The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Switch/Wii U | Out Now

[Dre Space Age]

The REVIEWS for the game will drop next Thursday (March 2nd).

Written Previews

• GameSpot - Zelda: Breath of the Wild Is Dense, Challenging, And Full of Wonder (Also has a video)

• USGamer - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Is All About Wanderlust and Curiosity
  
• DigitalChumps - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – SPOILER-FREE Preview!
  
• NintendoLife - Preview: Immersing Ourselves in the World of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  
• Game Central - The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild hands-on preview – eye-opener

• Polygon - Pre-review: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Also has a video)
  
• VentureBeat - How Breath of the Wild is like the NES Zelda and unlike Twilight Princess (Also has a video)
  
• Shacknews - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Pre-Review Impressions (Also has a video)
  
• Engadget - Initial thoughts on 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild'

• CNET - Playing Zelda on Nintendo Switch: Big world, small screen (Also has a video)
  
• WCCFTech - 5 Hours with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Switch
  
• Retronauts - Breath of the Wild restores a long-lost sense of uncertainty to Zelda (Also has a video)
  
• God is a Geek - Pre-review: Breath of the Wild is like a beautiful painting come to life
  
• WIRED - Zelda on Nintendo Switch is beautiful, mesmerising - and brutally difficult

• A.V. Club - Breath Of The Wild is the most alive Zelda has felt in 30 years
  
• GameRevolution - Zelda Hands-On: Breath Of the Wild Is Like 'The Witness' Meets 'Don't Starve
  
• Gamer-network.fr - [Preview] Zelda : Breath of the Wild : la magie fait son effet ! (French)
  
• GamePro - Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Erstes Fazit zur Nintendo Switch-Version (German)

Video Previews

• GameXplain - 5+ Hours with Zelda: BotW - Preview Discussion (World Size, Challenge, Rush to Final Boss, & More!)

• GoNintendo - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - impressions & footage
  
• Arekkz Gaming - How Big is the Map? A Walk Across Hyrule

Previewers are allowed to show 15 minutes of new gameplay. All these videos can be found here.

• USGamer - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The First Five Hours Abridged
  
• NintendoEverything - Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Guardian's long range / First steps in Hyrule Kingdom, saving a boar
  
• IGN - A Full Day and Night Cycle in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch)
  
• Nintendo World Report - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild NEW SWITCH GAMEPLAY (no commentary)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - NEW SPOILER-FREE exploration footage [Part 1]! / Part 2
  
• Gamersyde - Our Switch videos of Zelda BotW
  
• GameXplain - Classic Zelda Theme in Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch Gameplay)
  
• The Guardian - LIVE Stream

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

lol he took the article down

he accidentally broke the embargo

damn i should've copied n pasted

oh well

When will the embargo be lifted?

 

[Kingshango]

When will the embargo be lifted?

Right now.

 

[Dre Space Age]

"Each shrine is guaranteed to net you a spirit orb, which act as a currency of sorts that you trade in by praying at a statue to upgrade your health or stamina meters. So far, picking one upgrade over the other has been the hardest decision to make in Breath of the Wild. Don't hesitate to explore and test your mettle, but be sure you know what you're getting yourself into when you pick increased health over stamina, or vice versa. Shrines are common, but not so common that you can expect to quickly maintain a balance between stats." - Gamespot



I'm putting it all into stamina

 

[Da Rhythm Rebel]

Game sounds incredible as expected.

And will be able to play during commute to and from the gig

 

[Dre Space Age]

Combat is looking great.

"Enemies with polearms or spears present a different challenge: how do you get in close with a considerably shorter weapon in hand? By jumping over their weapon and attacking from overhead (another maneuver you have to learn on your own)" - Gamespot

you can swipe at chickens to collect eggs.

you can ride deer

 

[Dre Space Age]

"Aliasing is common, some textures are poor, the framerate can visibly stutter at points, and for some reason, occassionally it feels like a white haze has been laid over the entire game." - USGamer

Probably a fog effect to maintain 30fps

 

[Fatboi1]

"Aliasing is common, some textures are poor, the framerate can visibly stutter at points, and for some reason, occassionally it feels like a white haze has been laid over the entire game." - USGamer

Probably a fog effect to maintain 30fps

Pii U version or the Switch?

 

[Dre Space Age]

Now the Korok seed collecting makes sense.

"Hyrule is startlingly vertical in this incarnation and you're always looking at high places and wondering, "How can I get there?" Nintendo rewards you for your wanderlust with something for your effort in most cases. Sometimes you'll find new people or the tiny little forest sprites who give you Korok Seeds. (You use the seeds to increase inventory space.) Occasionally you'll find treasure chests, lore, hints at hidden secrets (shades of the hints in the original game), or sometimes just an interesting landscape formation that you're sure will have a point later on. " - USGamer

 

[Dre Space Age]

shyt we have to create our own map basically. Now all those manual icons markers make sense.

"Instead, you want to use your Slate's scope and the tower's height to look down upon the land below. Once there you can mark your map with colored waypoint pins, or up to 100 stamps of various icons. Breath of the Wild uses the towers to encourage you to build your own map, instead of just giving you a series of waypoints. (There are quest waypoints, so don't assume that Nintendo is throwing out everything.)" - USGamer

 

[Dre Space Age]

Pii U version or the Switch?

Switch. This is obvious in the trailers though.

 

[Kingshango]

you can ride deer

Going full Princess Mononoke.

 

[Dre Space Age]

Going full Princess Mononoke.

 

[Dre Space Age]

When you die the loading screen is 10 seconds because it takes you back to the last checkpoint

 

[Dre Space Age]

"There are some enemies which have attacked Link from probably half a mile away during his DigitalChumps explorations… and killed him. That’s nuts."