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Today’s game is Breath of The Wild, on the 3DS. I saw someone post a link online somewhere, and despite years of experience handling cyber security on a personal level, there was a little voice in my head that was saying “Just a peak. You’ll know it’s probably safe it’s a .CIA file”. Turns out. It was safe. And it’s beautiful in a “This looks like shit but is genuinely impressive” kind of way.

I ended up breaking out of the Great Plateu which you can’t do in the og I think. I took a stroll on down towards Zora’s domain to see if there’s anything there. As I went on things got trippy fast.

The most interesting part was that Water? It was gone. It was actually kind of cool to see what I assume is the land under the water since I think it was a import of the official map. It was cool to run around down there.

As I was walking I noticed this tower in the distance looming over me. I didn’t think there would be one. All the map is visible so why would I need a tower? If I wasn’t short on time I would have gone over there to see what’s up with it.

Eventually though, after nearly 40 Minutes of walking and climbing and dramatically sliding down empty rivers, I reached Zora’s Domain. Or, what’s left of it. It was genuinely unsettling in a way to be in a place that normally feels so populated but has vanished off the map. It’s like the rapture came and took not just the people but the building and water too.

I explored around for a bit to see if maybe it just needed a bit too load in but couldn’t seem to get it to load in. So i left it. I want to go see that tower next but 40 minutes was all the time I could spare on this. I’m hoping whoever is developing this updates it because it’s genuinely very cool.

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[–] Superorbit@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

.... How the fuck? This shit barely hits 30 fps on the switch lol

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's not running on actual 3DS hardware.

[–] QuantumGirl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

pretty sure its just a model exploring a mostly static map. xenoblade was ported in full to it, iirc. and on that note, i wonder of this port is expected to be ran on a n3ds, like the snes emulators?

[–] evening_push579@feddit.nu 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow that’s really cool! I kind of regret selling my new 3ds a few years ago.

[–] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

You should! You coulda sold it to ME instead!!

[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 2 weeks ago

wow, i had no idea this existed.

[–] nehal3m@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am blown away it runs at all. Amazing!

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I should have hooked it up to my actual 3DS instead of an emulator. See what the performance is like on there

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you do, would love to see how it goes!

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was going to do it today but couldn’t find my charger. It sucks because I was really looking forward to trying it on native hardware

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No worries, we can wait! 😀

[–] deroyonz@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Question, why were you concerned by the file from a security standpoint? All this time I've personally only heard of one exploit in a legacy n64 emulator where a rom could actually execute code outside the emulator

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just better to be cautious I’ve found, Especially with me.

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I recently saw on YouTube that someone is working on Twilight Princess 3D and Ocarina of Time DS which also sound really interesting

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Damn. Twilight Princess 3D sounds genuinely amazing. Ocarina of Time DS sounds fascinating too, though it feels a little less impressive compared to the other. Still really amazing though