The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EPD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Hidemaro Fujibayashi |
| Producer(s) | Eiji Aonuma |
| Programmer(s) | Takuhiro Dohta Kenji Matsutani Hiroshi Umemiya |
| Artist(s) | Satoru Takizawa |
| Writer(s) | Akihito Toda |
| Composer(s) | Manaka Kataoka Yasuaki Iwata |
| Series | The Legend of Zelda |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch, Wii U |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Metacritic | 98/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 10/10 |
| Edge | 10/10 |
| EGM | 9.5/10 |
| Famitsu | 40/40 |
| Game Informer | 10/10 |
| Game Revolution |  |
| GameSpot | 10/10 |
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| Giant Bomb | |
| IGN | 10/10 |
| Nintendo Life |  |
| Nintendo World Report | 9.5/10 |
| Polygon | 10/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | 9/10 |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch and Wii U video game consoles. It is the 19th main installment in the The Legend of Zelda series. The story is set in Hyrule and follows amnesiac protagonist Link, who awakens from a 100-year slumber to a mysterious voice that guides him to defeat Calamity Ganon.
The title's gameplay and mechanics constitute a departure from the series' conventions, featuring an open-world environment, a detailed physics engine, high-definition visuals, voice acting, and the ability to play through the game's dungeons in any order. Announced in 2013, the game was initially planned for release as a Wii U exclusive in 2015, but was delayed twice prior to its release on 3 March 2017. Breath of the Wild was a launch title for the Switch and was the final Nintendo-produced game for the Wii U.
Upon release, Breath of the Wild received widespread critical acclaim, with critics particularly praising the game's physics-driven open world and gameplay that encourages player experimentation. The title is one of the highest-rated games of all time on review aggregator Metacritic, and has been deemed by several critics as one of the greatest games ever made.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild departs from most games in the The Legend of Zelda series, as it features an open-world environment twelve times larger than the overworld in Twilight Princess, with less emphasis on defined entrances and exits to areas. Similar to the original The Legend of Zelda, the player is placed into the game's world with very little instruction, and is allowed to explore freely at their own pace.
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