I was curious how much (if any) the new patch’s faster loading times would alter any of the categories. 100% will definitely be affected, but I don’t know if it would be enough or worth it for Any% with the potential trade-offs. Is anyone testing this?

Yes, it's being heavily tested in the Discord. For Any% Switch has a slight lead in timings by about 5 seconds aprox. For the rest of the categories Switch is heavily in favor due Divine Beasts and Shrines having faster in and out loads.

So the Switch version has potential to be sub 29 while the Wii U version doesn't? That would be awesome

I think that Wii U still faster for any% and great plateau any% but not for the rest of categories so Wii U has definitely more potential to be sub 29 than the switch

Nah switch is timed to be faster by 5s for any% and more for plateau iirc

Now both versions are pretty similar but for what I know Wii u loads still a little bit faster

No it loads slower

Wii U has more consistent loads in Any% while Switch are more erratic (specially overworld loads) but they overall beat Wii U by a bit. Switch is absolutely faster now for every category.

And just to make it clear. Wiiu and switch can get sub 29