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Collin posted this in the Treehouse thread:

They just confirmed in an interview that the game will have no towns. They clarified that it's a Hyrule in ruins and they took direct inspiration from the world of the NES LOZ. They did confirm that there will be a handful of stray NPCs throughout the world but no towns or villages in the traditional sense. Also, they claimed that link will not have any kind of partner and will be exploring alone for the entire game.

Apparently there are no towns in Breath Of The Wild.. not a fan

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/742796443539406849

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is making big changes to the classic Zelda formula. During today’s Treehouse stream, it was explained how this new game is mixing things up in two areas.

First, Breath of the Wild will not have any towns. The title features Hyrule in ruins, and inspiration was taken from the very first entry in the series. However, there will be stray NPCs to be encountered – there just won’t be towns or villages in the traditional sense.

It was also stated that Link will not have a partner character in Breath of the Wild – think Midna, Navi, etc.

http://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-no-towns-or-traditional-partner-character/

If this is true, well its a bummer for me. Towns in Zelda games always feel vibrant and down right fun.

What are your thoughts on an open world Zelda game without towns and villages?

 

[RPGamer92]

HD towns are hard.

 

[Erekiddo]

Preorder cancelled.

Spoiler

not really, but, I'm a little bummed

 

[narutomaki04]

well this is really disappointing news

 

[backflip10019]

Weird. They'll be missed.

 

[Astral Dog]

Nintendo in HD

 

[jonjonaug]

What are your thoughts on an open world Zelda game without towns and villages?

Sounds good. Nintendo hasn't tried pulling that off since Zelda 1, so it should be interesting to see.

 

[Neiteio]

*mixed feelings intensify*

 

[BY2K]

I'm okay with this.

 

[Xord]

That's so laaaaaaaame.

 

[bizzarewars]

Well it is Breath of the Wild.

 

[brandonh83]

Okay, if it works for the story/setting. That's what matters.

 

[randomengine]

I am ok with this. The towns in Zelda are always the least interesting and more stressful areas of the game for me.

 

[LegalEagleMike]

bit of a downer.

 

[Infinite]

Collin posted this in the Treehouse thread:



If this is true, well its a bummer for me. Towns in Zelda games always feel vibrant and down right fun.

What are your thoughts on an open world Zelda game without towns and villages?

maybe there'll be settlements of people but not 'towns' in the strictest of definitions?

 

[GregLombardi]

Woe is...good decisions?

 

[Stumpokapow]

HD towns are hard.

This generation Nintendo is learning a lot of the lessons other publishers were forced to learn last generation~!

 

[Oidisco]

Honestly I kinda like this

 

[PackAPunchedMick]

So it's just a field?

 

[Frimaire]

Damn, I kinda liked the towns...
Ah well, it'll probably still be good

 

[mrmickfran]

Final Zelda XIII

 

[Future PhaZe]

ehh

 

[Kusagari]

My feeling that they're going to botch the open world grows stronger.

 

[Makonero]

*hums Windfall Island theme*

 

[GulAtiCa]

If Hyrule is in ruins, this might make more sense. Curious how this will play out

 

[ultrazilla]

NX upgrade towns included confirmed

 

[Dead Prince]

there's going to be thousands of chickens right?

 

[loaf of bread]

Ugh. Sounds more and more like Skyward Sword 2.0

Having one lame settlement was like the worst thing about that game and this doesn't even have one apparently.

 

[Mellahan]

If it's within the context of the story, that's perfectly fine. No biggie.

 

[LiK]

So it's just a field?

and caves

 

[Anth0ny]

holy shit it really is taking inspiration from Zelda 1

this sounds exciting to me. hoping there's still a lot of memorable NPCs, though.

 

[FreedomFighter]

Zelda 1 NES had no towns. Should I make a thread?

 

[Xemnas89]

So in many ways this game is like a modern take on the original game. I'm actually excited about that.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Sounds like it should be an interesting mixup from previous Zelda titles.

 

[Social]

That's not bad news, the towns were never the greatest thing in a Zelda game. A lot of back and forth chores

 

[Effect]

I still think that might be different as we get further into the game and the story progresses.

 

[Feel the Swift]

Damn this is really isolated Link. Hope the wording handful is just playing it down, I'd like to see Link come across some interesting characters throughout the story.

 

[DigitalScrap]

Hmm... not sure I like the sound of that, but I'll try to keep an open mind.

 

[pablito]

Very disappointing.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

They sure know how to deflate hype.

Man, I really wanted to buy this game too :/

 

[Choppasmith]

Collin posted this in the Treehouse thread:



If this is true, well its a bummer for me. Towns in Zelda games always feel vibrant and down right fun.

What are your thoughts on an open world Zelda game without towns and villages?

Disappointing, but it makes sense basing it off the first Zelda game and considering the "ruin" of Hyrule. I doubt it's some kind of technological limitation or anything like that.

EDIT:

I'd like to see Link come across some interesting characters throughout the story.

Yeah this is my main concern too :/

 

[Alex_Mexico]

HD towns are hard.

Beaten!

Nintendo in HD for you.

 

[Astral Dog]

wow, Link without any partner? that is very good news.for hardcore gamers.

why not put it on the thread title too?

 

[Crayolan]

You posted a thread citing a random junior with no source?

Unless Collin is a known insider?

 

[Oddduck]

Hm, I'm not sure how to feel about this.

But it makes sense with the overall theme of the game. (exploring the wild)

 

[Huge Succeeded]

I hate it when threads introduce factoids like this without context. Just invites the shitposts.

Personally, I'm okay with it, given the emphasis on exploration and the survivalist sort of feel the game is shooting for.

 

[Combat Wombat]

Is there a link to this interview?

 

[Ninjimbo]

Hmm..,the first bad thing I hear about this game.

 

[muteki]

well crap.

 

[Zakard]

Fine by me.