The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch, Wii U | 7 Comments

Nintendo’s official Twitter page for the Zelda series in Japan shared a brand new piece of art to celebrate the launch of Breath of the Wild. Get a look at it above.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in Reviews, Switch, Wii U | 11 Comments

System: Switch (reviewed) / Wii U
Release date: March 3, 2017
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda’s prolific, seminal history has been striking the hearts of players across the globe for three decades. Attachment fans have with the series has withstood the test of time thanks to its immense and vibrant world of Hyrule, memorable characters, iconic set pieces, composition, and more. Now the newest Zelda game is finally here and puts players back in Hyrule where they must protect the kingdom from the ferocious evil that is Calamity Ganon after being asleep for 100 years. Breath of the Wild breaks out of a lot of classic Zelda traits, while instilling new ones and simultaneously making the world and game familiar for veterans, as well as accessible and eye-opening to new players alike. Breath of the Wild is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, not just for Zelda standards, but for gaming as a whole.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Update: We’re now live!

Dennis will be hosting a live stream for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in about an hour from now on our YouTube page, though you can also watch it via the embed below. The first half will be from the start of the game to avoid spoilers, while the latter half will concentrate more on the latter sections. Join us for an early look at the new Zelda ahead of tomorrow’s official launch.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii U | 18 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild comes in the form of a cartridge on Switch, but let’s not forget about the Wii U version as well, which has its own disc. With the Wii U version beginning to circulate, we now have a look at the disc art. It looks pretty nice and is a fine representative as Nintendo’s last Wii U game.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 14 Comments

All sorts of amiibo can be used in Zelda: Breath of the Wild to unlock various goodies. Eurogamer stumbled upon one thing in particular that may catch your interest. It’s never entirely clear where the spoiler line lies, so we’ve posted the video after the break.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments

We have a couple more clips to share from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The first one shows off the Pro HUD option and saving an NPC, while the second is about increasing the amount of hearts and upgrading the stamina meter.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 20 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has received its first update ahead of tomorrow’s official launch. Version 1.1.0 is out now.

After applying the update, you should see that a “Downloadable Content” section has been brought in to the main menu. It’s unclear if anything else has been added or changed.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch, Wii U | 55 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s release is near, and the verdicts are coming in. We’ve rounded up some of the game’s reviews below:

Nintendo Everything  – “Thumbs Up”

IGN – 10/10

Gamespot – 10/10

Polygon – 10/10

Nintendo Life – 10/10

USGamer – 5/5

Videogamer.com – 9/10

Eurogamer – “Essential”

Gameinformer – 10/10

Venturebeat – 100/100

Nintendo Insider – 10/10

Gameblog.fr – 9/10

GameXplain – “Liked-a-lot”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 13 Comments

During a panel at GDC today, Nintendo showed off a 2D prototype used to test ideas for Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Someone has since put up a clip on YouTube showing the tool in action. Check it out below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 51 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild went through an interesting trial and error process to say the least. During a panel at GDC today, some of the game’s developers revealed some of the early ideas thrown around.

For one thing, Nintendo was toying around with “Hyrule Wars” and an idea in which aliens are seemingly invading. We also get a look at some… interesting designs for Link.

Nintendo tweeted out the images from the GDC panel:

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