And another game thread I forgot to come back and update. lol
I did end up replacing one of my Wii U controller sticks (which was a bit nerve racking as I'm not really a hardware guy and not that great at that kind of stuff). But for whatever reason (probably due to other games and lack of time in general) I never went back to BotW on Wii U.
Now I have the Switch version but it's hard for me to really get back into. I just think about how far I was on the Wii U version and lose a bit of motivation (since I have to redo literally everything). On the Switch version I'm at the point where I should be heading to the Zoras/first beast but was trying to find more shrines first. I haven't played in a while though.
Overall I think the Switch version actually looks and runs a bit better than the Wii U version. Having said that though, the shrine where you need to use motion controls is literally impossible if you're not docked and using joycons (imo). I tried for a while to do it and couldn't til I docked the machine and managed to finally get it using the joycons. I still have no idea why Nintendo forced that and I dread finding the other shrines that use motion too.
Hopefully one day I'll get motivation to replay this awesome game in full and actually beat it this time around.