The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Explore Hyrule as Link, climb and glide toward chosen destinations, solve shrine trials and prepare for battles where terrain, tools and changing weather affect your approach.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.4 / 10
About this game
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild puts you in control of Link's journey through Hyrule. Climb to a vantage point, choose somewhere to investigate and glide toward it. Shrine trials offer puzzles and rewards, while encounters with monsters allow you to consider terrain and tools as well as direct attacks. Preparation matters alongside exploration. Weapons wear out, so replacements become part of managing your equipment; prepared dishes heal Link or boost his attributes. Rain can make a climbing route slippery and extinguish fire, changing how you approach the surroundings. You can follow your own route through these activities, with the Adventure Log keeping track of quests as you explore.
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Collected in series
The Legend of Zelda is Nintendo’s action-adventure series, which began in 1986. Link’s journeys often bring him together with Princess Zelda and into conflict with Ganon in the land of Hyrule. Exploration, puzzles and combat lie at its heart, with a curious detour often leading to a new discovery.
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Suited to curious explorers who enjoy adapting plans to their surroundings.
Climbing and gliding can turn a visible destination into a route you work out yourself. Weather, wearing weapons and terrain-based combat can then make preparation and improvisation as relevant as reaching that destination.
Strengths
- Climbing and gliding can give exploration a practical question: how will you reach the place you noticed?
- Terrain and tools offer reasons to reconsider a fight rather than rely on direct attacks alone.
Weaknesses
- Weapon wear may frustrate players who prefer keeping one favorite weapon in continuous use.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy choosing routes, solving puzzles and adjusting equipment or tactics when circumstances change.
Play notes: Rain makes cliffs slippery and can put out fire, so an intended route or setup may need changing.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Choosing destinations and stopping for shrine puzzles can suit a player who enjoys alternating self-directed travel with discrete challenges. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Movement and terrain-based combat can reward players who treat the surroundings as part of a solution, rather than only a backdrop. | Reviewed | 9.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Rain changing both climbing and fire can make the landscape feel consequential to someone interested in an environment that affects decisions. | Reviewed | 9.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Quest tracking in the Adventure Log can help maintain ongoing objectives while the player follows a personally chosen route. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- 2017
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genreAction
- Tags
- Equipment-driven ProgressionThird PersonOpen WorldCollection-richExplorationReal-time Combat
- Supported game languages
- JapaneseTraditional ChineseRussianFrenchKoreanItalianEuropean SpanishSpanishDutchSimplified ChineseGermanEnglish
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: E10+
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2017
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideJun 5, 2025
- Wii UWorldwide2017
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com