The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT| A Link from the Past

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There are a few that you missed

Make the trees match
"Ball in a cup" challenges
Make the patterns match
Follow the disappearing flower
Touch the flowers in order
Races
Make offerings to statues
Throw stones across the water into rock circles
Some of those I covered in a roundabout way but I completely missed a couple.

Are there multiple ball in cup challenges? I completely missed races 0.o
 
Both are pretty easy honestly. I'd have to coin flip to see which is the easiest.

Boss spoiler:
Fireblight Ganon is an asshole though.

I fought that boss on
hyrule castle
. 2 bomb arrows to the face and it got stunned. It was surprisingly easy.
 
Does anyone know if you can use the BoTW Amiibo while they're still in the box? I know Nintendo previously put some stuff in there that blocks out the NFC signal, didn't know if they changed their stance.

I got a Guardian amiibo and it had a little metallic foil piece right under the base, so I'm assuming that would block the signal.
 
I got a Guardian amiibo and it had a little metallic foil piece right under the base, so I'm assuming that would block the signal.

Ah... yeah that's what they've been doing for all the other Amiibo as well. I guess that gives me my answer. Oh well. I'd rather keep mine boxed than take them out to use in that scenario. Thanks for confirmation!
 
Does anyone know if you can use the BoTW Amiibo while they're still in the box? I know Nintendo previously put some stuff in there that blocks out the NFC signal, didn't know if they changed their stance.

You can't, still same little card that blocks the NFC functionality.
 
Having never played a Zelda game before, I was a bit skeptical when I first started. I didn't know characters, didn't know the story. Hell I didn't even know what Ganon is!!

So I was trucking along this river, thinking about whether I like this game or not and I see a tiny lake with a camp filled with monsters on the other side. I see this barrel of TNT on my side and think "man I'm gonna use that stop-time power and launch it over the lake into the camp". As I was doing this I just thought it was going to fail and I'll chuckle and that'll be that.

Well... I could not believe my eyes, the barrel flew and landed in the camp. It blew up which in turn blew up every other barrel which killed the entire camp. I wanted to capture the moment but the Switch's share button doesn't record.

I turn around and walk, telling myself man that was awesome!!! A guy comes up to me, tells me something and then wants to take my life. He kills me almost instantly.

10/10
 
I don't have the treasure icon on the Shee Vaneer Shrine, what am I missing ? Tried looking for a video of those place but it's only the puzzle solution which I found out by myself.

Edit: Never mind I figured it out :)
 
a problem this game has is that it rains too damn often,...and when you are climbing something huge you might get stuck on an edge for a lot of time waiting for the rain to stop and restart climbing..also weather forecast doesn't always work appropriately,so you can't even base your climbing decisions on that
 
Oh man if you follow one of the children in Kakariko Village
when it rains, she stops near a big tree and cries. When you talk to her she says she can cry when it rains and her late mother won't see the tears. I felt it raining in my room too.

This game is amazing.

That part was so damn touching. Made me feel really bad for her.
 
I got the full barbarian set. (Attack up)
Those labyrinths were maddening at times. Wasn't till after I completed them that I realized you could climb over the walls.

Now I need to hunt Lynels to get the upgrade mats... :-(
Any good place to find these things that don't have lightning arrows?
 
Oh, one thing I've been wondering about - it was mentioned that certain sets of clothes have "set bonuses" but I can't tell how to determine that. I have the full Hylian Soldier set and the stealth stuff and I assume they just don't have anything, but if they did, where would it show up?
 
I'm lying here about to go to bed and the solution to a Korok puzzle just dawned on me.

In Faron area
there was a river with three small platforms, one with a metal ball on it, and then two metal balls connected by a chain. Moving one ball would make the other fall off, I didn't give it too much thought and went on my way.

I now realise that after putting one on a platform, you could hit it with stasis and quickly put the other one up. Seems so obvious now.

Gotta remember this for the morning.
 
I love that the (early game location name spoiler)
Hateno Village
theme has an homage to the "Inside a House" theme from OoT. Great theme in its own right too.
 
My brother came over last night, and we stayed up playing until almost three in the morning. We mostly hunted down shrines and m
emories
, but we also teed up our first proper dungeon. Gonna be a rough day at work.

Does anyone else get kind of a Mario Galaxy vibe from the shrines -- highly diverse, "bite-size" Zelda challenges with (e.g.,
pachinko! golf! combat! matching!
)? My brother and I found one last night that stumped us for a good five minutes. Such a rush when I figured it out.

Structurally, BotW reminds me of Wind Waker, with exploration and filling in the map forming the substance of the game. But where Wind Waker's traversal is pretty hands-off and homogeneous (flat ocean, regular features, just point and sail), BotW's is consistently exciting and offers near-limitless ways for the player to get around. Where Wind Waker's ocean is empty, BotW's Hyrule is bursting with wildlife and wandering NPCs, plants and monsters. And where Wind Waker's discoveries yield a narrow class of rewards feeding one or two objectives (most often rupees or maps leading to rupees), BotW's are often surprising and loop back into a much wider range of subsytems and subgoals.

I can't get over how much I love all the NPCs wandering around Hyrule. I mean, the ones in the villages are fantastic too, but there's something about crossing paths with someone in the wilderness that is so charming.
 
Had my first time trying out the game, and the Switch on my TV. Used detached joycons. Not bad at all. Certainly like seeing it on a bigger screen where you can take in the scale of the world even better, and the controls while slightly fiddly aren't bad at all. I had a disappointing few attempts trying to kill
the stone monster thing on the plateau (guarding one of the shrines)
but I didn't find the controls all that bad. The only annoyance is that sprint can't be on the left joycon analogue click. Hard to run around and change camera angle together!

Getting some bad framerate drops in the dense forrest sections for sure. I really hope they can fix this. Don't mind some slow down but it definitely gets pretty bad. Only a relatively minor niggle in what is such a fantastic game but always better if they can improve this performance!

Absolutely loving this game. So easy to lose hours to it. Has a very rewarding gameplay loop of exploration to discover new things and items and the enemies I've encountered so far are nicely dotted around. I don't feel frustrated that I'm just endlessly fighting enemies. Even the ones that pop up randomly have been sparse. I absolutely HATE typical RPG's where you have enemies spawning every 10 steps you take or what feels like that!
 
Korok sharpshooting challenges. Nets you a korok seed.
How do you activate them? I couldn't figure it out... Equip the bow?

Also FUCK those floating lightning guys, oh my god. I'm being punished for getting too far ahead of myself, aren't I? It's one-shot city out here.
 
Oh, one thing I've been wondering about - it was mentioned that certain sets of clothes have "set bonuses" but I can't tell how to determine that. I have the full Hylian Soldier set and the stealth stuff and I assume they just don't have anything, but if they did, where would it show up?

I believe you need to upgrade it twice before set bonuses kick in.
 
Oh, one thing I've been wondering about - it was mentioned that certain sets of clothes have "set bonuses" but I can't tell how to determine that. I have the full Hylian Soldier set and the stealth stuff and I assume they just don't have anything, but if they did, where would it show up?
You need to upgrade them twice to possibly gain a set bonus. I've been asking in this thread whether the Hylian (non-armor) set has any bonuses because it looks cool. Haven't found the Great Fairy to upgrade it a second time yet.
 
Oh, one thing I've been wondering about - it was mentioned that certain sets of clothes have "set bonuses" but I can't tell how to determine that. I have the full Hylian Soldier set and the stealth stuff and I assume they just don't have anything, but if they did, where would it show up?

I think they have to have been upgraded at least twice and when wearing the full set you'll see the bonus on the equipment screen next to Link's model.
For instance the stealth set also grants movement speed up at night.
 
How do you activate them? I couldn't figure it out... Equip the bow?

Also FUCK those floating lightning guys, oh my god. I'm being punished for getting too far ahead of myself, aren't I? It's one-shot city out here.
You need to stand on the tree stump, if I'm thinking of the same thing you are.
 
So after beating the Zora dungeon I get this special Lance weapon as a reward, which the Zora dude at the store says he can fix if it breaks. Does that mean that I should stop using it when I get the warning that it's about to break, or I can let it break entirely and it can still be repaired?
 
I just killed thunderblight ganon (gerudo divine spirit boss).

I like the boss fights in this game but I fucking hate the dungeons. That whole thing made no sense. At least it's over now
 
So after beating the Zora dungeon I get this special Lance weapon as a reward, which the Zora dude at the store says he can fix if it breaks. Does that mean that I should stop using it when I get the warning that it's about to break, or I can let it break entirely and it can still be repaired?
YOu have to break it entirely.

Edit: otherwise he'll yell at you for the spear still being in existance.
 
Got to the top of the mountain above
Zora's Domain
last night. For the 30th time on this page that approach was so good. I banged my head against the monster at the top last night and have no clue how I'm going to beat him after work tonight.
 
They were the one of the first I came across lol. Their quest was my favorite so far.
I am at work rn but last night I went to bed at 3:00 doing the first part of the mission to reach
Zora's Domain.

I was using my Sheikah gear + the cloack and felt like a ninja backstabbing and snipping all those enemies along the road.

So good.
 
How do you activate them? I couldn't figure it out... Equip the bow?

Also FUCK those floating lightning guys, oh my god. I'm being punished for getting too far ahead of myself, aren't I? It's one-shot city out here.
You stand near the pinwheel and the targets spawn. You don't necessarily need to use a bow but some targets may be impossible to hit without arrows.
 
So after beating the Zora dungeon I get this special Lance weapon as a reward, which the Zora dude at the store says he can fix if it breaks. Does that mean that I should stop using it when I get the warning that it's about to break, or I can let it break entirely and it can still be repaired?
Probably the latter. He'll make a new one I guess from a Zora spear.
 
To make things easier to keep an eye out for koroks here is a list on their puzzles.

1. Under a rock/a rock under burnable leaves
2. Dive into a circle
3. Complete the rock circle
4. Find/catch the green sparkle
5. Target or Pinwheel challenges
6. Reach the goal challenges.
7. Various 'hole in one' challenges.
8. Metal structure puzzles.

I miss any?
Burning t
he leaves
why didn't I think of that, I tried using the Korok leaf and it didn't do anything.
 
You need to stand on the tree stump, if I'm thinking of the same thing you are.
I figured that one out, but it was a non-red pinwheel. The glowing red pinwheels seem to have a different mechanic to them that I haven't figured out.

You stand near the pinwheel and the targets spawn. You don't necessarily need to use a bow but some targets may be impossible to hit without arrows.
Hmm... maybe I didn't hang out for long enough, then?
 
Ah, I see, upgrade them again... I'll have to go hunting for another Great Fairy then! Thanks all.

I assume they all have bonuses then, which is good, since I really love the default soldier armor. Looks so good dyed green.
 
This may be the best game I've ever played but the text is bothering me so much. The switch in typography all the time is really awful.
 
Got to the top of the mountain above
Zora's Domain
last night. For the 30th time on this page that approach was so good. I banged my head against the monster at the top last night and have no clue how I'm going to beat him after work tonight.

You only have to stealth around the area to collect the arrows.
 
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