Zelda: BotW 2 looks too good to switch, experts predict

Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 I still don’t have one release date (Not even an official name, actually), but Nintendo has already shown some shots of it Play. Based on these images, Digital Foundry experts have raised the possibility of the game not running on the Switch we already know.

Richard Ledbetter, John Lineman and Alex Battaglia are well known and respected for the technical testing they perform with games, and for evaluating the quality and performance they provide on different platforms. The opinion of the group is that BOTW 2 It looks too pretty for a key to handle.

They think the game apparently runs at 1080p, with long pitches and anti-aliasing, in a way that a handheld Nintendo can’t handle. This, of course, raised the possibility for them BOTW 2 To be a “crossover” title for a new generation of Switch – just as its predecessor was between the Wii U and the first version of the portable console.

Anyone with minimal knowledge of game development knows that it is made on development kits and platforms more powerful than the console it will be running on, and then refined and adapted to a compatible version. This is why we often see early game trailers a long way from their final versions, resulting in the famous “downgrade”.

It’s entirely possible that Nintendo made a more advanced cut than the Switch could handle to show off a very cool trailer for the new trailer. Zelda, but John Lineman doubts this hypothesis. He points out that the producer does not have this habit and usually displays the game as it is already on its consoles – and first trailer at Legends of Arceuswith amazing frame rate drops, is there to prove it.

Nintendo fans may remember that the manufacturer mentioned that the Switch is still halfway through its “life,” so all this talk is keeping the rumors alive that we’ll finally get the Switch Pro that gamers seem to be desperately wanting.