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Zelda: Breath Of The Wild - Everything You Need To Know

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Below you can find our review, as well as essential features and gameplay videos detailing what you need to know about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the latest entry in the critically acclaimed, long-running Zelda series. It's set in a massive open world that's far bigger than any Zelda game before it, packed with distinct locations to explore and enemies to defeat.

With the game out now for both Nintendo Switch and Wii U, we've compiled our full review and our most important features and gameplay videos detailing everything you need to know about this fascinating new entry in The Legend of Zelda series. Be sure to check back often as we update this article with additional articles and videos.

The Review

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"No matter how gorgeous its environments are, how clever its enemies are, and how tricky its puzzles get, the fact that Breath of the Wild continues to surprise you with newfound rules and possibilities after dozens of hours is by far its most valuable quality. It's a game that allows you to feel gradually more and more empowered yet simultaneously manages to retain a sense of challenge and mystery--which, together, creates a steady, consistent feeling of gratification throughout the entire experience. Breath of the Wild is a defining moment for The Legend of Zelda series, and the most impressive game Nintendo has ever created."--Peter Brown [Full review]

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Unoptimized game, frame rate drops everywhere.

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If you compiled "everything" they need to know, why is there ANOTHER article about Zelda posted 10 minutes after this one? lol

Compile that article "info" into this. That would be a compilation.

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I'm getting Zelda on the WiiU. I'm not getting a switch anytime soon. I need more games before I can justify the purchase. I'm still mad as hell there was no Metroid on the WiiU and the long droughts pissed me off. Who's to say if sales taper off on the Switch Nintendo won't pull the plug on games like they did with the WiiU.

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@jdc6305: Ya me too. Kinda wished they talked about the Wii U version and how it runs in the "Everything you need to know" Video though.

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I have a feeling that this game is going to get a 10/10

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@louixiii: Almost... Dying as a system to learn how to play is not at all elegant, density of stuff to do within the huge map it is still to be studied more closely (seems not very dense, empty, but till I touch it I can't tell). The standard is too high for this kind of open world games so it's complicated to tell yet.

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@ganondorf77: Oh xD

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@louixiii: I don't think so, because it has some issues that can't be ignored. Performance issues and others who've played it claim that the world can be a bit barren.

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@notchedbandit: Thought it wouldn't get a 10. Now what say you? xD

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@notchedbandit: It looks a bit barren but I think people are going to give it really high reviews. I have that feeling.

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So close to Zelda time.

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I like it. Im going to wait on getting a Switch until at least the holidays. By then we should know the ups and downs. And today I just got a PS4 Pro! Im sure Zelda will still need saving around Christmas.

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@gaminsincepong: I don't blame you. I'm going to wait a bit as well. I'll be getting mine on March 3rd.

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Looks good... any takers ?

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@dfernand: i'll take one

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