No more hearts in the grass either!
Nintendo is basically going to streamThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildfor most of the day, and man is it going whole hog on new footage and revelations. Eiji Aonuma is on hand during the stream to shed some insight into the project, explaining that due to “tradition,” Link will start after waking up in a mysterious location — but the open world seems to begin within minutes. No hour longTwilight Princessintro? Good, good.
The game will heavily focus on “technology,” Link can jump for the first time in a 3DZeldawithout the use of an item, he has a stamina meter, can forage for food and items (climbing trees for apples was shown), and there’s a new more traditional RPG equipment system that heavily focuses on clothing. Plus, weapons will break, have stats, and you can pick them up off enemies — stealing weapons as your own seems to be a big part of the game.Hearts are no longer in the grass, and you need to eat food or use items to recover health.
As for the clothing, “Link can go naked if you want,” Aonuma says. You can see the E3 demo locationin the map below, as well as abigger example of the massive scalewhen zoomed out (marking waypoints with binoculars looks rad). Checking outenemy health meters by way of a scopeis also a very…Far Crything.Familiar facesare returning, too!
I’ve captured some pertinent screens from the gameplay demo, so feel free to peruse.
