ReleaseĪt launch on March 3rd, 2017, Special and Master Edition packages were released in limited quantities. ĭuring the Nintendo Live Treehouse Switch event on January 13, 2017, it was announced via a new trailer that Breath of the Wild would be released simultaneously with the Nintendo Switch on March 3, 2017. Many notable changes to the franchise were noted as well, including the weapon and food collection system and associated survival mechanics, new combat techniques, and the presence of the Sheikah Slate as a technological aid to Link's quest. Reception to the playable demo of the game was immediately and overwhelmingly positive with its art style and massive open world gameplay. The long anticipated E3 2016 reveal unveiled the title of the new game as Breath of the Wild, and offered fans a chance to play the game for 30 minutes in an area known as the Great Plateau, which is only 1% the game's total area. It was also announced that the title would be released simultaneously on the Wii U and upcoming Switch (then known as the NX), and that the game would be Nintendo's focus of E3 2016.

Then, on Apan additional delay was announced pushing the game's release further out to 2017. In Q1 of 2015, Nintendo announced that the new Zelda would be delayed until 2016 and would not be shown at E3 that year, owing to the desire to give the developers ample time to bring 'all these ideas to life' and focus completely on their work. It was also announced that the game was scheduled to be released in 2015. With the ability to choose the order in which dungeons were completed came a massive open world, inspired by the feel of the original Legend of Zelda from 1986. With this new footage came several full resolution screenshots and additional information about the game. įor E3 2014, the world was given its first real look into what the new Zelda would look like with a brief gameplay trailer. Among these changes would be the ability to complete dungeons in any order the player desired. A few months later in January of 2013, it was confirmed by producer Eiji Aonuma that a number of changes would be coming with the new game, which were brought on by the desire to 'rethink the conventions of Zelda'.

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