Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Argh all this spoilers that i can't read!!! But don't worry: tomorrow i'll finally start Breath of the Wild!

@Maxz Yes, there's a side-quest that involves them. I, too, keep forgetting I have ice powers.. Need to use them more often. I did see the apples coming from miles away though, stealing them was never an option for me

@Octane You're a better man than I.

I wonder, should we move this thread to the switch forum? It seems new users looking to talk about the game go there by default and well, it's not there.

@Meowpheel Do people really use the sub forums? I mostly check forums/all, unless I'm looking for a specific thread. Anyway, hope this helps.

@Meowpheel Nicely done, i love it!

Pro-tip: you don't HAVE to kill him

I'm trying to get every tower so I can access the world map when I need to teleport to places.

I also completed the first two dungeons. I recommend doing The wind dungeon (bird) first since it's the easiest so far

So, they actually did it. I was just about to open this thread from the user menu on the right (where it shows notifications) like I always do and it gave me a 404.

@Undead_terror Since you're a mod and somewhat active in this thread, I just @ed you as a way of feedback to NL about this.

I understand that there's some hype for the Switch right now, but this just feels wrong.
BotW was originally developed for the Wii U and this thread originated in the Wii U forum - long before the game's title was known - so it has some kind of history that's tied to the Wii U forum.
Just moving it to the Switch forum without any consultation with the users - although of course is's NL's forum and you can do anything you want with it - doesn't feel right.
If you ask me, the proper way to do it would've been
a) putting a closed sticky thread in the Switch forum containg a link to this thread in the Wii U forum
b) making a poll

I'm aware that it's just a minor thing at best and it's not like anyone is mad or complaining because of that. Ultimately, it's fine and doesn't matter. But it just fits to how badly Nintendo is treating it's second-youngest child in favor of its youngest child right now...

Ok, so now Nintendo went straight to lying to everyone's face about the missing second screen support. Wow, for as much fun I have with BotW, I'm deeply disappointed with Nintendo's company policy recently.

Guess what, the game's map is based on Kyoto! I wanted to visit Japan one day anyway, so I might as well go to Kyoto.

10 hearts in, only 2 towers left to get, but for now I am gonna prep for my second dungeon.

Also did a lot of shrines lately, turns out some are not as hard as some would think!

@shani The other mods here as well, but I do feel yes there should only be 1 thread for the game, and this being the oldest/most active one, keep it to this.

A nice little detail I came across. With my horse Seren nearby, I was "ambushed" by a couple of Chuchus. Seren gallops in and kicks them both right in the eyes! Now I can imagine someone playing this game, close to death and their horse saves their behind.

Also, you can have Link hold food and if close enough, your horse will eat it. Another nice touch.

@DreamyViridi That's actually something that I expected from the beginning, so the first thing I did with my first horse when I dismounted for the first time was holding an apple in my hands and standing in front of my horse.
It's just how you would tame and build a relationship with any real animal, by rewarding it for its obedience with affection and food.
Wait, did you say 'food'? Do the horses eat anything? I assumed it would only work with apples...

@Undead_terror Yeah I can understand that and as I wrote, it's not really an issue, just giving feedback.

@shani - Well, I know that carrots also work. I haven't tried anything else at the risk of my horse hating it and making me feel bad... Honestly with how big the world is and how easily I get sidetracked, I'm probably better off traveling on foot unless I'm going to a place I've already been to.

Octorocks can go die in a hole

@DreamyViridi Oh I forgot to mention carrots. Yeah, I would've expected that too (but haven't tried it). But the thing is, carrots seem to be rather rare in comparison to apples and by the time I got my fist carrots, apples were already established on the menu.
@Tsurii That's actually why I haven't given them carrots yet - they're just too valueable for me. Also, I think my horses might be picky and prefer apples.
I'm assuming carrots will give them a stamina boost too - in form of an additional spur, maybe?

While we're at it, what's the best horse you guys have found so far?
I think I've found some really good horses, there's actually a spot where you can get horses with at least 4-3-4 stars.

And not far away from that spot, you can find the Royal Stallion which is actually part of a side mission.
It's said to be the best horse in the game, but it's stats are not perfect (as in: 5-5-5) , so I'm not sure.

I bought the Smash Link Amiibo just so that I could ride Epona but I haven't activated it even once because I already had good horses.

Damn, I just got spoiled. I just wanted to look up some horse stats when I found out that you can also ride other animals, that you can revive dead horses and that there's a secret mount called 'Lord of The Mountain' .

By the way, about the usage of the spoiler-tag (since me and other have used it incorrectly):
If you want to hide only a sentence or part of it, make sure to insert a break after that senctence. Otherwise everything that comes after it will also be concealed. That way, other spoiler tags in your posts might get ignored and appear in clear text or also become concealed.

Death Mountain would also be fine by me.

I only just figured out how to snowboard. Assumed it was some sort of skill you would learn in the game, but no it is not.

@ChrispyNoodle That's funny, I always knew how to do it since watching the E3 videos but haven't done it even once in the game. Just too much other things to worry about. ^^

Ok, I've got some questions for everyone:

1. In which order did you recall Link's memories so far? For me, it was #15, #5, #3, #14, #10.
2. What kind of horses have you found so far? My horses have the following stats: 2-2-3, 1-3-3, 1-3-4, 4-3-4, 4-3-5. Apart from the first one, all of them have a wild temperament.
3. Can anyone who has played the Zora mission and Ocarina of Time tell me whether there also was a Zora princess in OoT that fell in love with link?
   It was just so long ago that I played OoT, I can't remember. But the Zora's domain definitely bears some resemblance to its OoT version, that was immediately clear to me.

I believe the English version is Divine Beasts. What are the buttons for snowboarding on the Switch?

Have your shield out and jump while holding forward and then press A @-Green-