Here’s Everything You Need To Know About The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda title which is coming to both the Nintendo NX and the Wii U is titled The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. During a Nintendo Treehouse: Live demo, Nintendo showed that Link needs to be resourceful as he explores the environment. It’s important for players to become familiar with their surroundings so they can find weapons or collect them from defeated enemies. Food helps Link sustain his hearts and can give him a temporary boost or ability that will sustain him. The game breaks with some conventions from the series. For example, many of the minor enemies are no longer scattered randomly around the world, as many now live together in colonies. Link can climb towers and massive structures to get a bearing on his surroundings. He can even reach the top of mountains, any mountain he can see, he can climb. He can paraglide to lower areas or even use his shield to slide down a mountain. Link will travel across fields, through forests and to mountain peaks. Link will be able to jump freely for the first time ever. Among the many changes to the series over the years, one feature has remained the same; Link has never been able to freely jump. But in the new title for Wii U and NX, Link won’t just have the ability to jump, he’ll also be able to scale rock faces, climb trees and chop them down too. In a similar fashion to how characters in Monster Hunter are able to scale rocks and walls, we also saw a snippet in the new trailer that he’d be able to cook food, as well as clothe himself in different shirts and trousers. Breath of the Wild will recreate a much bigger sense of survival and exploration than any other previous Zelda game. 

The game’s wild world surrounds Link, and he must pay attention to changes in climate, as a shift in weather or temperature can affect the environment and his ability to survive in it. A sudden downpour might douse a roaring campfire or a lightning storm might be attracted to Link’s metallic weapons. Players might need to bundle up with warmer clothes or change into something better suited to the desert heat. The Wii U version of Breath of the Wild will support a Wii U Pro Controller, meaning that usage of the GamePad will not be required. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is scheduled to launch simultaneously for both the Wii U and Nintendo NX in 2017.