I have to have the map because even when I'm focused on shyt I end up going 5 minutes in the complete opposite direction just exploring, climbing, cooking shyt.
I pre-ordered the wii u version at Gamestop. I'm glad I bought the switch on impulse. I would have regretted it. It's a good experience (the system and game thus far). My wiiu ain't going nowhere though, still played an hour of majoras mask, out of the 7 hours I watched /played. I left my young family run around for like 7 hours and took the controller a few times. Watched and directed a lot and managed to get my hands on the game pad to play majoras mask.
The only time I hit plus is to get health. I'm not 100% sure if there's a shortcut. I can maneuver to the d-pad to switch from bombs to stasis and whatever. And switch melee weapons on the fly.
This game reminds me a lot of monster Hunter for wiiu. Minus forging weapons. If you could combine a claw or whatever with an arrow or anything I don't know if that would be dope or too much. I mean I cooked apple, acorn, mushroom and fish or something and had a cool recipe. I think it'd be cool to forget weapons. Maybe you can. I'm not reading any spoilers, tips tricks or walkthroughs.