I mean look at how many other games it spawned such as Genshin Impact

[@Bempes3477]

There is literally nothing BotW did that other open world games hadn’t already been doing better for years.

[@Wingsaber]

As someone who didn't get a switch for quite a while after release, I'm definitely part of the demographic that bought botw on wiiu

[@ChriSaito]

I remember wanting a Wii U specifically for Zelda Wii U (as it was known at the time). There was a Sears ad that was misprinted for $20 3DS's and $40 Wii U's. Me and a buddy of mine drove to Walmarts all over trying to price match and finally we were able to each get one for $40. I waited... and waited... and waited... and then it was announced to also be on the Switch. All that to say I have never played Breath of the Wild on Wii U... the entire reason I bought the console. I think the only other game I really got a lot of play time on it was a TON of Smash. Still, it's a little sad the game I bought it for was never actually played on it. At least it was only $40 lol

[@dannyboots]

That's why you wait until it drops

[@pokemonduck]

I wish the Wii U version of BotW wasn't quite as gutted as it was... was a map on the GamePad really that much to ask for? Having the screen be completely black is just really weird

[@sandman8920]

It would have been a better version and Nintendo couldn’t have that!

[@dannyboots]

​@@sandman8920 better? Idk. the Wii U version preforms worse than Switch regardless

[@sandman8920]

@@dannyboots when I say better I mean more features. Features the switch could never have.

[@simonrockstream]

They added "Dark Souls messages" in Wind Waker HD. The tingle bottles you could find on the beach from other players.

[@Ornal64]

I’ve completed Breath of the wild on Wii U. I just loved being able to see the game world on TV and equipment on tablet screen. Wii U tablet is most underrated and underutilised console feature. This is my favourite last generation console with so many great games and most of them have been ported to Switch.

[@scarmucci1918]

After also watching your ''Amiibo on Nintendo Switch'' video, you spoke about how the box art for BotW on Switch put the notification of amiibo support on the back of the box instead of the front of the box. Lo and behold the same exact game released for the Wii U has the amiibo icon on the FRONT of the box. You also discussed how Wolf Link unlocked Wolf Link as playing along Link. A not so small detail you overlooked in your earlier video is that Epona was locked behind not one, but two different amiibo.

[@Floopydoopy4799]

The wait for Zelda botw is kinda like how I'm waiting for the next part to the Wii u. Series on the scott the woz channel, lengthy but definitely worth it

[@elijahdeputy9787]

The Wii U's Single and Greatest Hater: Scott M Woz

[@brytilaar]

And Greatest Lover too.

[@shiku6901]

going to be honest, i never had a switch until like 2 years ago, so for me Breath of the Wild has always been a Wii U game 😭

[@ggnicklu]

One of the major things you forgot to talk about was that after the first trailer, many people thought Link would have been a girl. It must have been a mix of Linkle being made in Hyrule Warriors and the longer pony tail he had made him look more "feminine" that spawned this discussion. But yeah I remember many discussions about if Link was a girl in this game, or if you could maybe choose the gender in the upcoming game. I mean we didn't have much so we really had these few things to speculate and talk about

[@agamernamedjoe]

i still remember when my parents surprised me with the wii u version of this game contained in an audi box that comes with the car.

[@JTread2003]

I'm one of the few people who played it on Wii U because I couldn't find a Switch anywhere at the time lol. I remember the wait being so long but it was worth it for sure. Also, it's crazy how long we waited for Tears of the Kingdom, because at that time, the wait for botw felt like it was forever, but it was actually less time. That's insane

[@Iffondrel]

Oh man, i remember when sales for botw switch had outsold the console itself because there just weren't enough switches.

[@TheTutorialMan42400]

Thank you for letting me remember the hype level reached at E3 2014, that was crazy back in the days, Splatoon, smash, Zelda, yarn Yoshi...

[@RobertHall-ef8yf]

This game is special. I haven't experienced magic like this since I was a young child discovering video games for the first time.

[@R4yyMen]

Love the fact that I came across this video a few days after setting up the wii u emulator to replay this masterpiece in 80 fps and insane graphics

[@vianabdullah2837]

I wonder if BOTW could've saved the Wii U if it wasn't delayed constantly.

[@srridk]

Hot take: there was a good chance that Tears of the Kingdom would've been the same situation, but for Switch 2

[@Marry_Gaming__]

I dont think that was ever a possibility, the reveal trailer for totk is basically identical to the opening in the final game, a lot of totk is lifted from botw, and with hindsight about Nintendo trying to keep the switch alive for as long as possible it wasn't even close to being the same situation most likely. I dont even think it should have even taken as long as it did, what we got was probably the worst case scenario in terms of dev time lol

[@cheke_hs]

If the Switch had failed, for sure. But there was no need this time around lol. Still hoping Switch 2 is fully backwards compatible, otherwise it won’t be an easy sell for me, at least on the initial years.

[@Mimi.1001]

Metroid Prime 4 might be in that situation. Although development was restarted halfway through on that.

[@statesminds]

I still am mad the gamepad doesnt have more functions. Would get me to buy this version too

[@aneasteregg8171]

Nintendo didn't want to make it look like Switch was worse so can't have any Wii U exclusive features

[@MrMoon-hy6pn]

@@aneasteregg8171 Maybe that's part of it but I think it's a mixture of things. Like Nintendo learning that tying games to a clunky gimmick for the sake of it makes games less fun (cough star fox zero cough) for the most part. Hence removing the mini map and any other features from the game pad and putting them on the tv/monitor where your eyes are. Not to mention the game pad infamously sucked away resources from rendering and processing on the 3 souped up GameCubes glued together that was the WiiU. So yeah. I think the game's better for not even bothering.

[@XradicalD]

Breath of the wild is truly a before and after of an era, maybe it is due the fact of being a release Switch title, but I remember it for what it was on the Wii U. Felt like a send off to the console, like a broken curse and into greater things. I remember it feeling like such a breath of fresh air, it was indescribable, the exploration, the gameplay, everything was perfect. I also vividly remember talking about it with my cousin who was also playing, sharing details on different ways we were going. I thought that this is probably what people felt in the 80's with the original The Legend of Zelda, that sense of adventure. An amazing title, and maybe not so oddly, I like it better than Tears of the Kingdom. No doubt tears perfected a lot of aspects of BotW, but I feel like it didn't do anything really new or anything, (maybe because I actually played Nuts and bolts). But that's just me, I loved Breath of the wild.

[@dannyboots]

Switch tittle

[@viniciusnascimento1993]

Zelda BOTW is native from the Wii u, having the map in the pad in your hand is perfect, no need to pause to see the map.

[@matthewLkidder]

My goodness that first gameplay demo looked like burnt chowder.

[@addison3437]

I can't believe scott made the esoteric depression post on main and then acted like nothing happened

[@waffles245]

What?

[@nintony2994]

"This just' in! ...what the F%ck!" - Scott The Woz

[@frostieisme]

I have a strong desire to experience more of Eric explaining Jojos Bizarre Adventure

[@jonathanwilson7949]

We’re getting a whole lotta Woz

[@DoshindeReus]

I bought this for the Wii U because it was destined to be so. Never played it on Switch. BOTW= Wii U. TTOK=Switch

[@timbo2518]

I didn't exist when Ocarina of time released, but I was at least alive for another Industry defining Zelda game being released! For me its truly the greatest game of all time.