

What it means: Breath of the Wild has an economy. They aren’t hiding in the grass, and they don’t burst out of moblins when you defeat them.

In Breath of the Wild: I played through multiple challenge dungeons and at least five hours before I saw my first rupee. You get so many you would have to purchase wallet upgrades to hold more. You get rupees for exploring the world, for killing enemies, and for smashing pots. In other Zeldas: Rupees are everywhere in other Zelda games. It seems like Nintendo has realized that everyone feels just as strong a connection to Link despite whether they choose his name. And that means your character is called Link so that Nintendo doesn’t have to work around a custom character name. Nintendo is still primarily relying on text to present dialogue, but several moments have full voice performances. You can set up your Nintendo Switch profile name to be whatever you want, but you won’t input your own name for the character in Breath of the Wild. In other Zeldas: In The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System, you can name your character whatever you want. It is part of taking ownership and building a connection with Link. On top of that, Nintendo is doing some interesting things with how you upgrade and spec Link, and a finite number of heart pieces lying in specific spots around the world would kinda take away from being able to grow Link however you want.

Your inventory will burst at the seams with food and monster parts. You are always picking up new weapons and shields. What it means: Breath of the Wild has a ton of collectibles.

Instead, you’ll find opportunities to upgrade either your heart containers or your stamina at certain times throughout the game. In Breath of the Wild: Heart pieces are gone in Breath of the Wild. This is on top of full heart containers that you get for completing major dungeons. These are quarter hearts that give you another life container once you collect four pieces. In other Zeldas: One of the most reliable collectible items in most previous Zelda games is the pieces of a heart container.
