

The biggest question after the show(s) was: why is it 30fps on Xbox Series X and Series S and not 60fps? In this IGN Performance preview, we dive into the details shared by the team, the revealed PC minimum and recommended specifications, and how the Creation Engine 2 works, comparing the previous games to gauge some of the potential reasons why the team might have chosen 30fps. With Starfield being the center of the Xbox 2023 Showcase last week, Bethesda gave us a deep dive into one of the biggest games this generation. This is theorized to be caused by the iQue having to load Chinese characters, which takes up more space than English and Japanese characters). It also takes a longer period of time to "savewarp" (reload the game to start in another part of the game world without having to travel there), and the "Hyrule Field glitch" is more frequent (in areas with a large number of objects, such as Hyrule Field, certain "actors," like arrows, may not load. The iQue port is developed from Ocarina of Time version 1.2, meaning that many exploits found in the original release (such as the "Eyeball Frog Early" glitch) have been removed. This is not, however, the ultimate way to do any speedrun of Ocarina. This version also features less gameplay lag than the N64 version, which is extremely noticeable at the end of the game (when Ganon's Tower collapses, it falls out of sync with the audio that was made with the gameplay lag in mind). Due to Chinese words being much smaller than English or Japanese words, dialogue can be skipped much faster. Probably the most notable game on the iQue Player is Zelda: Ocarina of Time, as it is frequently used in speed runs of the game. Ocarina of Time game and manual on the iQue Player. congratulatory screens now feature Chinese text, but have no actual differences in meaning or presentation. Super Mario 64's closing image of Mario and Peach's cake now features Chinese writing, but otherwise looks identical. This suggests that this version of the game was finalized during the game's port to the Gamecube. Ocarina of Time is essentially the same, though it is the only version of the game to include both the original and modified mirror shield logos in different parts of the game. The small "GO!" on the spinning Mario billboard has been removed entirely, with no text replacing it. Whether or not the Chinese billboards feature the same puns or not is unknown. Some now feature the iQue logo in black text on a white background, whereas others are fully translated to Chinese. Mario Kart 64 features modified billboards. Star Fox 64, F-Zero X and Wave Race 64 feature entirely new voice recordings.
