How do other runners play this game? I'm playing on Wii U VC with no disc in the Wii U (and not displaying the video on the game pad) but I'm getting slightly longer load times than others and I'm not sure why.
As far as I know, WIIU VC is the fastest way to load the game - that's how I've pretty much always played.
To show what the problem is, here's a comparison of the same loading screen for me (top-left) vs. the top 3 Any% runners.
For some reason it takes me longer to get into the stadium. Could it be that my Wii U needs memory freed up or something?
That could be it - although I'm not really sure. When did you get your Wii U? It could be an older Wii U and that's why it loads slower. For reference, I got mine in 2015 I think
Is it a known thing that old Wii U's load slower? I think I got mine around when the Wii U launched, so that could be it
I'm not sure if it's a thing, just a guess. You could try reinstalling the game to see if that fixes it
it might have something to do with downloading the game to a usb storage device rather than the system memory, but i have absolutely no idea if this is the case
Unless you're all running on a basic Wii U instead of a Deluxe. I suppose that could be the difference.