Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2 - Every Confirmed & Rumoured Detail

Breath of the Wild was the first Zelda game to feature DLC. Being packaged as an expansion pass, which initially proved controversial with fans, they released it in two parts, the Master Trials and The Champions Ballad. Featuring new challenges, items, features and new difficulty, it proved highly successful and helped expand upon this new Hyrule.

It's therefore quite interesting to see that BOTW 2 began life as DLC, with Eiji Aonuma confirming to Kotaku that the team had too many DLC ideas, and were instead opting to pursue these within a brand new game.

Advising some of these ideas couldn't be implemented due to technical restraints, it makes complete sense to see Nintendo opt for this approach instead, building instead on existing assets whilst creating a brand new story.