Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

I think the Barbarian set in the 3 giant mazes I think the only other set is the climber set, one piece is in the shrine between the dueling peaks.

And well there's the armor set you get for doing all the shrines too.

Thanks all! I bought the Hyrule armour for now. Just found the castle!

Question... this DLC that is coming out, can you play it if you haven’t beaten the game yet? I beat the game but unlike other Zelda games in order to replay it you have to start over with a new save file. My son likes to replay after my wife and I have beaten the game. Pretty dumb on Nintendo part for this to be the case.

Yeah they haven't made it clear. The best thing would be if it just merges into the main game so you can do it at any point and all of your gear and stats are carried across.
That'd be great for replay value.
Another option is that they'll just have it gated like the master sword is. So you have to get maybe 16 hearts before you can attempt it. Something like that.
Or it might just be entirely separate that you can only access through the menu.

@Dezzy
I think the best appearance wise is the one in Hyrule Warriors, gotta love the long badass hair.

@Qwertyninty I think Nintendo expects everyone who uses the Switch to have their own profile. It's not a brilliant solution but can have advantages like if for example you can share the online subscription benefits between all profiles on your Switch like with Xbox Live Gold.

Man, I sort of forgot just how great the Hyrule Castle Theme was until hearing it again. I wish I had a good understanding of music so I could better appreciate it, but it’s still such a nice piece to hear.

Actually, after listening to BotW's soundtrack, I think it's really a very good soundtrack. The reason I probably don't recall it as much is because they intentionally made it sparse and hush. So it didn't really stand out as much, and I assumed it as being meh.

Kind of a big transition from playing the Unseen Village in Bloodborne to traveling through Kakariko. Still I really enjoyed hearing the music again, and it evokes a great sense of emotion. I like.

Just listen to this

@DarthNocturnal I really liked how the theme switched from incorporating the Song of the Hero (series main theme) on the outside to symbolize Link's assault on the castle, to Zelda's theme on the inside representing her captivity within. And of course Ganon's theme playing throughout symbolizing his dominion of the area.

So I'm on my second playthrough now. I love how much stuff I've found that I completely missed on my first playthrough. This is a very replayable game.

-Got the Hylian Shield, which I didn't on my first playthrough.
-Got all of the dragon scales, just by sheer luck. Didn't happen to see a dragon nearby at all on my first playthrough, only in the distance. Whereas I just happened to catch all of them this time, entirely unintentionally.
-Half way through doing Tarrey Town, which I did none of on my first game.
-Figured out the 'shoot an arrow through 2 rock rings' this time after failing last time.
-Found the shrine inside Hyrule Castle, which I just ran past last time without thinking.

I really hope the DLC does connect onto the main game in some way so it feels like it's part of your main playthrough.

@Chandlero Oh my god, yes, the reveal trailer music is PERFECT for a big symphony! I bet that was overwhelming when heard in person. It's almost overwhelming just listening to it in the trailer.

@Ralizah @Chandlero This is why I loved the final fight against Dark Beast Ganon. The music during the fight was exhilarating and amazing. Had it just been a bit more difficult (Ganon moving around more and perhaps Bokoblins on horseback attacking you) it would have been my favorite Zelda final boss fight ever.

"Open your eyes...."

I'm currently on my 2nd playthrough of the Wii U version and am at 62% completion.

Here's what I've been done so far:
I've 4★'d all the Armors that can be upgraded. Found 460 Korok Seeds. My Tarrey Town is done. All 120 shrines completed. Ganon defeated. All saddles/bridles obtained. All memories regained. All Divine Beasts done. Completed Hyrule Compendium. 100% tamed all of my horses.

Here's what I'm currently doing post game:

• Kilton's "About Monsters" sidequest (over halfway there, but I'm not using the internet to find these monsters so it's taking some time....I like discovering them on my own)
• Going to each stable and making sure I have a picture of the recipe on the wall (since the game doesn't have a recipe book I decided to visually make my own)
• I need to somehow get some Twilight Princess HD save data onto my Wii U console so I can have Wolf Link be at a full 6 hearts.
• I have 4 side quests left to discover and complete (another good reason to revisit each stable....)
• I still have to do Trial of the Sword (I attempted this once and didn't get past the 3rd stage ..... )
• I need to get the 4 Champion's amiibo (but not sure this will happen anytime soon, or ever).

When I was going around looking for shrines I rarely ever used a horse to travel (because of mountains and such in the way). But ever since defeating Ganon and doing post-game stuff, I find myself warping less and less and, instead, now using a horse to get where I'm going. Since 100% taming all of of my registered horses I can now leisurely ride along the roads of Hyrule on the back of one without ever having to worry about going off the beaten path.

I've done almost no sidequests in the game at all. Do any of them have any good rewards? It all seemed to be meaningless stuff.

Their rewards are all pretty bleh, and the quests are usually boring.

It's more of a world building deal with the side quests.

Yeah the Zelda series sucks at this stuff. You really need a sense of achievement for doing all the optional stuff. A lot RPGs do this so much better. Experience points for doing sidequests and for things like exploring more parts of the map, like in Xenoblade (and Kingdoms of Amalur).
Zelda struggles to incentivise things outside of the main quest.

@Dezzy The side quests are awful. You can spend like 15-20 minutes running around gathering mushrooms for someone or killing enemies (since the side quests are all just filler stuff like that), and the reward is usually like 10-20 rupees.