Yet another passionate breakdown of what Breath of the Wild means to some nobody Zelda fan.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:14 "OpenWorld" is merely a setting
10:10 Reinventing Zelda
21:10 Part One Open Your Eyes
1:14:18 Part Two The Durable Spirit of Zelda
2:06:53 Part Three Life Goes On
Sources
Aonuma 2013 Wii U Zelda is All About “Rethinking Series Conventions” https://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...
OpenWorld is a priority for Zelda (2013) https://www.siliconera.com/openworld...
Zelda Wii U delayed (2015) https://www.polygon.com/2015/3/27/830...
Eiji Aonuma’s favourite game of 2016 is The Last Guardian https://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...
https://twitter.com/muffinsAKA/status...
Video Sources
51 RapidFire Questions about Breath of the Wild (2017) • 51 RapidFire Questions About The Leg...
Zelda Wii U at E3 2014 • a Mario 64 Race, but the sand is EXTR...
Game Awards 2014 Zelda • World Premiere Zelda
Nintendo Direct November 2015 • Nintendo Direct Presentation Mario,...
Nintendo at E3 2016 • Reggie Kicks off Nintendo E3 2016 wit...
Breath of the Wild Gameplay Demonstration E3 2016 • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wi...
BOTW Combat Montage by tsu • The Legend of Zelda BotW Advanced C...
Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 • Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 [En...
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