Legend Of Zelda 2019: How Nintendo Can Beat Breath Of The Wild

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Not only that, but Breath of the Wild introduced us to The Legend of Fashion. Finding new equipment for Link, each set with unique characteristics to help us survive the various weather conditions and environments of Hyrule was a blast. This equipment could be levelled up, dyed, and mixed and matched, creating levels customisation that the series had never seen before.

Ingredients for leveling up armor could be found out in the world, by clearing bandit camps and discovering hidden chests. These ingredients could also be used in cooking, too, to provide Link with stat boosts and to recover his health, an enjoyable RPG trope finally making its way to Zelda.

All of these new features culminated into an intense sense of adventure on a massive scale.

Breath of the Wild was exploration at its finest, with no rules, little regulations other than your own bravery, and was packed full of secrets to find and challenges to conquer.

However, it wasn’t universally adored, particularly by the original games’ loyal fanbase...