The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch Game

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildis a 2017action-adventure gamedeveloped and published byNintendoforNintendo SwitchandWii U. An entry in the longrunningThe Legend of Zeldaseries,Breath of the Wildtakes place at the end of theZeldatimeline; the player controlsLink, who awakens from a hundred-year slumber to defeatCalamity Ganonbefore it can destroy the kingdom ofHyrule.

Similarly to the originalLegend of Zelda(1986), players are given little instruction and can explore theopen worldfreely. Tasks include collecting multipurpose items to aid in objectives or solving puzzles and side quests for rewards.Breath of the Wild‘sworld is unstructured and designed to reward experimentation, and the story can be completed in anonlinearfashion. Development ofBreath of the Wildlasted five years. Wanting to reinvent the series, Nintendo introduced elements such as a detailedphysics engine,high-definition visuals, andvoice acting.Monolith Softassisted in designing landscapes. The game was planned for release in 2015 as a Wii U exclusive, but was delayed twice due to problems with the physics engine. Released on March 3, 2017,Breath of the Wildwas alaunch gamefor Switch and the final Nintendo game for Wii U. Twodownloadable contentpacks were released later in 2017.