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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Art/WandererAboveTheSeaOfFog Hero above the Wilds of Hyrule]]'']]
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4	->''"Link… you are the light… our light… that must shine upon Hyrule once again. Now go…"''
5	-->-- '''Princess Zelda'''
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7	''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' is the 19th installment in Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s long-running ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, as well as the 6th fully 3D installment, following ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''.
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9	The game opens with the newest incarnation of Link waking up from a deep sleep inside a dark chamber, beckoned by a mysterious voice. The voice tells him that Hyrule [[CallToAdventure needs its hero once more]]. Link receives a strange item called a Sheikah Slate, which serves as a guide to his quest, and steps out into the world with little more than the clothes on his back... which he had to find in some chests first.
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11	But as Link soon learns, Hyrule has changed during his slumber. One hundred years ago, a great evil known as [[EldritchAbomination the Calamity Ganon]] appeared and ravaged the land. Unable to be defeated, Princess Zelda [[SealedEvilInADuel sealed herself and it away]] in Hyrule Castle to keep it at bay, while a mortally wounded Link was sent to the Shrine of Resurrection so he could one day return to save Hyrule. [[AfterTheEnd The kingdom fell into ruin and nature slowly reclaimed what had been destroyed]], and society has been reduced to a few scattered areas across near-empty lands filled with both wildlife and monsters.
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13	While trapped within the castle, Calamity Ganon has continued to grow in power, and it is now up to the revitalized Link to traverse the wilds of Hyrule, ally with the remaining pockets of civilization, deal with the robotic Guardians and Divine Beasts that Ganon took over to still cause trouble across the land, seek out his missing memories of the past, and regain his strength in order to free Zelda and destroy the beast before it breaks free and wipes out what’s left of the world.
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15	First revealed at Nintendo's 2014 E3 event, ''Breath of the Wild'' uses a WideOpenSandbox element for its world, building on the similar open world setup reintroduced to the series in 2013's ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', and, in turn, the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI 1986 original]]. The game uses a cel-shaded art design mixed with realistic proportions just like ''Skyward Sword'', but unlike ''Skyward Sword's'' post-impressionist style, ''Breath of the Wild[='=]s'' style is more reminiscent of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki films and gouache paintings. A large number of Creator/MonolithSoft employees (creators of another open world series, ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'') were brought in to assist Nintendo EPD with developing the game, in much larger numbers than were on the team that made ''Skyward Sword'', and their CreatorThumbprint definitely shows in this game.
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17	''Breath of the Wild'' is noteworthy for taking a departure from previous conventions of the franchise, incorporating a variety of SurvivalSandbox and RPGElements from other open world games. Link now has to scavenge Hyrule for items, weapons, and equipment, as well as hunt, forage, and prepare food to restore his health. The world is much bigger than any other game in the series before it, and Link can now climb any tree, building, or cliff with ease, giving players the chance to explore every nook, cranny, and mountaintop. Link can also find and equip a wide variety of weapons and armor, allowing a greater degree of customization than ever before.
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19	Another series first is that the game features extensive voice acting, not only in Japanese and English, but in most of the other supported languages as well.[[note]]Spanish (both European and Latin American), French (both European and Canadian), German, Italian and Russian.[[/note]]
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21	The game was released worldwide on March 3, 2017 as a dual release for the Platform/WiiU and Platform/NintendoSwitch consoles, serving as the last first-party game for the former and one of the launch titles for the latter, similarly to what ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' was for the Platform/NintendoGameCube and the Platform/{{Wii}}. Two [[DownloadableContent DLC]] packs, which require an Expansion Pass, were released in the same year. The first, "The Master Trials" (released on June 30th), focuses on adding new challenges and features to the game, such as the Trial of the Sword, a series of survival trials that unlocks permanent power boosts for the Master Sword, Hero's Path Mode, which tracks your movement for up to 200 hours of gameplay, and [[HarderThanHard Master Mode]], which cranks up the difficulty with much tougher enemies, including some exclusive to it. The second, "The Champions' Ballad" (released on December 7th during the [=VGAs=]), adds a new questline focused around the backstory of the Champions, Link's fallen comrades from a century before, featuring new trials that lead to a new dungeon revolving around a previously unseen fifth Divine Beast. The game also got a free update sidequest tying in with ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', granting Link an outfit based on the one Rex wears in that game, courtesy of Monolith Soft due to their studio juggling the development of both games at once. On April 25, 2019, the game was updated to support the [[VideoGame/NintendoLabo Labo VR Kit]], allowing the players to experience the full game with Nintendo's virtual reality solution.
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23	A direct sequel to the game, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'' was announced on June 11, 2019 at [=E3=][[note]]Though it was unnamed until September 2022[[/note]], and released on the Switch on May 12, 2023. The game also has a 2020 HackAndSlash semi-prequel, ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', that takes place during the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt fall of the kingdom of Hyrule]] 100 years before ''Breath of the Wild'', but diverges into its own AlternateTimeline.
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26	!!Tropes:
27	[[index]]
28	* TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/Tropes0ToC
29	* TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/TropesDToG
30	* TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/TropesHToM
31	* TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/TropesNToT
32	* TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/TropesUToZ
33	[[/index]]
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35	-> You have done well to reach the end of this page! In the name of Goddess Hylia, I bestow upon you this Spirit Orb.
36	->I fulfilled my duty. May the Goddess smile upon you…
37	->[[labelnote:rattle rattle]]''Yahaha! You found me!''[[/labelnote]]

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