The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: Difference between revisions

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| name = ''Breath of the Wild''

| logo = [[File:Breath of the Wild logo transparent.png|380px]]

| boxart = [[File:NintendoSwitch_TLOZBreathoftheWild_boxart.jpg]]

| release [[Nintendo Switch]]

[[Nintendo Wii U|Wii U]] =

| developer = Nintendo EPD

| producer = [[Eiji Aonuma]]

| director = [[Hidemaro Fujibayashi]]

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{{ZD|[[zd:breath-of-the-wild-walkthrough|''Breath of the Wild'' Walkthrough]]}}

 

 

==Development==

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

''Breath of the Wild'' is the latest installment in the move toward more realistic and environmentally immersive game play in ''The Legend of Zelda'' series. While previous games have tip-toed carefully toward this from the limited ability to pick up enemy weapons in ''The Wind Waker'' to the extensive collection system, exhaustion meter, and shield degradation in ''Skyward Sword'', ''Breath of the Wild'' has taken a giant leap forward down this avenue and relies heavily on survival mechanics.

Gone are the days of heart collecting to restore health. Link must now hunt, gather, and cook to survive in Hyrule. [[Breath of the Wild Recipes|Different combinations]] of ingredients help in various ways from restoring health to adding additional hearts on the end of the health meter to providing extra warmth for a limited time to combat cold weather.

Scavenging does not just pertain to food that can be cooked, though. Link, like his ''The Wind Waker'' counterpart, can pick up enemy weapons and use them. While the Hero of Winds was confined to using those weapons on the same screen on which they were acquired, this Link can add any weapon he picks up to his inventory and use it until it breaks, otherwise he loses it. Tunics and armor can also be changed out for look or functionality. A quilted tunic, for instance, will stop Link from losing health to the cold in snowy areas.

Weapons are not everything, though. The new [[Sheikah Slate]] is an important part of Link's arsenal and allows Link – once the runes have been learned in Sheikah Shrines – to do things such as create columns of ice from water, build different types of bombs, and, with the Wolf Amiibo from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD|Twilight Princess HD]]'', summon a companion Wolf Link to fight alongside him. Stealth mechanics and a noise indicator also make interaction with the wilder elements of the game more involved. The level of noise Link is creating can alert enemies to his presence, scare off prey, and even spook a horse Link is trying to mount or tame.

A dynamic system of horses is one new addition. Any horse that you find in the wild can be mounted and tamed and brought to one of the many stables in the game, where it can be named.  You can also summon your horses by whistling; however, they cannot hear you if you are too far away.

The land of Hyrule itself is full of exploration potential. ''Breath of the Wild'' is a truly open world game hearkening back to the original ''The Legend of Zelda'', getting rid of the need to play the game in any sort of order. In fact, nearly the entire story can be skipped while still completing the game. The large terrain can be traversed using horses Link has tamed, or by using warp points at Sheikah [[Ancient Shrine|Shrines]] and [[Sheikah Tower|Towers]], and there are many opportunities to use the environment and runes in the Sheikah Slate to open up ways to new areas. If you can see it, you can go there, and with the largest map of any ''The Legend of Zelda'' game, that is an adventure all in itself.

{{Quote|I really think [having two screens is] one of the most exciting features of the system. Unlike the Nintendo DS, there's distance between the television and you and your other screen. That really allows for some different interactions, some of which you saw [at E3]. For example, imagine having the contents of Link's satchel available to you on the screen of your controller, and using elements of the pouch to interact with gameplay on the television.<br/><br/>With The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, we had the Nunchuck and Wii Remote sort of stand in for the sword and shield that Link carries. But in a game for the Wii U, I can definitely see something like the controller itself becoming the different items that Link is using, allowing you to interact with the game world and with the game items in a very different way.|[[Interview:Nintendo Power August 2011 (Zelda Wii U)|Aonuma, Nintendo Power]]}}

However, it is still a possibility that we will see motion controls return.  After all, after swinging your own sword to interact with the game, how could one go back to using a controller?

{{Quote|'''Iwata''': Now, can you talk about how this new controller works together with the Wii Remote that we have been using until now?<br/>'''Miyamoto''': Sure. Actually, as I was making it I didn't have a whole lot of doubts in my mind that the Wii Remote would still be used as it was. I feel like the Wii Remote has pretty much become its ideal form with the Wii Remote Plus.<br/>'''Iwata''': I see, you mean you can do just about everything you want to do with it.<br/>'''Miyamoto''': That's right. And when I thought whether we really needed to require the purchase of something completely new, I felt that we could continue with this way to play for another while. I feel that way even when I play The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.|[[Interview:Iwata Asks: Wii U|Iwata Asks]]}}

In an interview at E3 2012, Miyamoto hinted that the ''The Legend of Zelda'' game in development for Wii U may not include motion controls after all.

==Graphics==

 

Not only was the demo used to show ''us'' the graphical capabilities, but it was developed to help design the system.

{{Quote|I'm on one of the committees that oversaw the general steering and direction [of the Wii U]. We talked to each other a lot about several elements, one of which was, 'How exactly will the HD graphics work?' In doing concepts for that ... we used Zelda assets quite often to examine, OK, how real will we make this look?|[[Interview:Wired July 1st 2011|Aonuma, Wired]]}}

[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] sheds some more light on what he would like this look to be.

{{Quote|This is an HD system, our first HD system, and we want to create a real HD Zelda game for it. You will see a lot of these in-depth and deep experiences in terms of visual style. You will also see some play styles that are fun and interesting because of the play structure. We are not planning on putting any restrictions in terms of requiring developers to leverage HD in a particular ways. Even if you are using a simpler visual style it will still look very beautiful.|[[Interview:Kotaku June 22nd 2011|Miyamoto, Kotaku]]}}

{{main|Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass}}

On February 15th, 2017 it was announced that ''Breath of the Wild'' would be the first console ''The Legend of Zelda'' game in history to get downloadable content. Marketed as an 'Expansion Pass', two installments were identified with an additional expansion pack bonus available at time of purchase. The DLC was originally priced at US$19.99.

'''Expansion Pass Bonus''' ''(Available starting March 3rd, 2017)''

Upon purchase of the Expansion Pass, consumers will immediately gain access to three new treasure chests in the Great Plateau region of the game. One will contain a [[Nintendo Switch Shirt]] that Link can wear, and the other two contain [[Bomb Arrow]]s and a [[Ruby]].

'''DLC Pack 2: "The Champions' Ballad"''' ''(Available starting December 8th, 2017)''

* Divine Beast Tamer's Trial

* Masks and Armor

{{main|Breath of the Wild Amiibo}}

There are currently fifteen [[amiibo]] that give specific bonus items in ''Breath of the Wild'', some items that can be acquired normally in the game, some that are only accessible by the amiibo. However, any other amiibo can be used with the game and will provide random items.

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===Items===

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===Scene art===

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File:Link looking over BOTW Hyrule.jpg|Artwork used for US & Japanese covers

File:Link looking back from BOTW Hyrule.jpg|Artwork used for European covers

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===Trailer Screenshots===

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===Videos===

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