Zelda: BotW Box Art Graphics Comparison (Switch Vs. Wii U)

The Legend of the Zelda: The Breath of the Wild(e) is releasing exclusively on Wii U and double-exclusively on Nintendo Switch tomorrow, and the question on every gamer’s mind is: How do the respective box art graphics stack up against each other? Also, would Amy Rose from the Sonic franchise love me if she was human and I was a hedgehog? Nobody knows the answer to the second question, so let’s look into the first one after this ad that you won’t be able to see because you have Adblock on!

In an unprecedented journalistic effort, we have put the Wii U/Switch box art images next to each other using top-of-the-line technology. Take a look:

Well, there’s a lot to unpack here, most of which we won’t be able to cover in the 300-word minimum we need to reach to get paid, so we’ll discuss it in this article’s 27-minute companion video over on YouTube. The most important fact you need to know before deciding which version of the game to purchase through our affiliate links is this: the Wii U edition may have a half circle covering the entire top of the image, but the Switch one is way thinner. If you don’t believe us, check out this explicative diagram:

Pretty shocking stuff. What this means is that the world depicted in the Switch box art is considerably less expansive than its Wii U counterpart. According to our calculations, if you were to traverse the entire Switch artwork with your eyes, all the way from the left edge to the right one, it would take you less time than if you were looking at the Wii U artwork. Conversely, going through the Wii U art would take more time than that’s 300 words eat shit motherfuckers i’m ouuuuut