The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch

Even years after its release, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild remains one of the greatest achievements in gaming history. I purchased the US Version, and it has earned a permanent, proud spot in my physical collection. The Game Itself: There isn't much to say that hasn't been said—it’s a masterpiece. The sense of freedom and exploration is unmatched. Whether you’re climbing the highest peaks of Hyrule or solving intricate puzzles in the Shrines, the game never ceases to amaze. I still find myself jumping back into this world just to take in the atmosphere; it’s a timeless experience that every gamer should own. Collector’s Perspective: As a collector, I specifically wanted the US physical version. The box art is iconic, and having the actual cartridge feels much more rewarding than a digital download. The build quality of the case and the print are top-notch. I’ve kept mine in pristine condition, and it’s a joy to see it on the shelf alongside other Nintendo classics. Longevity: The replay value is insane. Even after completing the main story, there are hundreds of secrets to discover. It’s the kind of game that you keep forever, not just to play, but as a piece of gaming history. It has held its value incredibly well, which is a testament to its quality. Pros: Infinite Gameplay: Hundreds of hours of content. Stunning Art Direction: Looks beautiful on both handheld and TV modes. Essential for Collectors: The US physical edition is a staple for any Nintendo Switch library. Perfect Performance: Runs smoothly and remains the gold standard for open-world games. Final Verdict: Whether you are buying this to play for the first time or to keep as a prized piece of your collection, you cannot go wrong. It is more than just a game; it’s an adventure that defined a generation. Truly a 10/10.

I just wanted to update my review for the game. There's no doubt this game deserves a 5 star score. It's bold and Nintendo created a world that's bigger than any game to date. I want to point out that I did beat the game and completed most of the dungeons that are spread out throughout the game. I'm sure by now you've heard all the good and great things about the game, but there should be the negative as well. First, I did not like how Nintendo undermined the weapon system. Weapons and shields break too often. How does this effect the game? You're travelling the vast land, yet you feel reluctant to fight the moblins and goblins because you don't know if it will be worth it for your item to break. Even "unbreakable" items can wear out and need time to recharge. Second, if Nintendo wanted to make the travelling worth while combat and fighting should reward you. Sure there are items and chests to gain if you take over a moblin base, but the items are often not worth it. I would see someone trying to make the case that you need to battle enemies to gain their parts to upgrade armor, but once you upgrade, fighting becomes pointless. There's no experience gained or leveling up, so why not just run away most of the time. I have played Horizon Zero Dawn and in my opinion, HZD's battles felt more Zelda-like than Botw. The weapons and items in HZD seemed to have more value than BOTW. Enemies take more strategy to beat in HZD and every weapon had a purpose to defeating an enemy with a weakness to it. I'm not saying HZD is a better game or BOTW is a better game mind you. I'm not trolling Zelda, I gave it a 5 star score. For those who played both games, you will see what I am talking about with the enjoyment of battles in HZD. Third, bosses have been simplified. You do not need a special item or much strategy to beat the bosses. In past Zelda's the dungeon's secret item would be the weakness to the boss. But in BOTW all you need is a strong weapon and armor to beat bosses. The bosses were not overly creative. Each boss was only marginally different from the previous. Where are the iconic items? Where is the boomerang, the hookshot,, heavy boots, bug net, fairy bottles, etc, etc. Items were a central theme in all the Zeldas. Why did they take that out? It was one of the biggest surprises or exciting parts of previous games when opening a chest. Putting value into items is something I would like to see reinstated in future games. Fourth, the epic field music is gone and replaced by a subtle piano and atmospheric tunes. In all of the previous Zeldas, I would be either humming or whistling tunes from Zelda for days after I had finished. Yes, the game does have one theme that reoccurs when something important happens or when you beat a boss, or when you find a stable, but not a very memorable soundtrack. Fifth, many of the side quests do not have much bearing on the actual main story. Sure, some side quests in the game will help you gain helpful items and armor, but it does not change the ending or how NPC will react to you. Since Nintendo wanted to take a page from the western rpg genre, decision making should have been impactful to the outcome of the game. POTENTIAL SPOILER--->From what I know there are two endings to the game and I have gotten both by visiting all the specific areas in the game that's part of a side quest. Sixth, does bigger mean better? In the case that there are 120 mini dungeons in the game, they had to make the world bigger to fit them, but in my opinion, making the world so large made things a little tedious. Sure, there is fast travel, but getting to each location seemed a little bit of a chore especially since fighting enemies was not rewarding, and other than finding mini dungeons and moblin bases, there was nothing much to do. I don't consider hunting or gathering foods that much of reason for the large map. In no way am I bashing Zelda. In fact, I do believe it deserves to be the game of the year. Even with what I consider as flaws, the good outweigh the negative greatly. I just hope Nintendo can take some advice from their fans to improve the next installment.

Easily one of the best games ever. Also arrived 2 days earlier than expected!

Zelda is great game. I took time off to play the Mario Odyssey right now (Mid-November 2017). I have all the maps unlocked. I have 15 hearts and 2 stamina wheels. I have Master sword. I am not ready to finish the game. I want to explore the shrines quests and stock up some more equipment. I have a house where I store weapons and shield. I am using 20 Amiibos (mostly from Smash Bros 3DS) for extra loots before I fight the final boss. Zelda is fun to play after getting like dozen ancient arrows. All four guardians are freed. I am trying to get the dragon parts for elixirs and leveling up armors with dragon parts and rare loots. I spent over 4 hours on snow ball bowling for coin farming to upgrade the house. I bought the cartridge version of Zelda because I didn't want to download and have some physical media to play on. So far, awesome game play. It's as intense at times vs Xbox One games like Metal Gear Solid to sneak on a large prey (wearing sneak suit). Basically, I bought the Nintendo Switch to play Zelda game. Aside from price of console and accessories like controller and microSD card to increase storage, the games and system performance are highly satisfactory. $300 for console, $60 for average games, $20 for average downloadable titles, $200 for 256 GB microSD card, $70 for pro controller ($140 for 2). $300, $280 for games: Zelda, Splatoon 2, Mario Rabbit, Mario Odyssey, Namco Museum, 1945, $200 microSD card, $140 for 2 pro controllers: grand total so far $920. I purchased the downloadable games using Nintendo Eshop by adding $200 to Eshop credit. Pricing reflects the volume sales. More they sell, cost goes down for consumer electronics. Contents of Mario and Zelda games are highly satisfactory. There was added cost of purchasing Nintendo Amiibo. I bought the Zelda Amiibos in retail and purchased rest of the Nintendo 3DS Smash Bros Amiibos on second hand market using craigslist and Facebook market. Total cost of having more than 20 Amiibos were $300: break down is $125 for Zelda set from a collector, and rest from another second hand seller who sold me in bulk which helps me with Zelda for getting free mushrooms and arrows. It saved me time to collect the mushrooms separately although collecting is pretty easy by just warping to Shrine nearby forest areas and snow fields for gourmet meat for coin farming as well as warping to snow ball bowling. Anyhow, all the titles are family friendly and less violent vs Xbox One S titles. Definitely price does hurt the wallet for Christmas. Aside from that I think it's worth to buy Switch. It's less painful than Wii U to transfer and load games from disc format. Console functions as a portable device as well. However, I forbid my household guests from taking it out of the docking station and only use it with LG 4K 55" UHD LED television. 6.2 inch vs 55 inch is obvious. 1080p output from Nintendo Switch is seamlessly converted to 4K screen and game play is smooth without loading lag. I prefer using pro controller over joycon. I left the joycon attached the console and bought two pro controllers to play games. Usually, one pro controller is charging while other is being played with. I am using two pro controller for Mario Odyssey 2 Player mode. I am playing the hat. On Mario + Rabbid, we play the 2 player mode on team battles to earn coins for main quest weapons. Smash Brothers Amiibo came in handy for using on Zelda as well as Mario + Rabbid to add weapons and loots. Splatoon 2 allows Amiibos for special weapons and gears. Both instances of Amiibos added extra game play options and gave me satisfactions on investing on 20 Amiibos for overall life time of Switch gaming. I wrote this review after two months of game play on 6 games (4 major titles and 2 downloadable) and several official accessories were tested.

Game of the year!!! Congrats Nintendo! Very beautiful game. I didn't want it to end. After 100 hours I decided to beat Ganon. I completed 112 shrines, collected over 200 korok seeds and completed many quests. I decided to start a new game and it still feels like a new experience. I find myself going straight to my favorite parts of the game and it is still amazing that there is no mandatory order or path to keep going. I feel like over the years everyone has been spoiled with better graphics and gameplay. The most complaints I heard about the game was frame rate/lag issues, especially around multiple monsters or non-playable characters. But that means nothing to me. I experienced it a few times but it did not drop the game rating from 5 stars. I love the scenery. No matter where you are there is always something beautiful to look at. The landscapes are gorgeous and I love the way everything shines when it rains. Catching wild horses is also fun. I swear I have caught over 40 or 50 horses. It doesn't matter what you get into in the game. There are always tricks to getting more of what you want. Take a picture of whatever you want to find, vegetables, stones, ingredients, tools, weapons, anything really, and your Sheika slate (tablet that Link uses in the game) will help guide you to find more. I'm always looking for precious metals/stones and it is the easiest way to get 10 thousand rupees or more. However much you need or want. There are so many quests and challenges. Puzzles that require you to find different characters to get hints or answers. Or to help you find a location of something. Everyone has their own likes and opinions, but to me, Breath of the Wild has no frustrating tasks or quests. I have enjoyed every bit of the game. I loved, loved, loved Breath of the Wild. The first Zelda game I played was on the Gameboy, Oracle of Seasons. I thought it was fun and great. Especially for its time and portability. I did not consider myself a big Zelda fan until Twilight Princess, though. I own the Wii version and the HD version for the Wii U. I think it will always be my favorite. It is hard to beat a game that allows you to turn into a wolf! I was very excited when I found out that you could bring wolf Link into Breath of the Wild and even use Epona. I use both of them all the time. I'm also very excited about the upcoming DLCs and new story to come. UPDATE: They are here! Very good so far! Good back stories. Recently, I have started playing Ocarina of Time on my 3DS. It is hard to get used to the controls, the smaller screen, and lower graphics but I have heard from so many of my friends that it is one of the best Zelda games ever made. It is hard to compare Breath of the Wild to Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword because you do not have all of the freedom to roam around wherever you want. Breath of the Wild IS freedom. Skyward Sword did give you the option to fly anywhere above the clouds and the worlds were very big but it still does not come close to Breath of the Wild. I haven't played Wind Waker, Majora's Mask or other remakes and older entries of the series but I will eventually.

It's true this game is amazing and while playing it I was so impressed by the vision it look to create it. Just the little things like climbing trees for apples, enemies picking up your weapon if you dropped it and attack you with it. To the hauntingly beautiful music and in depth world. Everything they say is true but some things most reviewers leave out. There is a big negative about this game. It reaches for the stars graphics wise. It really does it's best to max out the Switches graphic performance. I respect that but what happens is performance issues at times. Maybe it is because I am a PC gamer by hart but I feel performance issues like this should be a negative. It happens when docked, and when not docked. The Wii U it preforms better. Much better in fact they are pretty cheap right now so it is your best option to play this game in my opinion. But there are still issues there. So yes you could argue a game preforming uneven on console is more the fault of the console but It really is the developers issues. Twilight Princess and the Wind Walker (both masterpieces) never did this. I would argue both those games are better than The Legend of Zelda and were not tied to a system with big question marks. Gamecube is well loved - I know I loved mine. The Wii I wasn't a fan of but it did what it said out to do no problems like the Switch - was a massive success 100 million sold. My point is Zelda is like Bethesda games, they always get glowing scores despite flaws. You get a feeling that people love these franchises so much they don't care about flaws. Which isn't wrong but it stops them being realistic for everyone else. Also I feel the Switch and Wii U really hold this game back. For instance there was a HD Zelda demo back in 2012 involving the Wii U. It looked amazing and ran at 1080p (I dream of 4k Zelda myself). But with the Switch it really holds back these graphics and art direction. Which is sad because we can all agree 1080p Zelda would be great and 4k would be mind blowing. Look the game is great, just under or just as good as the best Zelda titles of all time. But it isn't without flaws, and isn't my game of the year. But what do I know? I thought Darksouls 3 should have gotten game of the year last year, that Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 deserved consideration. I thought Overwatch was above average - yet it won game of the year everywhere. Pros + Everything you would come to expect from a Zelda game and then some + Art direction + music + inventory system + combat mechanics + loot in the world + NPCs + Story + Puzzles Cons - uneven performance at times - tied to a system with technical flaws and reported issues - tied to an old system no longer supported - very high price point to play one game - maybe better to wait Grade A Conclusion I am not saying Zelda isn't amazing that provides in depth, original gameplay, few others games can dream of, I am not even saying it isn't a masterpiece to a degree. My only point is it's a flawed masterpiece where as some older Zelda games don't have those flaws. That isn't an insult my favorite game maybe of all time is Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines another flawed masterpiece. I can't imagine any Zelda fan disappointed with this game.

Having learned from their mistakes with Skyward Sword (excessive handholding, pacing, linear/tired gameplay), Nintendo decided to bring their next 3D Zelda game into the open world. You can do as little or as much as you want. It’s your world. The Good Stuff: Gameplay. This is the best 3D Zelda game to date. I got the itch to replay Twilight Princess HD and realized you can never go back. The graphics. Breath of the Wild looks great on the Switch and feels like a truer sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles for the Wii/3DS than Xenoblade Chronicles X on the Wii U (Which is an awful game). While the Wii U version suffers from low framerate during many parts (even after the patch), the Switch version doesn't seem to have any issues. Music. Since this game is all about atmosphere, Nintendo decided to go with a softer, more subtle background music for most of the game. There is also various music for different areas, but not as catchy as previous Zelda games. No handholding. The game doesn't treat you like you've never played a video game before. While there is a "tutorial" section at the start, it feels very natural. Voice Acting. This is the first Zelda game to feature voice acting but it's used lightly. You're still going to click through tons of text adjoined by grunts and groans. The Bad Stuff: Tediousness. You will be finding/hunting food and other items. You must cook your food to make hearts and elixirs using recipes. It’s all trial and error. You will have to constantly find new weapons, shields, and bows as they all break. You will need to upgrade slots to hold more of these items. Lastly, you must increase your hearts AND stamina. Menus and item selection are all over the place and very confusing to use. You can access a weapons menu 2 different ways, but only one allows you to drop them. Why not both? They really needed to work more on this. Controls. Those tiny joycons simply don't cut it as a handheld controller. I'm constantly accidently pushing on the control stick when trying to move around the camera during a battle (causing me to zoom in instead). The position of the right stick is also not very ideal. I finally got a Pro Controller and everything is much better. Voices. Obviously adding voices to a Zelda game is going to be controversial. Zelda Cdi anyone? While Link doesn't talk for some reason, almost everyone is well voiced except for Mipha (Zora Princess). She's awful. Luckily, the others aren't so bad. A lot of people complain about Zelda, but I find her to be acceptable. Overall, if you're a Zelda fan there is a whole world to discover and enjoy. You can spend 60+ hours playing around and still not even start the main storyline. Or, you can just jump right into the story and finish it as quickly as you choose. The game is completely open and allows you to play it however you see fit.

So now that I pissed off everyone with my title, on with the review. Breath of the Wild surprised me because as the title says, I don't really like Zelda games. They never clicked with me for one reason or another. Which is funny because clones like Darksiders and Beyond Oasis on the Sega Genesis, I love! But I really have been enjoying this game. I really like Twilight Princess, that's the one I can say I enjoyed the most and love. I enjoyed the characters, the growth between Link and Midna, seeing her develop as a character really won me over. I know a lot of people don't like durability because ...they like their games simple and dull, but it really keeps combat interesting in this game. You will be swapping weapons often whether you like it or not, they also function differently with attack values, durability, swing speed and how you can maneuver. This game was obviously inspired by the likes of Skyrim and Farcry, you need to cook to make better healing items and they can even have special effects to resist the weather. It's not complex either and even me who doesn't care for this finds it simple and quick. Get ingredients, find a pot, light a fire, dump in, fud is dun. The Farcry inspiration is...the towers and random dungeons you can find. But they're not as frequent, useless and annoying. They managed to do what Ubisoft did, but make it good. Who knew. Thank you Nintendo for understanding that FUN is priority in a game and not irritating padding. Oh, also fire spreading is a fun mechanic they took and I'd say improved on in many ways. I wouldn't say climbing the towers but the trials offer interesting challenges with good variety to them It's not perfect, the controls can be a bit finicky with powers and personally I find it hard to maneuver. Also, despite a patch it has some massive framedrops due to its vsyncing. The game runs at 30fps, if there's slowdown it drops to 20 and it's very obvious. Now before you comment saying "that's not important, wah wah wah" it's a flaw, low framerates strain my eyes as it is and yes it's not frequent, it's uncommon at best but it's still worth noting. I have very sensitive eyes and frame drops on a small screen I'm focused on does wear on my eyes. The other issue is load times are pretty heavy, they vary from 10-40 seconds depending on the area you are loading into. But even dying, the load time is pretty harsh. While some may argue they know of other games with similar load times, that's not a positive thing. The shining light in this is with standby mode you don't need to load back into the game if you have put the system into sleep mode or hopped out of the game to go to the e-shop or something. Combat is great, maybe the best it's ever been. You can do ztargeting or ...don't, play more like an action game, it does help, especially with some moves being required to ztarget (I think?) but it adds to it. As I said, durability has you switching weapons and using a variety of them to get by and it makes it fun, for me anyway. Weapon about to break? Fling it at the enemy! See a fire? Light your arrow and shoot it at a field of grass, fire! There's random encounters and FINALLY a game with no difficulty/level scaling. Wander into the wrong neck of the woods? You'll find strong ass enemies that will happily punch your face in faster than you can say "MuscularSheikahAreSexy" Is this game worth playing? Yes. At the time of writing this is the only must have Switch game (the others are either not my thing or they're too expensive), if you have a WiiU and you're not interested in a Switch? Get it on that, ignore the rumors. It runs just as well, the framerate dips happen in different areas and it also may be patched. It runs well and looks great in tablet or TV mode. Again, I am FAR from a die-hard Zelda fan but I do find this game fun and I imagine fans of Zelda may get more mileage out of it than me. Like Skyrim? Zelda? ....Farcry...? You'd probably dig this game.

Antes que otra cosa el juego lo adquirí durante el Buen Fin por lo que lo adquirí con un descuento adicional, pero debido a lo mismo al momento de hacer la compra Amazon decía que estaría disponible aproximadamente en 4 días y todavía tendría que esperar otros 3-5 para recibirlo aún siendo usuario Prime, para mi sorpresa lo adquirí el día Lunes 20 para el Viernes 24 ya tenía el juego en mis manos antes de las 10am por lo que debo aplaudir al servicio de Amazon ante todo por el servicio y la rápidez ante la gran cantidad de entregas que tenían debido a la fecha (eso me comentó el repartidor). Ahora en cuanto al juego el último Zelda que jugué fue Spirit Tracks para DS y el último de consola casera fue Wind Waker, lo cual dice que no he tocado un juego de Zelda ya en varios años, cuándo salió el juego no le di importancia pues no estaba en mi interés tenerlo y tampoco comprar un Nintendo Switch en ese momento, vi reseñas y lo aclamaban pensé eran exageraciones pero no le dí importancia. Al adquirir mi consola de entre los juegos disponibles opté por Zelda debido a esas reseñas quería ver que tan ciertas eran y a que sería el que me tardaría más en terminar , y debo decir que me encanta no me arrepiendo de haberlo comprado, es un excelente juego, en lo personal no me gustan los juegos open world no me gusta tener que andar corriendo por todos lados, prefiero algo linear, pero he jugado algunos y los pocos que he jugado de este tipo me han encantado y Zelda no es la excepción es de esos juegos que dices, sólo 5 minutos más y cuándo te das cuenta ya pasaron 2 horas y te desvelas sin darte cuenta. No pienso aburrir con una reseña más ya que en internet y aquí puedes encontrar varias, pero si puedo decir que el juego es excelente, muy amplio tanto en lo que puedes hacer y puedes conseguir, si te gusta explorar y eres de los que hace todo le saca todo el jugo a sus juegos, este juego es ideal para ti, incluso si no te gusta como a mi, el diseño, ambiente y gameplay te atrapa y puedes jugar sólo lo principal e irte rápido y aún así tienes un muy buen juego que te durará bastante. No es el mejor juego de la historia, no soy fanboy de Nintendo pero si es de los mejores juegos del año o el mejor, muy difícil encontrar algo tan bien hecho como este juego.

Simply sublime. Huge map to explore, densely packed with fun and interesting optional details. Day and night cycles, lunar phases, treacherous thunderstorms and brilliant sunshiny mornings. Chirps of songbirds, cries of wildlife, tall grass and snowy peaks, forests and beaches, capes and islands. Walk, ride, climb or fly. The soft palette just caresses the senses. Uncover the map by searching for towers and shrines that power you up and unlock fast travel. Puzzles and enemies are challenging but fair. I completely eschewed any guides just to savour the experience. There are amusing treasure hunt challenges that expand your inventory - mitigating the weapon durability mechanic which prevents over-reliance on any super-weapon. Controls are simple and intuitive, even for a mouse/keyboard user like myself. X-Y inversion is available. There are nice cutscenes with dialogue whenever the story transitions, but mostly this is a quiet, meditative experience, backed by a sweet, unobtrusive, unrepetitive score. I could go on but i will just end by saying that I waited 3 years to afford this game (and console) and now it’s one of my all-time favourite things.

My all time favourite game behind Zelda ocarina of time nothing will beat the play through

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