Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Imagine the horseback fight with Ganon in horse form as well.

@Octane @Dezzy Like Hyrule Castle but

@Haru17 More like Horserule Stable

_{Okay, that one wasn't very funny...}

Are you secretly Andre from Gamexplain?

Kill it with fire arrows—

I mean I respect your right to hold an opinion that is clearly wrong about Twilight Princess, friendddddddd.

Am I the only one getting a Western vibe from this game now and again? I mean, horses, this dude's clothes....

This has nothing to do with me wanting another Hidden Village complete with a similar soundtrack.

I really want boss battles that span large swathes of land!

@Moshugan The guardian fights look to do that, given that the creatures chase Link. However, guardians ain't that fast save for their lasers. Maybe we'll get dynamic King Helmaroc battles across the plains and peaks of Hyrule!

Definitely. I... I'm just gonna come right out and say it. That guy looks Native American. He looks like cowboys and Indians mashed into one person.

Horse Ganon been done in Majora's Mask...

@Nicolai
He reminds me of the native people that live in the northern part of Chile and southern part of Peru and Bolivia. Specially with that thing with a llama on it....

Ohh, so that's the title? I can't wait!

After the thought occurred to me, I'm 99% certain that Nintendo will use wind currents to gate paraglider access to certain areas. Winds don't move Link on foot, but I bet they will push him while he's in the air. Call it a hunch.

Also, I wonder if winds will blow out torches. They only seemed to spread flames at E3, but who knows.

They could have various plateau areas that are too high to climb to but you need to reach via a series of wind currents. That'd be pretty cool.

Or you use Death Mountains warm heated air clouds to float about to far off areas.

This brings up my biggest concern for Breath of the Wild: Despite the messaging of absolute freedom in this game, I hope there are still plenty of boundaries. It's been worrying me ever since we learned that climbing is a feature. Boundaries don't sound as exciting as absolute freedom, but its an essential part of good game design. Being able to go absolutely anywhere from the start would be absolutely thrilling at first, but after a while, the act of getting somewhere would feel too similar, maybe too easy. You'd miss the experience of seeing a chasm you can't cross, the increased desire to cross it, and the extra anticipation it adds to the completion of dungeons. Hasn't everyone thought at one point "Oh, I've really got to beat more dungeons now, so I can hopefully find the hookshot-like item I need to get across this gap!" I know I have

Zelda worlds have always been scattered with areas impassible without items acquired in the game. Even though this game is breaking conventions, it would be a real shame if they broke this one. I think they're smart enough to leave this one in. I hope I'm right.

P.S. It's possible that some boundaries are created by overworld boss fights. It would be a little messy, but it would serve roughly the same purpose. I think we've talked about that once here.

I'm sure they already are literal guardians!

@Nicolai I agree. What I'm now picturing is Skyward Sword-style open world dungeons in areas like Death Mountain that will have gusts surrounding them to prevent sequence breaking with the paraglider.

I hope that there are more traditional types of dungeons and area gating beyond that, though.

This screenshots encapsulates exactly why I'm excited for gliding / base jumping sandbox Zelda.

Is that a giant tree?