Breath of the Wild but its on a DS

JustJasen explores a fan made DS version of Breath of the Wild. Check the pinned comment for more info. Subscribe for more JustJasen!
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[Just_Jasen]

Final Update: My theory about the developer being from China turned out to be very very WRONG.

This project was a small side thing made almost as a joke, that wasn't meant to be public, but got leaked out anyway. The build in this video is actually a slightly older version, and eventually swimming, climbing, and gliding were added to the game. However, work has barely progressed in the last 6 years, so it doesn't sound like there'll be any more updates to this. As far as I'm aware the developer doesn't want the old build being shared, so I won't be sharing my ROM files (sorry!). This was an interesting experience nonetheless.


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[JosephShemelewski]

That Link model is nuts for original DS

[GalaxyGamingGroup]

I actually found the creator of BoTW DS after seeing the original thread and deciding to look into the origins of it. He said it was a small personal project he (and a few others) made and only ever shared with a select few people, so he's not sure who leaked it, let alone the journey it went on to eventually make it onto an aliexpress flash cart.

Update: While I initially stated that the people involved did not want the publicity from the old project, several members have since given public statements. Jasen's pinned comment has been updated and is accurate.

[nintendolife]

Imagine running this demo on the N64 hardware

[BandikitShenanigans]

It'd be hilarious if, like bad apple and doom, to test the capabilities of hardware we start asking "can it run Breath of the Wild?"

[SuperDuckyPlaysGames]

I can't believe we finally got the 3rd BOTW sequel!

[dakotadean]

this gives me hope for a new3ds version

[Trnsstr]

Oh, cool! This was probably done with a lower resolution heightmap of Hyrule in order to craft the geometry (a grayscale image in which lower geometry is darker and higher geometry is lighter) [I believe this is the MainField.hmap file in that explorer window you pulled up] and then a texture mapping system that applies a different texture depending on the slope. This is awesome!
Here’s a fun fact: The base for the map of the actual Breath of the Wild is just a collection of really high resolution heightmaps with overhanging terrain added on as separate models. In a way, this is a very technically accurate implementation of the map.

[wbiuhli]

People are gonna remake Metroid Prime on SNES at this rate

[shoopydoopy]

1:49 no, I’d imagine the creator didn’t want their next 3 generations of children to be banished into legal purgatory by nintendo

[Sabuuchi]

The use of LODs and keeping a steady framerate is actually insane.

[SpeedyGwen]

Some basic low poly models of buildings with agressive culling would be soooo good in making this even better

[Lexyvil]

I love terrain generators like these in very small games, where the terrain looks more refined the closer you are to it. Take Elite II: Frontier for example, the game has a galaxy-sized map, mostly procedural. The crazy part is how the game is only 400 to 800 KB in size, which is insane.

[Lordgeorge]

I would imagine this "mysterious creator" wants to remain anonymous out of fear that Nintendo's kill agents- uh, I mean, lawyers would want to have a word with them if they knew who made it.

[Rihcterwilker]

As a basis, i really hope he keeps going. The buildings and npcs in low poly would look so charming.

[PartyDude_]

This is even more impressive when you consider that the main CPU of the DS runs at only 67MHZ meaning that its processing power places it between the PS1 & N64 and its clock speed is most similar to that of a high end 486

[Maci]

Is it weird that I am more interested in this than the actual breath of the wild game?

[RSMLPC]

back when the first trailer came out, I saw it on my 3DS and was really looking forward to playing it on it.

[BlulesBlue]

link goes fast, now its just sonic frontiers on the DS, anyway, this is really impressive

[promaster]

I wonder if there's even small chance for this to get updated somehow