Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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Nintendo knew Breath of the Wild's open-world pivot was "the right direction" after seeing players do "amazing" things
By Jordan Gerblick published
news "It gave us such confidence"

As Zelda devs tested contraptions now in Tears of the Kingdom, director realized Breath of the Wild still had potential
By Anna Koselke published
News Nintendo hoped to make the 2017 gem "even better"

Nintendo wants a Zelda: BotW and TotK support studio to take a "central role" on a "unique title in the series"
By George Young published
News "Let's use the know-how we've developed by working together, and the strength of the whole Monolith Soft team, to create a unique title in the series together"

Former GTA boss Dan Houser says Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears or the Kingdom are like Alfred Hitchcock films: "They're just speaking the language of video games"
By Scott McCrae published
News The Rockstar co-founder calls them "these amazing things that could only be video games, they couldn't be anything else"

As The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary looms, I'm begging Nintendo to stop ignoring its greatest run of Zelda games and make this generation's Ocarina of Time
By Andrew Brown published
Opinion Opinion | When has Zelda ever moved in a straight line?

"Quite often, and which felt very Zelda side-questy, we just have Japanese people who are so welcoming and surprised to see you": How finding The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild locations in real life led fans up and down Japan for 2 years
By Austin Wood last updated
Feature Interview | Two video game investigators find Zelda in Japan, and find Japan in Zelda

A Short Hike dev says "Where's Waldo moments" like Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Korok Seeds help "to stop you getting too bored" when traveling around in open world games
By Joel Franey published
News Robinson-Yu says it's beneficial to have players "feeling acknowledged for noticing something interesting – like they see a weird looking rock"

I wanted to make a beeline for Tears of the Kingdom's ending, but Zelda's Switch 2 upgrade has forced me to slow down
By Fran Ruiz published
Now Playing Now Playing | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Switch 2 glow-up is so good that I'm worried about not rolling credits anytime soon

Master Mode is the best thing about replaying Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch 2, and it's a tragedy that Tears of the Kingdom will apparently never have that option
By Joel Franey published
Now Playing Opinion | I found that Breath of the Wild had lost its magic, until I made use of this ridiculous difficulty option

Tears of the Kingdom is great, but the Switch 2 upgrades have made me confront the hard truth: Breath of the Wild is still the superior Zelda game
By Joel Franey published
Now Playing Opinion | Two years later and with the benefit of hindsight, who agrees that Breath of the Wild was better than Tears of the Kingdom?
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