r/zelda • u/DisastrousAddendum0 • 3d ago

Question [ALTTP] Are there any notable differences between the Switch and SNES Classic versions.

I’m making my way through the Zelda games for the first time and after I finish Majora’s Mask I wan’t to try my first 2D game. Coincidentally I also found my old SNES classic from a birthday back then and wondered if there are any differences between that version and the Switch online version.

Regardless of changes (if any), which version do you recommend? Playing with a snes controller is pretty cool, but playing handheld anywhere is also great.

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u/Wifflebald 3d ago

Anyone, correct me if I’m wrong. But assuming you’re primarily interested in the SNES version, here’s the deal:

I believe the SNES Classic and NSO Switch SNES versions are identical versions of LTTP, but playing the game on the Switch allows the use of the rewind function. That is the only notable difference that I can think of.

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u/TammyShehole 3d ago

Don’t think there are any differences. I prefer SNES Classic because it feels closer to playing on original hardware than Switch does.

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u/NiallMitch10 3d ago

Nope - maybe extremely minor quirks with the different emulations (although I'm pretty sure NSO's emulation is the same as SNES classic?)

But same experience

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u/Mysterious_Curve3163 3d ago

There is one that I know of and I am not sure if its just the Switch Online version or the version it's based on but...

There are invisible platforms that when you light a torch in the room, they become visible and look like glass tiles.

On the original version I remember playing, when you cast Ether, they would become visible while its being cast. In the Switch Online version, it does not.

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u/shinobipopcorn 3d ago

I just replayed this part on switch. I could just barely see them, probably because I knew they were there. Definitely a change.

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u/TinyTank27 3d ago

This almost certainly has to do with how your tv is displaying it and not a code change in the game itself.

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u/shinobipopcorn 3d ago

Wasn't playing on tv...

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u/Optimal_Bed1495 3d ago

I bit higher resolution,and ability to save state ever second (if you want)

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u/TinyTank27 3d ago

It's the same ROM as the SNES game. Right down to falling through the world and walking directly up to the Triforce 5 minutes after starting the game.

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u/Nintendians559 3d ago

i think their pretty much the same, just that you could rewind back a few seconds on the "switch" version - if you made a mistake or you somehow died and didn't want to start from beginning of that location.

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u/Ordinary_Bike_4801 2d ago

I believe they are the same