also known as Legend of Zelda, The - Breath of the Wild
Wii U
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Reviewed in 2017
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✪ Reviewed on April 6, 2026
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Absolute masterpiece that redefined open-world action-adventure. Total freedom, organic exploration, reactive physics and chemistry. WiiU execution is slightly inferior to Switch but the experience remains transcendent.
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Action Adventure1 player12+
Description
Link awakens on the vast plains of Hyrule and must recover his memories to confront Ganon threatening the kingdom. Published by Nintendo, released in 2017 in the United States, Europe, and Japan. The last Wii U Zelda title, featuring a revolutionary open world, interactive engine physics, climbable surfaces, cooking and survival mechanics, and total freedom of exploration.
Zelda no Densetsu - Breath of the Wild review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
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Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Hyrule unfurls like a living watercolour, from grasses bending in the wind to bluish distances drowned in light. The restraint of the linework lets the vastness breathe and guides the eye toward the horizon to explore. This stylised naturalism, gentle and grandiose, redefined the beauty of the open world.
Daring, the music trades the heroic fanfares for a minimalist piano and scattered pads that embrace the solitary immensity of Hyrule. This contemplative restraint lets the world breathe, surfacing only in delicate touches. This sonic stance, running counter to the series, wonderfully elevates the feeling of free adventure.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Climbing any cliff, gliding, lighting a fire or freezing an enemy: the freedom of action rests on coherent physics systems that respond to your every idea. This experimental logic, where each problem allows a thousand solutions, stays strikingly modern. Controller in hand, exploring Hyrule still delivers a sense of discovery rarely matched.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Climbing any surface, gliding over a vast kingdom and inventing your own solutions to every puzzle: total freedom is the engine of fun here. Every hill crossed reveals a discovery, and the simple urge to see what lies beyond is enough to grab you for dozens of hours. Dizzying, organic and inexhaustible, a revolution in open-world adventure.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Spotting a peak on the horizon, climbing it then stumbling on a shrine or an unexpected puzzle weaves an exploration loop where every detour rewards curiosity. Cooking, upgrading your gear and aiming for the next hideout always keeps a goal within reach. The weapon fragility can frustrate, but this heady freedom grips you for hours without ever wearing thin.
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Reinventing the open world here means filling every nook of Hyrule with something to climb, scour or solve. A hundred and twenty shrines, trial puzzles, Korok seeds scattered everywhere, cooking, weather and emergent wildlife turn mere travel into perpetual exploration. The freedom to face Ganon whenever you wish, paired with endless curiosity, makes it a landmark whose length never drags.
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, the Wii U version of the open-world masterpiece, the console's final major game and the only physical alternative to the cut that accompanied the next machine's launch. Rarer than the latter, its desirability rests on this status as the console's swan song and the curiosity of an overshadowed edition rather than extreme supply difficulty. A symbolic piece for a Wii U set.
A cult cover
Seen from behind on a promontory, Link contemplates the immensity of a Hyrule stretching out of sight, tiny against the landscape: the cover sums up in a single glance the freedom and vertigo of the open world. The soft, almost watercolor tones and the open horizon convey the game's exploration and contemplative silence. Pared-down and masterful, it invites the journey before a single word.
Is Zelda no Densetsu - Breath of the Wild still worth playing in 2026?
An absolute masterpiece by Nintendo EPD, The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild offers a revolutionary open world adventure where Link explores a post apocalyptic Hyrule with absolute freedom. The sublime cel shading art direction, organic chemical physics system and poignant scenario make it the absolute peak of the Wii U catalogue and one of the greatest works of video gaming. For anyone owning a Wii U, an absolutely essential recommendation today still without the slightest hesitation truly indeed here.
