New Super Mario Bros. U Switch vs. Wii U Loading speed comparison

Wii U version running from disc, and Switch version running from SD-card

[AboodXD]

I'm both a modder and reverse engineer of this game and I know for a fact NSMBUDX takes more time to load levels, at the very least, and that is because they are using RGBA8 textures for the tilesets, whereas the original NSMBU used BC3. The former (a tileset in NSMBUDX) is bigger in size, so it takes longer to decompress, because all files are compressed with an algorithm called Yaz0.

Additionally, in NSMBU, all of the level's resources are in one file, whereas in NSMBUDX, they are separated into multiple folders. Therefore, the former (NSMBU) only needs a single file read, while the latter (NSMBUDX) needs multiple file reads.

I have been researching NSMBUDX ever since it was released, so I'm pretty confident in what I'm saying.

Also, for those of you who are defending NSMBUDX because of the sdcard, watch any gameplay online that runs from a cartridge and you will see that NSMBUDX on the Switch is still slower than NSMBU on the Wii U.
NSMBUDX _really is_ the inferior version between the two.

[Pit]

Mario: *dies*
Mario on WiiU: "Oooh"
Mario on Switch: "Aaah"

[ragnell]

I do miss the nice loading screens the Wii U had. They were charming

[mcninjamaster]

I really liked how the Wii U had a cool loading screen before starting up the games. I guess to be fair the switch loads into the game fast

[sebastiansanhueza]

I recently got a second hand wii u. What an underrated console! Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 look amazing in it.

[nikkoa.]

Man I miss the music that played at the beginning when selecting games

[kassimasinia]

Hopefully, Nintendo gives us official themes on the switch.
Edit: Thanks for the likes everyone. 👍

[ELC]

1:11 "O"
1:14 "A"

[lacosta]

Don’t get me wrong: I love my switch to death, but for me it just doesn’t have the charm like the Wii U did. For example, the Wii U home menu, while yes it was gimmicky, still had its own personality and identity that separated it from the rest of the crowd. And also the loading screens had those cool little jingles before games started up. The switch is definitely faster and more professional, but it just feels like every other modern game console

[avrillavignefanchannel]

0:00 Nintendo wants to know your location

[shadesone]

How in the mind is wiiu faster than switch

[lightbeammusic]

Man, this game came out 10 years ago. Time really does go by fast.

[burninorable]

Wow, the Wii U disc version beat the switch sd card version.

[midnax]

0:04 I love the wii u game launch screen with the music and the nintendo sign it's pretty neat and cool

[lukeyboi]

It’s crazy how we pay so much money for a 2012 released game.

[ElectroBlastLuigi]

Weird how the Switch loads faster when booting up the game, but for everything else, the Wii U loads slightly faster.

[lucasgodoi]

Omg I miss my Wii U now, that console was so underrated. The remasters of Zelda Twilight Princess and Wind Waker were so pretty and awesome, specially for someone who was playing the games for the first time like me.

[mann-nova]

*they had us in the first half, not gonna lie*

[violetaquintanilla]

That wii u loading screen is so nostalgic

[vldgr]

I found another difference between NSMBU for Wii U and Switch: In Wii U version, on the credits screen with Bubble baby Yoshi coin collecting minigame the bubbles can be popped on the touchscreen even if you play only with one Wii U Gamepad. In the Switch version, you cannot pop bubbles on credits screen with touchscreen while playing in portable mode.