Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@Octane Yep. Just like the one we saw in the Great Plateau and in the title reveal shot of the E3 trailer. I am A-okay with them reusing this asset!

@Nicolai I've had the same concern but we've seen from the footage that boundaries are quite common. Link can't leave the Plateau until he obtains a paraglider; he can't get the paraglider until he completes four shrines (in the demo at least). Another example: Link finds a river > needs to use a raft > needs to chop down trees to get to the raft > needs an axe for chopping > needs a deku leaf to power the raft. There seems to be plenty of mini-boundaries. Even the climbing mechanic is limited by the stamina meter (which can be upgraded).

It might be possible to go anywhere from the outset, but maybe, hopefully, players have the choice: ignore items/upgrades and travel the difficult, indirect route (avoiding obstacles/enemies, etc) or choose an easier (albeit also lengthy) route by finding items/upgrades to deal with the obstacles/enemies. Now that's the sort of freedom I want (and which has been hinted at).

That screenshot looks awesome. Best one yet. I like how vertical a lot of the landscape is. Massive change from games like Witcher 3 and FF15, which are both relatively flat.

That screenshot looks great... except for that gross Facebook compression.

Agreed; that screenshot is impressive. Not long to go before the wait is over.

They're certainly pushing the horsey theme. I'm guessing we speak to those guys to kit out our steeds, possibly upgrading our travel speed and inventory? Link has been seen riding horses with and without kit (saddle, saddlebags, etc). There might be more to it though: fast travel is available which could make horse riding redundant, and Nintendo are obviously keen to show off the horses so maybe they are important to the story somehow? Feeding and drinking them could be cool... or annoying. I can imagine leaving a horse to die because I've ran out of apples. Wait, apples! So that's what they're for!

Exactly. And even games like Xenoblade Chronicles are just flay plains layered atop one another. Zelda can set itself apart by having interesting mountains and, yes, 'verticality.' The paraglider and climbing mechanic only play into that.

While that will all make it the best of the open world games, that isn't exactly a tall mountain to summit — pardon the pun. There has to be some reason to go places beyond just 'you can' and 'to find better gear.'

Come to think of it, this game is pretty obviously running with some RPG systems in place. I wonder if enemies will have levels that will scale, or just exist as static entities like red bokoblin, blue bokoblin, etc.

Those screenshots truly make me excited, BotW truly looks wonderful. I hope we have some of Monolith Soft's influence in the exploration part - I'd love just exploring Hyrule and getting lost while at it!

Yeah, don't mind it either. The other one was in a forest I believe. At least there's some variety. Also, are there trees in the water to the left?

Though I can't help pointing out the barren wastelands around the fallen tree. I mean, you can have an empty field and still make it look lush and full of life. But I digress, hopefully it's just a terrible draw distance.

@Haru17, @Octane, the giant tree from Skyward Sword's Faron woods, perhaps?

Time for the Switch event to drop magitech BOMBS.

Breath of the Wild is up!!!

OH MY GOD THAT TRAILER.

A lot of spoilers, though. So viewer discretion advised.

Coming March 3.

Zora, Gorons, sky ladders, giant horse boss, naked Zelda, and a glimpse of the Death Mountain Guardian, all coming to you on March 3.

The next question is Zelda or Horizon...

So many characters! And Zelda! And full voice acting! And dramatic story! Did you see that part when alleged Zelda was crying on Link; it made me feel something just from a trailer! Just wait til the game! And it's less than two months away!!!!!!!! AAAAHH!!!

It's Zoras... BUT WITH SHARKS

@Octane That is no question. Horizon's big coming out trailer does not compare to Breath of the Wild's full stop.

Like, lots of tree foliage and lighting is nice, but Zelda is going to play strictly superiorly to that game that also has an open world, horse-riding, hunting, crafting, archery, and much less of a developed melee combat system.

And then it's Zelda!

at 1:52. That guy has the sheikah symbol on his mask! Are you fighting a sheikah?
2:05, that's a gerudo camp. Look at the flag!
2:11, Just noticed the Great Deku Tree.
2:38, Looks like its not exactly like TP's castle town. But seeing the guardians overrun it made me gaze in awe!
2:49, Listen closely!! The music just subtly quoted the main theme from the first trailer! -do do te sol
also in 0:23, 0:43, 1:14
3:05, she looks all smudged, but in a similar way to the master sword!
3:11, link looks smudged in the same way, too.
3:20, All the smudges!

Also, everything in this trailer is english, so you can here the English voice actors.

Cool definitely Wii U version on same date:

All of that time waiting and they announce it just a month and a half before launch!

I noticed characters for Ocarina of Time like Daurina and the Gerudo girl, I am wondering if it's a sequel to OoT like how LBW was to ALttP.

Funny, Amazon's preorder page for the Wii U version says that it will only be available March 31st.

That trailer...wow. 8D I'm glad that Zoras and Gorons are returning, there were so many awesome visuals, the barest hint of a story, emotions, horses, beauty....

Is is March 3rd yet?!