The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo EPD for the Wii U and the Nintendo Switch.

History
The game was announced for development in 2013, and was planned for release in 2015 exclusively for the Wii U.

Due to development issues, the game had been delayed twice; once to late 2016, and again to its final release date of March 3, 2017.

It was officially unveiled during E3 2016, under its final name The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It was then revealed that it would also be released on the upcoming Nintendo Switch (then known as the NX).

In January of 2017, it was revealed that the game would be the main launch title of the Nintendo Switch, and the final major release for the Wii U.

Upon its release, Breath of the Wild received critical acclaim and became the best-selling game of the Nintendo Switch at the time. It is now arguably regarded as one of the best video games of all time.

Game-play
In terms of player controlled game-play, Link in Breath of the Wild is controlled very similarly to how he is in many other 3D Zelda titles. Perspective is third person, and the player can have Link do different sword maneuvers. Bombs are now unlimited, and different arrow types are now earlier available.

Link can now use different outfits, rather than his single outfit from former games.

A plethora of different weapons are also available; however, bows, shields and melee weapons will now break.

The largest change differentiating this game from prior Zelda titles is the presence of a completely open-world. Collectibles and items are spread throughout this new Hyrule.