The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. An entry in the longrunning The Legend of Zelda series, it was released for the Nintendo Switch and Wii U consoles on March 3, 2017. The story follows Link, who awakens from a hundred-year slumber to a mysterious voice that guides him to defeat Calamity Ganon before it can destroy the kingdom of Hyrule. The game is played in an open world environment. Players are given little instruction and can explore freely: common tasks include collecting multi-purpose items to aid in various objectives or solving puzzles and side-quests in order to obtain rewards. Breath of the Wild's world is unstructured, designed to reward experimentation and allows the story to be completed in a nonlinear fashion.

Development of Breath of the Wild lasted five years. According to producer Eiji Aonuma in a 2014 interview, the team wanted to reinvent the series; thus they introduced new elements, such as a detailed physics engine, high-definition visuals, and voice acting. The game was planned for release in 2015 as a Wii U exclusive, but was delayed twice due to problems with the physics engine. Breath of the Wild was a launch game for the Switch as well as the final Nintendo game for the Wii U. Two downloadable content packs were released later in 2017.

Breath of the Wild received acclaim for its open-ended gameplay and attention to detail, with many industry publications designating it as one of the greatest video games of all time. Critics called it a landmark in open-world game design, despite minor criticism for its technical performance at launch. It won numerous awards, including several game of the year awards. Within a year of release, Breath of the Wild had sold nearly ten million copies worldwide, surpassing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to become the bestselling game in the series.