What is Breath of the Wild?

Image result for breath of the wildBreath of the Wild, or BotW for short, is a game part of the Legend of Zelda series. BotW is a third-person open world adventure styled game, where the main goal of the game is to defeat the main villain, Ganon; or Calamity Ganon in this case. Unlike many other Legend of Zelda games, the player does not have any control to rename their hero, Link, and is instead stuck with the name from the start.

Breath of the Wild has been described as one of the best games of the year by critics and has broke Nintendo's sales records in numerous regions. BotW sold over seven million copies worldwide on both the Nintendo switch and the Wii U. BotW also has a  very detailed physics engine along with very high definition graphics along with voice acting by characters other than Link.

Some new game play mechanics have also been added to the Legend of Zelda series along with some being brought back from previous games. Stamina has been brought back from previous games but with the added benefit of being able to upgrade the stamina wheel to make it last a lot longer. Stamina is very important to the players who choose to run everywhere due to the fact that Stamina is used to climb, para-glide, and of course run. Climbing and paragliding have been added to BotW; Link can now climb anything that you can ever dream of, unless is slopes outwards.

Climbing does use stamina but to make climbing quicker you can use more stamina and go a little faster. Rain is Link's worse enemy when climbing due to the slippery nature of the thing he is trying to climb; Rain will cause Link to slip loosing more stamina and fall a little downwards making progress really slow when its raining. Paragliding works a little different than anything else in the Zelda franchise.

Image result for breath of the wild climbingParagliding is as you may expect it to be, gliding above the ground. This can allow the player to get safety down at high heights or to have an easier way to traverse rocky terrain. Paragliding is the third fastest way to travel across a flat terrain and arguably the fastest over rocky terrain.

Breath of the Wild has a lot of other mechanics in it that I will be going over in other blog posts so that every one can know as much as they can about BotW.

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