{"id":3811,"date":"2025-06-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:18:58","slug":"the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-nintendo-switch-2-edition-the-goat-gets-an-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-nintendo-switch-2-edition-the-goat-gets-an-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Nintendo Switch 2 Edition \u2013 the GOAT gets an upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – the best just got better (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The most successful Legend Of Zelda<\/a> game of all time is remastered for the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> and gains a significant performance boost.<\/p>\n

Nintendo may be the most inscrutable video games<\/a> company in the world, but you didn\u2019t need any insider information to know that there was going to be a remaster of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild<\/a> for the Switch 2. Not even they would ignore such an obvious idea and so it is that both Breath Of The Wild and its sequel Tears Of The Kingdom<\/a> have been given special Nintendo Switch 2 Editions.<\/p>\n

Considering we spent literally hundreds of hours playing the original versions of both games, there\u2019s no way we, or anyone else, is going to be able to replay the whole thing in a reasonable amount of time, thanks to Nintendo not sending review units ahead of time<\/a>. But the important thing to note about the Switch 2 version of Breath Of The Wild is that it doesn\u2019t contain any new content.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a multitude of technical improvements, and a mobile app with new features, but the actual gameplay, game world, and story are exactly the same as they were back in 2017<\/a>. This means that despite concerns about Mario Kart World<\/a>, the Switch 2 does launch with one of the best video games ever made.<\/p>\n

Breath Of The Wild is an incredible game. Not just in its own right but as an example of perhaps the most thorough and successful reboot of any media property ever. It\u2019s still a Zelda game but the open world gameplay and the lack of traditional dungeons transforms the formula into a freeform adventure that no other game, beyond its own sequel, has come close to emulating.<\/p>\n

It’s an incredible achievement and absolutely deserves to retain the 10\/10 score we originally gave it. And that\u2019s before we start to get into the changes for the Switch 2 Edition. Naturally, the first thing you notice is the graphics, which despite no obvious changes to the textures or 3D models do look noticeably better. The higher resolution helps a lot but you can also see changes to the lighting, in part thanks to HDR support, and draw distance.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d also swear the game was using ray tracing at times, especially the way the light glints off metal shields, but Nintendo has made no mention of that, even though the Switch 2 does support the technology.<\/p>\n

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