The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: Difference between revisions

As usual, [[Once Per Episode| Link wakes up at the beginning of the game]]. This time however, he seems to wake up in a kind of hibernation chamber. And when he goes outside of the cave where the chamber was, he discovers something bad happened to Hyrule. Apparently, 100 years ago, an entity known as Calamity Ganon devastated the kingdom of Hyrule. It has been contained inside Hyrule Castle, but the time for his escape approaches. Guided by a disembodied voice, Link decides to go towards the castle.

 

 

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* [[Bears are Bad News]]: Bears are among the rarest wild animals, and for good reason. They're insanely strong, have tons of health, and can ruin Link's day in a hurry should you be unfortunate enough to run into one in the earlygame.

* [[Beat Still My Heart]]: Monster Guts of all kinds will throb and pulsate long after the death of their owners.

* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]: It's easy to see Magda (the Crazy Flower Lady) as comic relief, but don't forget, making her angry costs Link three hearts from his Life Meter, something that he might not be able to spare. The Yiga Clan are also dangerous assassins who are not to be underestimated despite their silly quirks. Just ask {{spoiler|Dorian and his late wife}}.

* [[Big Bad]]: Ganon as usual, but this time as Calamity Ganon, a creature described as "Hatred and Malice incarnate" that threatens to overwhelm the world unless Link stops it in time.

* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: While the Yiga Clan are genuinely dangerous, it's hard to take them even the slightest bit seriously {{spoiler|thanks to how much of a clown Kohga is}}. {{spoiler|The man accidentally kills himself with his own attack, for goodness sake!}}

** Hyrule Castle is a daunting multi-floor dungeon infested with Guardians and high-level monsters. But if you have any Zora armor on hand, you can zip up the conveniently-placed waterfalls outside and defang a good 95% of the level's challenge right then and there. Revali's Gale has a similar effect, but the Guardian Turrets have a better chance of sniping you that way.

** Infiltrating the Yiga Clan hideout is stressful as hell because it's a forced stealth sequence in a game that doesn't revolve around stealth, and getting caught will cause Yiga Blademasters who will kill you in one hit to come after you in full force. But if you hoard a few [[One-Hit Kill|Ancient Arrows]], you can go on a Blademaster killing spree and turn [[That One Level]] into a walk in the park.

** If you know how to create a shock trap (drop an electric weapon mid-swing, drop metal weapons onto it to create an electric current), you can stunlock an imposing Guardian Scout IV to death by tricking it into getting too close. It takes a while to die, but it can't do ''anything'' to you.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Ganon does not even remotely resemble a human in this game, and has long been stuck in the form of a vaguely boar-shaped cloud of Malice called Calamity Ganon. {{spoiler|When you fight him, his physical form is that of a grotesque, multi-limbed creature that straddles the line between "zombified corpse that vaguely looks like Ganondorf" and "mechanical insectoid monstrosity", while his second is a [[Kaiju]]-sized boar made of Malice and concentrated hatred for life itself. No matter the form though, just ''existing'' creates dangerous Malice, a type of miasma that corrupts anything it touches, including machinery such as the Guardians.}}

** The spirit dragons are Eastern dragons that follow the usual stereotypes: they're divine in nature, serpentine, fly gracefully through the skies, and can bestow incredible gifts upon mortal kind. However, their moose-like faces are ''seriously'' weird, and being in close vicinity of them is extremely dangerous because of the elemental energy leaking from their bodies. And just in case that wasn't weird and otherworldly enough, after flying around for long enough, they'll disappear into a portal in the sky that opens out of nowhere and quickly closes after them.

* [[Elite Mook]]: Moblins are bigger, stronger, and sturdier than their weaker Bokoblin brethren, and Lynels are ''far'' stronger than even them to the point of being extremely dangerous [[Boss in Mook Clothing|Bosses in Mook Clothing]]. Yiga Swordsmen are also a hell of a lot tougher than the rank-and-file assassins, especially the ones encountered when you infiltrate their hideout since they can instantly kill Link while bypassing any safeguards he has. And yes, that includes the fairies ''and'' Mipha's Grace.

* [[Everything's Worse with Wolves]]: Instead of using the Wolfos from past Zelda games, ''Breath of the Wild'' has normal wolves that will stalk Link and attack in packs. Luckily they're weak and cowardly: drop one with a well-placed arrow or bomb, and the rest will hightail it out of there.

* [[Evil Redhead]]: {{spoiler|Calamity Ganon's first form is sporting Ganondorf's red hair, but growing wildly to emphasize his feral state of mind.}} Red-Maned Lynels also invoke this with their... well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|red lion manes.]]

* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: When Moblins are found with Bokoblins, the former will sometimes ''throw'' the latter at Link!

** Most weapons won't work on Pebblits, but Link can pick one up and throw it at other Pebblits.

* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: Link can be standing right in front of the guards blocking the entrance to Gerudo Town and change into his Gerudo Vai outfit, and they'll still mistake him for a woman and let him in. This doesn't change even if you've just been thrown out of town for changing out of it. Not to mention that no matter how many times they catch him and throw him out, they let him go with a warning. You'd think they'd have some way to deal with repeat offenders.

** The Yiga Blademasters patrolling the Yiga Clan hideout will immediately abandon their post and happily skip towards any Mighty Bananas you drop as bait, allowing you to either sneak up on and kill them, or slip by undetected.

* [[Mecha-Mooks]]: Most Guardians have been corrupted and serve as Calamity Ganon's main source of muscle, with swarms of them guarding Hyrule Castle as well as patrolling large swathes of Hyrule Field. The only Guardians exempt are the miniature ones you fight in Shrines, which are aggressive but only because they serve as part of the trials the monks have set up.

* [[Mechanical Abomination]]: Calamity Ganon is more of an [[Eldritch Abomination]], but he has an unsettling technological aspect to him as well. His mass-infection and corruption of all the Guardians makes him come off as living malware, and {{spoiler|the physical body he's built for his first phase looks like a rotting corpse made haphazardly out of decrepit old machine parts.}} The Blight Ganons are also malevolent masses of Malice energy and Guardian technology.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: [[Lightning Bruiser|Lynels and Guardians aside]], a general rule to follow is that the slower a monster moves, the harder it'll hit. And when you're fresh off the Plateau, getting hit by a Hinox or Talus in particular is pretty much instant death.

* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]: Impa is the size of a small child, as is Robbie. Pura is also over a hundred years old, but her small size comes from accidentally de-aging herself into a child.

** You also have to talk to Impa first if you want to interact with Purah and Robbie, which keeps you from using the camera, looking for Link's memories, upgrading your Shiekah Slate's runes, or Robbie's Guardian-related equipment until then.

** There's no cheesing the Yiga Clan Hideout by flying in through the back way: Kohga won't appear unless you go through the front door and work your way down as intended.

* [[Reality Ensues]]: While it's still a medieval fantasy game, ''Breath of the Wild'' goes for a more realistic approach with how it handles physics compared to other Zelda games.

** Link isn't immune to [[Exposed to the Elements]]; his health will drain and he can even die of cold if you don't keep a heat source (like a flame) near him, or make him wear adequate clothes for cold. And if you don't have a way to cool him down in sweltering environments, he'll die from the heat. His wooden gear will even burst into the flames the deeper you go into the volcanic Death Mountain.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: The Entity inside the Horned Statue is a demon that makes deals with people. You could argue people were only foolish to make deals with him... until the point where he takes one of Link's heart containers to force him into a bargain.

* [[Sealed Good in a Can]]: Zelda, seeing as she's sealed ''herself'' in order to keep Ganon sealed.

* [[Shifting Sand Land]]: Gerudo Desert, as usual. In a twist of fate, it's surprisingly realistic in the sense that while it's unbearable hot during the day, it's also incredibly cold at night.

* [[Shock and Awe]]: In a nutshell, being electrocuted in this game sucks. Not only do you get stunned, but you'll drop the weapon you're holding. Thankfully, you can use this against the monsters you fight.