Will it be advantageous to use physical or digital copy?
3 years ago
Washington, USA
TeslaCelestial
He/Him, She/Her, They/Them
3 years ago

Just wanting some opinions on this.

United States

I would expect digital versions to be quicker, as with other Switch games. This is because the system can load data from a microSD card more quickly than its own memory.

Edit: Not quite, see @Mageius 's addendum.

Edited by the author 3 years ago
koma and TeslaCelestial like this
Washington, USA
TeslaCelestial
He/Him, She/Her, They/Them
3 years ago

Makes sense.

United States

Actually this is incorrect although the load times are faster by having the digital version on micro SD card s the physical version, It is actually FASTER to have the digital version saved to the Switch's internal hard drive vs having it on a micro SD card.

Also the benefits of having the physical version of the game is that it is also possible to downgrade to an earlier version of the game. However having both digital and physical versions doesn't allow this to work without deleting your profile. Although with the physical version only it is very possible to downgrade by just deleting your fane's data.

iden, Biffy and 2 others like this
Washington, USA
TeslaCelestial
He/Him, She/Her, They/Them
3 years ago

What I am getting from this is that if that there is a game patch and you don't have digital 1.0, you should get the physical version?

United States

Current, the digital version of the game will always be the most up to date version of the game whenever it's downloaded. HOWEVER it is possible to turn automatic updates off on your switch in order to prevent the system from updating your game automatically. This works for both physical and digital version.

The physical of the game will always be the 1.0 version of the game, well unless Nintendo that's to re-release the game.

United States

Just remember if you DECIDE to pick up both versions of the game be aware that the digital version of the game is what version the system will use. (There's a few other things that this type of situation presents but I won't go into every detail.)

Also as far as load times go:

Fastest load times: Digital version that's saved in the Switch's internal hard drive.

2nd fastest: Digital version on a micro SD card.

Slowest: Physical version of the game.

Biffy likes this
Riverside, CA, USA

so then there is no point in getting the physical copy? cause if thats the case i'll cancel my order and wait on the digital

United States

It's worth getting the physical version for 3 reasons:

  1. In case of any major update that affects the speedrun meaning like a 2nd or 3rd update.
  2. It's always worth having a backup copy if anything happens.
  3. HAVE you seen the secondary market for the game, think about what happens once it goes out of print LMAO.

Of course # 3 is more of a joke that's technically true but something that's still worth knowing.

ArcticLemur likes this
Riverside, CA, USA

this is true about #3, i feel like I should run the fastest version though. then again the game isnt out yet and we dont know much about it yet.

Virginia, USA

yea. everything until the game comes out is just speculation.

Texas, USA

Yeah other Switch games show the fastest version is digital on system memory

MinecraftGaming likes this
Texas, USA

v1.0.1 was uploaded to the eShop so I guess we are getting at least one patch. Not much is known about it currently.

https://twitter.com/OatmealDome/status/1306426572191215618

https://twitter.com/NWPlayer123/status/1306435794010353665

MinecraftGaming likes this
United States

I mean I'd love for a patch to have the old version of SM64. Although since I don't think anyone has really tried to run the whatever it's called version for it, at least I don't think it has a leaderboard. I actually think it might be interesting to see how things might be. I mean it's possible to remap buttons in the switch settings menu. Also there's still probably hidden tech.

As for sunshine and Galaxy those will probably be great for runs as sunshine is basically the same version as is Galaxy. So I guess that's a positive at the least.

Here's hoping we get the ability to skip cutscenes at some point.

Game stats
Followers
1,726
Runs
1,779
Players
556
Latest threads
Posted 1 year ago
52 replies
Posted 7 months ago
25 replies
Posted 1 year ago
2 replies
Posted 1 year ago
0 replies
Moderators