I go through some of the many Wii U ports on Nintendo Switch. Edited by Scott Wozniak Main Channel: @ScottTheWoz Twitter: / scottthewoz Facebook: / scottthewoz Instagram: / scottthewoz
That seems like the plan now. Scott's Stash replaces what his old content used to be like, and the main channel is for the elaborate stuff. This is honestly one of the best uses of a second channel I've seen, I actually know what the purpose is the content is really solid
29:33 The funniest explanation for this is that Captain Toad Treasure Tracker on Wii U and Switch are not the same events, rather that Toad had to go on this huge almost identical adventure TWICE.
@@SuperM789 The Mario timeline is a mess, especially if you throw Partners in Time in there along with the remake of Superstar Saga since the side mode contradicts the plot of the main game. Other problems arise with the time travel in Yoshi’s Island DS, the Mushroom Kingdom constantly changing with it sometimes being the grassy green place with trees in Super Mario 64 and Odyssey, and the grassy green place with the weird colorful “hill” things in NSMB 1, 2, Wii, and U. NSMB 1 and 2 are supposedly in the same place except the world maps are different with the final world that was originally half haunted half volcano in NSMB 1 being merged with the ghost trees being on the volcanic landscape in NSMB2. Even MORE inconsistencies include Donkey Kong the first from the arcade Donkey Kong growing old to become known as Cranky Kong while Mario, who appears in the same game, does not age in the slightest. DK island also changed between the old Country games and 64 and the two new games. With all of these in mind, the Mario “timeline” should not be taken seriously in the slightest and we should appreciate the games for what they are rather than over-analyze them to death like I just did.
Just realized the Sheikah Slate is meant to be the WiiU gamepad. Explains why in Tears of the Kingdom, the Purah Pad looks a lot more like an undocked Switch.
@@SuperM789 A mobile game and a home console game don't directly compete against each other. They even released a Mario Kart game on Switch with actual RC cars because that doesn't directly compete. If you made Minecraft 2, for example, sales of the original Minecraft would slow down considerably because you've just split your player base in half.
i'm so stressed out scott the woz uploads a second channel before the aftermath of the in-depth look at the nintendo console that is not shit in 2013...
I think the biggest reason why Tokyo Mirage Sessions never had an English dub (outside of saving money) would be that most of the characters are idols, so they sing. Getting VAs that can sing and having to pay to have English versions of all of the songs produced likely killed any chance of a dub.
I think it's just money. There's a lot of idol anime that is dubbed in English and yet they still have the songs stay in Japanese. It'd be standard if there was 0 English songs. If they actually did re-record in English, that'd be going the extra mile.
That kind of reminds me that many years ago anime opening and ending songs were translated and dubbed into Spanish, many of them being pretty good covers. But since the 2000s that practice kind of stopped, the only recent anime whose songs were translated for the Spanish are Fairy Tail, World Trigger and Dragon Quest the Adventure of Dai
I think the main reason was sales. The game flopped hard even in Japan and Nintendo probably wasn't expecting it to perform well in the West. The Switch version didn't sell great either.
Tropical Freeze was even more eggregous because it had been released as a Nintendo Selects title and was $20 for years, AND the Wii U version got delisted from the Switch eShop.
I recall that all titles on all of their online storefronts share the same database, so it could've been possible that Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze having the same name could've confused an employee and made them think the Wii U title was an accidental duplicate (considering the game has the same title on the switch)
@@-aexc- nah I'm just imagining a scenario that could've happened, honestly think Nintendo are scumbags but words aren't gonna stop them from profiting heavily off of anti-consumer practices.
I always love that Scott does these type of videos that feel like what ScottTheWoz was like before they transitioned to be more elaborate. I do still really enjoy the elaborate ones though.
1:43 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 6:35 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 14:09 LEGO City Undercover 18:32 Pokkén Tournament DX 20:40 Bayonetta & Bayonetta 2 21:45 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 23:57 Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition 25:09 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker 35:08 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 42:35 Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore 44:44 Pikmin 3 Deluxe 48:27 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
You forgot to mention that in Wii U version of MK8, you can see what items every player is holding on the gamepad. This does change the competitve strategy quite a bit.
I've never seen Mario Kart abbreviated as MK (not saying it hasn't been done, I just never seen it). So thought at first you were talking about fucking Mortal Kombat, lol
I mean with the super horn it makes you choose between keeping a mostly secure item like the shell/banana or hold on to it to wait for a blue shell. Also if you do keep it and use it to avoid a red shell now you dont have defense. You have to think if its worth the spend
Kind of a fun fact: You can still play as Blue Toad in NSMBD, it needs to be activated through a little command, but idk if you can play both as Yellow and Blue Toad at the same time
I mean yes, but like you said that's basically what these are. I honestly don't even watch RU-vid videos most of the time, I just put em on in the background of whatever I'm doing and just listen too them
@@UltimateTS64 But it’s easier to listen to it if it’s a podcast. You can turn off your device while you listen to it. He could have the videos (which will most likely do better) and then also have the podcast for those who want it. Just an idea though. I think I’d be more likely to listen to his podcast over watching the video, because I wouldn’t have time to watch it.
Was just thinking this. I’m tired of sticking my phone in my pocket with the screen open just to listen to Scott when I’m out walking my dog. I refuse to pay for RU-vid premium though.
@@turtleshrugged164 how about youtube revanced, it has that background play for free, oh and before anyone points out that it blocks ads you can whitelist channels that are actually deserving of the ad revenue like this one, also it has a feature that skips the ads themselves after 5 seconds
Kinda surprised that the Wonderful 101 Remastered wasn't talked about. It was one of the more unique Wii U games that suddenly got a remaster, and to other platforms, no less, right when most people thought it was a Nintendo-owned IP.
As an avid LEGO fan, you have no idea how happy I was when they announced the LEGO City Undercover ports. It was one of the first LEGO games I skipped out on just because I didn't have a Wii U, and finally having a chance to play it was sweet. As for the cosmetic changes I have an idea why they did that. Chase McCain has continued to appear in LEGO content since the game came out, including multiple set releases and I think he even shows up in their new TV show. The new outfit was one of the newer updated figures they made to give collectors more incentive to buy their 50th LEGO cop car.
One of the funniest things about the 3DS version of Treasure Tracker are the Odyssey levels, it’s so mindbending to see super Mario odyssey levels on a 3DS
I know why the Wii U version of Breath of the Wild pauses when you hit the HOME button. Its because the Wii U only has 2 GB of RAM, typically 1 GB is reserved for games while the other 1 GB is for system functions. Breath of the Wild is such a large game though that it needs both GB of RAM and so it has to push the game into a swap partition in the system memory to bring up the HOME menu. The pause is the game loading back into RAM.
I'm still peeved that Xenoblade Chronicles X is still stuck on the WiiU, despite of the fact that 1, 2 and 3 are all available on the Switch, and 2/3 even go and reference X in the postgame.
@@lucasdellamaggiore I think the devs said it would need a ton of rework to be possible on Switch. I think they'll probably just wait for the next nintendo console before we ever get a port.
@@lucasdellamaggiore Yeah I wish as well but with how big the world was for X and the amount of rework they'd need for the gamepad features its probably better to just hold it off as a year 1 Switch Successor game than release it this very late into the lifecycle.
They used every chip on the system to make it work, that's what i think atleast, the chipset on Switch is wildly different, even the registry or references inside of them could be a huge pain to do a port... most Nintendo games are made on a Windows environment, even Pikmin for the Gamecube probably booted natively on a PC, but they do so much testing and configurations for the thing to work like it does on the system, and i imagine the X devs did so much to use every juice that the Wii U could give, that the game would work weird directly on other systems... unless you emulate the Wii U, wich aparently isn't that hard... will the Switch emulate the Wii U eventually?
1:42 Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild 6:35 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 14:08 Lego City Undercover 18:31 Pokken Tournament 20:40 Bayonetta 2 21:44 Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze 23:56 Hyrule Warriors 25:09 Captain Toad Treasure Tracker 35:07 New Super Mario Bros. U 42:34 Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE 44:44 Pikmin 3 48:27 Super Mario 3D World
LEGO City Undercover is one of my favorite LEGO games of all time so it’s great to have it on Switch and take it anywhere. Plus it had some enhancements like a revamped lighting engine and two player co-op.
They changed Chase police outfit to be more blue, for the release of the new figure, and since then, Chase hasn't appeared anymore :( (He was in Lego Dimensions btw)
I always thought it was nice BotW got released on both consoles, I couldn’t afford a switch at launch and I was able to experience! Fun seeing it run on Wii U again.
The main thing on Nintendo's side is that many of these games sold more on the Switch then there was hardware on the Wii U side. Makes me wonder if the system did better how well these games would had done if the Wii U it'self had done better in general.
It's a very great game lol, I wish it had much more recognition. The soundtrack and characters are excellent. Still hoping for a sequel, even though I doubt it'll happen
@@mestremiller1805 why official? Mods are perfectly fine, also the censorship is extremely small in comparison to other things Nintendo has censored, I was confused why TMS had so much controversy over it
Wii U games that haven't been ported to Switch: * Super Mario Maker 1 * Splatoon 1 * Paper Mario Color Splash * Wind Waker HD * Twilight Princess HD * Nes Remix 1 & 2 * Nintendo Land * Game & Wario * Star Fox Zero * Kirby and the Rainbow Curse * Xenoblade Chronicles X * Yoshi's Woolly World * Devil's Third And we can't forget Scott's personal favorites: Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis Ultra Smash.
Man it would be cool if Nintendo ported the Zelda HD remasters from Wii U to Switch. I know the minute I get a Wii U for them they'll come out on Switch
@@Timmy-mi2efnot really. A mid spec pc does the job but you can always emulate it on dolphin instead (not the hd versions) if your pc cant emulate cemu. I can emulate gamecube and wii games perfectly on my phone so no need to use my pc for emulating those masterpieces
Fascinating thing about MK8 assisted driving: most kids now play with the settings on. So when I brought in Mario Kart Wii for my students to play, they all immediately went off the edge or got turned around since the game isn’t steering for them
That's... Kinda sad... I'm reminded of what Scott said in his MK8 Deluxe video. "I'm worried about how Smart Steering and Acceleration will affect the driving abilities of our youth" and then cuts to Scott sitting in his parked car yelling "Go!"
@@CStars55 I mean, it’s funny that he’s kinda right. I think it’s mostly cause the features are automatically on and most kids don’t notice to turn them off. It just means they are at a mega disadvantage without them. Growing up with Mario Kart DS, I certainly didn’t have the problem when I was their age.
I find these types of modes to be kind of insulting. Let the kids figure out the driving, don't have a setting that does most of the work for them. Sure, some might turn it off after using it for a while, but it's really easy to grown complacent and expect it in other racing games.
You know, Scott, if you enjoy making videos like this, make these videos. These are great. I feel as though you may have set a standard too high for your main channel. This could be why you aren’t uploading there hardly ever nowadays since you want everything there to be so great. We all appreciate these videos.
I still get the feeling the Scott the Woz channel will probably be retired after he finishes up the Wii U saga of videos. I feel like most of his passion now comes the Scott’s Stash video (which have been really good), which also gets updated frequently to the point where the YT algorithm will recommend more Scott’s Stash videos than it does Scott the Woz videos. Scott’s Stash feels more like the main channel while Scott the Woz feels like the secondary that’s updated once in a blue moon.
There's still three great Wii U games that haven't been ported over, for some stupid, inane reason - Twilight Princess HD, The Wind Waker HD, and Xenoblade Chronicles X. If those were to release on the Switch, not only would there be no point to owning a Wii U (outside of Virtual Console, if you bought stuff before the eShop shutdown), but the Switch would have _every_ Xenoblade game, and *finally* get some amazing 3D Legend of Zelda games.
Bowser’s Fury is extremely underrated. People often ask when the next 3D Mario game will come out, forgetting an entirely new one released in 2021. It might not be as robust as Odyssey or 3D World, but it’s a fully fleshed out game nevertheless and does lots of new and cool things.
@@poudink5791 It’s more than 4 hours if you go for 100%, but length isn’t what determines whether or not it’s a legit game. That’s no shorter than plenty of other Mario games.
Bowser’s Fury is kinda short and can’t be bought separate from 3D world. Can it be really called a new release when it’s attached to another game? I’d see it more like an expansion
The fact that the Wii U botw didn’t have gamepad use with sheikah slate is kinda a missed opportunity but it is annoying like on xbcx not being able to use map with pro controller but being to do both would be best imo
as much as wii u ports are controversial, I really just want a "Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition" so the entire series can be playable on the system
The devs of Pokkén Tournament had always meant for it to be called that, as that's its legal Japanese name as well; only in German was it renamed to Pokémon Tekken and even then it's only because of the way the German word for smallpox, pocken, is pronounced.
I got the WiiU version of Breath of the Wild first, and I didn't get the switch version until Fall of 2017, when birthdays started happening in my family; which is how i can truthfully say that I beat BotW on WiiU before even buying the switch version!
I bought a refurbished Wii U bundle off Nintendo's site when breath of the Wild came out. I've got over a thousand hours in that version (Yes, really) and yeah, the thing about the switch version having better sound effects is 100% true. it's just really subtle and most people won't notice it. they're like, higher quality than the Wii U version. for someone like me that's heard the Wii U sound effects over and over and over again for so long, when I started playing the switch version I immediately noticed it. I always thought it was funny Nintendo even brought it up, but props for their honesty and attention to detail, it's definitely there.
One thing to mention as well is that some games, like Donkey Kong, not only were 50 dollars at launch, went to nintendo selects, bringing them down to 20 dollars. Searching the game on the website when the switch version arrived would give you the game on wii u for 20 and the switch version for 60
As a Wii U owner the only port I’ve bought is Pikmin 3 Deluxe in order for Pikmin 4 to happen. Other than that it’s not worth spending $60 on a game you already own.
@@ianeons9278 You are an idiot. Every game should have a Funky Mode. If they don't, the game is objectively a 2/10 at best. Funky Mode brings the best out of games, yet Tropical Freeze Deluxe, is the only one to do so. Therefore, it is a 57/10.
This video brought me back to a memory I had long forgotten: Playing Lego City Undercover as a kid and waiting AGES (in kid time) with my brother during the loading screens.
The 3D world port will always hold a special place in my heart. I remember picking this up right after it came out in 2021 and absolutely adoring it. My girlfriend who I had been doing long distance with at the time ended up picking it up as well and we would spend hours on end playing this together everyday over the phone via online play. This game was so monumental for us especially since Covid at the time had still been raging on very strongly so this gave us something fun to do over the phone. We're finally living a normal life together now as we aren't doing long distance anymore but I always look back at this game with great memories. For those who haven't played this game yet I highly suggest as its just an overall good time
It's always weird seeing him talk about the Wii U BOTW like it's a relic, that was the version I played. Got the DLC too. It's like seeing someone talk about how lonely your friend is. Hey I just hung out with him last week!
I was that person who was STOCKED to see Tokyo Mirage Sessions come to Switch. I wanted a Wii U for Bayonetta 2 and TMS, so when they both came over I was stocked. The music in that game is incredible and I loved all the characters. Would love to see them do something like this again.
@@blazingtrs6348which is also on Wii U, and what’s even worse is that in Europe, the 2pack became a Nintendo selects, so you could get 2 games for only 20 dollars
Interesting take on Captain Toad - I just realized that they may have released it too soon. Should've at least waited until the Lite was out and promoted it as a handheld game primarily, not changing the ending and having Labo support from the start.
The Switch version of Lego City Undercover is basically a port of the Wii U version because of the Mario Easter Eggs but Playstation and Xbox It a modified version of the Wii U but removed all Sign of Nintendo Easter Eggs.
I was very resilient on buying Mario Kart 8 again but just like you said, when the new tracks were announced, I just couldn't fight it anymore. At least I got the base port on discount for waiting that long!
I bought Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch as a big Fire Emblem fan who had never played a MegaTen game, and I loved it. It’s VERY anime which isn’t usually for me, but the combat and mechanics were excellent. Great game.
hey scott i just wanted to let you know that the day this video was uploaded (a few days ago now) was on my 3 years of being a fan so i just wanted to say thankyou for everything all the entertainment and fun memories over the past few years and i can't wait to see what comes next in the upcoming season!!!
That was pretty shitty of Nintendo to expect for the Wii U owners to rebuy the same near-identical games for the Switch at full price, rather than a discount upgrade prices.
I know I’m a year late but that’s not what they expected, they expected the people that played the games not to get them and the other 100 MILLION people to be able to play fantastic games that got released on a commercial failure, and they knew it would make them money! Win-win as far as I see it. They did do the Wii U owners dirty tho, you should have been able to trade in or at least “upgrade” your Wii U versions to the switch ones.
I feel Yoshi's Wooley World is the last great Wii U game not to be be ported (though its a shameMario Maker 2 lacked Amiibo characters and levels like the first). Such a great platformer. Loved Kirby and the Rainbow Curse but that requires touchscreen controls so i understand if it'll never get a port.
I remember playing botw on the wii u, was my first experience with the game, im a traditional zelda guy but playing that game as a young kid was magical.
I didn't get BOTW for Switch until 2021. For years, I only had the Wii U version. The biggest difference for me going to the switch version was having motion controls on the pro controller since I didn't usually use the wii u gamepad to play.
Honestly, Pikmin 3 Deluxe's Gamecube controls with the lock-on enabled feel way better than Wii remote controls. Lock-on is less of a hassle over having to constantly point at the screen.
I find it funny now how many people complained about WiiU ports on Nintendo Switch, and yet still today there are people begging for more WiiU ports almost every day like the Zelda remasters and Xenoblade X.
To me, BotW is a Wii U game, since that's what I & a buddy of mine played it on. I didn't care to buy a "handheld" console, the Switch at the time. Even after I got a Switch I refuse to buy any ports, almost feel cheated by Nintendo because of it. Been watching Scott the Woz channel for years now & just discovered this.
They come with it pre-installed?? I've only ever seen the disc. To be fair though, I can probably count on 1 hand the amount of Wii U's I've actually seen
16:59 They probably did it so the box art would match the sets currently on shelves. Because Lego sets retire after a couple years, the old box art would not be up to date with the stuff on shelves.
We should all just be thankful that Nintendo brought all these Wii U games to the Switch as they could’ve just left them to the past and still been absolutely fine. I myself skipped the Wii U which is the only Nintendo console I’ve ever skipped. So having them as better versions on the Switch is amazing!
4:33 this is because BOTW on Wii U uses more than the 1GB of RAM allocated for games, so when you press the home button it switches back to the normal configuration When you go back in it has to swap back
Tokyo Mirage Sessions could have had a second chance on the Switch, but instead of releasing an uncensored version they doubled down on it and even censored the japanese version.
@@nicodoe6181 joke's on you because that's not something that happens in that game. The censorship most importantly changed the whole point of a main story beat (Tsubasa learning to be comfortable with her body for something much less interesting), on top of that they removed basic things of the human body, like bones because I guess bones are too sexual. They basically changed every little thing the average idiot on Twitter that wasn't going to buy the game anyway could complain about. Also changed other dumb shit, like making these characters in their second year of highschool be 19 years old instead of the age they would normally be there) Funnily enough you can even see how they doubled down on the censorship in the box art already. There is a character in the top right that is wearing her regular outfit in the Wii U version (showing her midrif) but in the Switch version they covered her from head to toe, lol. I'm just against heavy and stupid censorship. There is some censorship I can get behind though. For example in Xenoblade Chornicles X they changed all the revealing outfits to more tame ones when wore by the character that is 14 years old. But then they did stupid changes like removing the boob size customization for the avatar, because I guess all women have the same boob size.
Tbh, it makes so much sense that a lot of wii u games got ported and I do not have a problem with it. No one had a wii u and they are genuinely pretty good games. The dev time was probably super short and easy so I don't blame them.
No reason to own both since Nintendo doesn’t give achievements on their games the Nintendo Switch is more comfortable to play on then on the Wii U maybe when Nintendo starts giving achievements they will be worth buying the same game over again the only games worth buying over again are games like Pac-Man
I hope they port tears of the kingdom to the next Nintendo console. The game really needed the extra performance, hopefully it gets a patch to address it soon. But if they can get something that's even close to the current gen in the next console it would run plenty of their first party "next gen" games at 60 fps minimum. Or they need to remake actual classics instead of stuff that was just last gen, it was more than understandable going from the Wii U to the Switch though. But the next console should just be able to take your Nintendo library and emulate it with higher performance than a Switch.
@@quinnkiley9030 If it's not I hope they don't expect people to buy the remakes like they did for the Wii U stuff cause unless someone's just never played the game it's not gonna happen. I'd say backwards compatibility is just as important as the very needed hardware upgrades.
I don't think botw 2 isn't going to be ported to switch successor because it mostly be available at day of the switch successor eshop that same way the dsi games that were available on day one on the 3ds eshop
@@SlyRyFry I mean the hybrid model is here to stay so i imagine the next system is gonna be BC and they'll just throw out next gen updates like sony and ms do.
I love the Scott’s stash videos. In the earlier ones he would say “uuuhhmm” a lot when talking which is a pet peeve of mine but it seems he has gotten better hahaha
i love that Treasure Tracker is the Mandela effect simulator, also lets be honest here, having a New Super Mario collection is only worth it for the people who wants to know what a Plain Bread overdose feels like, still would had appreciated if they added more features from said games like the Mega Mushroom or the Cannon stages or not having to play with Toadette/Nabbit on co-op
