Four mediocre Divine Beasts instead of memorable temples irked longtime Zeldaphiles, and I’m not particularly fond of the rather limited enemy variety. Yes, Breath of the Wild has its own bevvy of issues: breakable weapons – super annoying. And so on, each of these new discoveries compounding with fond memories of seeing the Great Dragons for the first time or discovering Eventide Island.Īnd I haven’t even touched the DLC yet, nor have I properly explored Hyrule Castle. I found, for the first time, a young woman offering shield-surfing lessons high in the Hebra Mountains. I didn’t know you could use Stasis on Guardians to interrupt their blasts. I never, for example, found the Lord of the Mountain, a magical horse-like creature that spawns quite randomly, until my current run. Seeking out all those Koroks has shown me gorgeous vistas and little secrets I never knew existed, and I completed all 120 Shrines on my first playthrough all those years ago. Xenoblade Chronicles 3? Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Fire Emblem: Three Houses? Splatoon 3? Pokemon Sword and Shield ( lol)? The recent Metroid Prime Remastered? In over five years, none have conquered this lonely take on Hyrule. Ultimate – “Everyone is here!” – while stellar, added more characters and plays like a “greatest hits” title, while featuring some atrocious online play.
Super Mario Odyssey comes the closest to Breath of the Wild’s heights, and while it’s truly an amazing game, I’d still put Link’s adventure in a league all of its own as it innovated on the open-world genre and reinvented one of gaming’s most renowned series. In fact, I’d argue Nintendo’s handheld hybrid has one of the best libraries in gaming history. That’s not a slight at Switch’s other offerings.
And even after all this time, I can’t think of a more impressive or more immersive game on Nintendo’s record-breaking hybrid console. I’m currently attempting a 100% playthrough – yes, that includes finding all 900 Koroks – before The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom claims all my free time for weeks, if not months. Over five years after The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild launched with Nintendo Switch, sights like this still amaze me. Above it all, Death Mountain looms as lava rolls down its steep cliffs. Boars and wolves prowl the hills around where Tarrey Town protrudes out into Lake Akkala.
Hidden shrines glow faintly orange in the distance. Guardians stalk through the autumn trees. There’s nothing else quite like a sunrise over the Akkala region in all of gaming.
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