The Making of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Bonus Session

this is why i freaking love Nintendo, they're always about fun, rather than having the most graphically powerful console.

Pixelating the dubious food was such a brilliant idea. The implication that you made something so disgusting it needed to be censored is hilarious.

I know Nintendo won't see this but thanks for everything

I just have no idea how they're going to top this game honestly

Nintendo knows what video games are all about. I really like how one of the developers said that they prioritized features over everything else. That's something a lot of developers could learn from.

Thanks for making the best game ever

Thank you all for this paragon of a game

Life after Zelda : Breath of the Wild
-Play Zelda
-Take a break
-Watch BotW videos during that break
-Boot up the game again
-Take a break
-Watch ...

43 years old, many decades playing games and again, having this long lost feeling of discovering a new magical world, like first time i played a video game.
Thx Nintendo

I love hearing the tower music when you start to climb a tower

none of them mentioned our beloved shark husbando as their favorite characters

I honestly spent almost two years just watching videos of the game, yearning to play it with all my heart.
Now, I finally could afford to buy a Switch and Zelda and it's the best game I've ever played without a doubt. Even though I've seen tons of let's plays I still find so many cool things I had never seen before...

Who's still playing this masterpiece? I am!

Amazing game made by amazing people

i can't wait to see the "Available Now" text for BOTW 2.

I love that Aonuma's last point is to try playing with friends and family

Dogs are domesticated wolves. Also, Kass is best character.

One of the best games ever made .... period ...

Twilight Princess was my favorite Zelda.
Breath of the Wild is now my favorite game of all time, do yourself a favor and pick this game up.

A lot of wind waker fans think rock salt is evidence of their favorite timeline. A dev just said he wanted in the game because he likes salt-grilled fish.

underrated game, should be 10000/10

I'm admittedly not a big Zelda fan and still haven't picked this game up yet but I have to give these guys props for creating a game that looks so fun and endlessly exciting

Zelda is the Goron, right?

5 awesome peeps in one table lol

around 30 hours in and this games always calling me back, really loving this one for sure.

All of the creators' intentions were freakin on point. Enjoyed all the small details in the sounds and am absolutely obsessed with the music. Loved that there was no correct way to navigate the game and we could try anything and it still works. Enjoyed soaking in the beautiful, amazing visuals, especially when playing during covid when we couldn't actually go anywhere. Loved exploring all the strange things along the journey, and enjoyed all the surprises hidden throughout the game. And lastly, I enjoyed the entire game by "watching" my friend play, yet, I was every part as involved, just short of holding the controller. Breath of the Wild is so so so amazing, can't wait for Part 2.

None of you are first...
We all arrived at the same time

I simply adore these insights!

Greatest gaming devs right there. You just feel the passion in whatever they say and see the result in the end. GGOAT. Almost 100 hrs in, 400 something seeds found, 62 shrines completed only 1 divine beast beaten, just found the mastersword yesterday and went to Gerudo town, so much stuff to do there and fun quests to complete like the GSC quest/rewards. The fight agains Vah'ruta ( the elephant beast) before climbing in was so tense and great I swear I havent had this much fun playing a game in a LONG time and thats coming from someone whos been gaming for 29 years now. Nintendo just knows how to make fun,timeless games.

*Hidemaro:* "I like Urbosa best."
*Everyone else in the room:*

Game is an absolute masterpiece and I have really enjoyed these behind the scenes videos. Nice to see Nintendo being a bit more open and allowing their developers to talk a little bit more about their craft and design philosophy. I really hope that the freedom and willingness to go against convention filters through to other first party titles. If this game is a sign of what's to come in the future from Nintendo, it's gonna be a great time for gamers!

This "The Making of" series was amazing! Thanks for the insight!

This game may have some framerate issues, and minor voice acting problems, but those are both so small when taking into account all the greatness of this game. When people say Skyrim is open world, The Witcher 3 was open world, or even FF15 was open world, no, those all fail when compared to this game. That's one of the great things about this game, you can go anywhere you want. Just be prepared to die a lot. I also love the character progression of this game. You start out so weak and vulnerable, then later on down the line, you're taking out enemies you once ran away from. It feels so good to finally overpower those you once feared. There's a lot more to like about this game, but I'll leave it here.

This is the only commet section I feel happy in, all the other ones are diseased with switch haters and sony and xbox fanboys

*Hajime:* "...I don't think a lot of other people will like Revali much."
*My bird-crazy little sister:* WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY

Thank you so much for this game. 110+ hours in and I'm still amazed. Probably my favorite game of all time now. It's beautiful no matter how you look at it and I didn't want it to end!
Thank you for this experience! It was worth the wait.

Still obsessed with this game. It’s a masterpiece.

Masterpiece of a game :)

you all make me cry with the amount of care you put into this game. i wish i had the same passion for one thing and had a bunch of friends all gathered around that share that dream.

I LOVE THIS GAME! :)

Thank you Nintendo for this great game! It must be good, even my wife enjoys playing it.

As a creator, I laughed out loud when they were asked how they relax. "What does that mean??" 😂

Even after the 120 shrines and all of the side quests, I still find myself running around and exploring just for the enjoyment of it. You've truly created a master piece, thank you.

I get emotional just hearing these guys talk about this game. It's so clear how much passion went into this game and I think I speak for a vast majority of BotW players when I say that we appreciate every ounce of passion you put into it. It's beyond words sometimes because I'm caught up in so much emotion playing through it, even the second time through.

Im here a day after they announced the sequel at E3 2019 and i just hav to say they knocked it out of thr park with the first game. Its great to see people who actually care about their work and their fans first and money comes afterwards. Im stoked for thr next one bc ik its going to be on that same par

after getting extreme pressure from my friend to purchase the game (it was his first zelda and he absolutely got punched by it), i thought considering buying that strange game that people were talking about. I was only 12 years old back then, so i couldn't watch any videos or resumes at the time about it, so i had absolutely no knowledge of zelda whatsoever.
When the pandemic broke out, our nintendo switch, which we (my younger brother and sister) had in christmas of 2019, got plenty of games to make confinement less boring. So we got luigi's mansion, mario odyssey, mario kart, smash bros and... zelda.
For a kid whose biggest knowledge was mario kart on the Wii (our only other console), zelda was absolutely fascinating and my brother and sister even quitted everything they did when i lit up the switch for breath of the wild. As far as we knew, our knowledge was so limited that we thought that zelda was link's name, that funny green guy that we saw sometimes in the windows of some shops... and that was it. It was so impressive and huge that we even stopped playing the game for a while, almost scared of its sheer power to process everything that we learnt so far.
Playing that game absolutely changed me, and i started collectionning nintendo old consoles and games, with objective to play every single zelda games on their original consoles. I must have now at least 500 hours put into the game and i collected all the koroks, and played the game in master mode. Zelda was like a wildfire and my family now loves zelda music, story and characters thanks to this single game. I played many other games after that, but none captured that feeling of raw wonder i had, and i often find myself replaying zelda instead of, say, a brand-new game i just bought. This is the best game i ever played, and its absolutely impossible that another games dethrones it in my heart.
Thank you all the dev team, you god-sent incredible geniuses for providing some of the best memories i've ever had... and making me know that the main protagonist's name is actually link!
Wow, i wrote much longer than i thought... congrats on making it to the end! (also, sorry for bad english, i am not a native english speaker)

Oh yes! I like THAT ONE TOWER as well!

Thank you fro creating such amazing experience! Mount Hylia song the best for me.

Why am I watching a video with people talking about their favourite food in a videogame

I played it for basically 3 weeks straight (whenever I had time) and beat it but there was still so much stuff I didn't do! So this game has a lot of replay ability and it is definitely one of the best games of all time!!!! (At least to me)

A bunch of friends sitting around, shooting the breeze about what they're passionate about. This is one of the most sincere, human games I've ever played, and now I know why

theres two games that i will carry with me forever, its red dead redemption and Zelda breath of the wild.

Is reallly nice to hear the designers of the game talking about all this things, thanks for this. Greetings.😁

Game of the year

Thank you for this bonus interview! I really admire the design philosophies behind this game, especially the bit about choosing functionality over graphics whenever they had to.

05:10 These guys deserve medals, raise, luxurious boats and standing ovations

I *love* these Behind-the-scenes videos!
*Please, Nintendo:* Make more of those, also for other game series! :)

The guy sitting by Aonuma has such an interesting face. When he smiles and closes his eyes, he looks just like the Happy Mask Salesman.
But when he has a straight face he looks like Japanese Trump.

This game is just so wonderful, hearing them talk about it and the little details and what took priority is so fun. Thank you Nintendo, for putting so much care into this game

I started playing this game this month and since I'm not much of a gamer, Its been really fun to find my own way to play this game! I'm constantly impressed with the possibilities and there is so much to do! I also am constantly catching myself just admiring the environments or observing the animals around me. Thanks for making this amazing game, I've never enjoyed playing something this much. I truly believe this game can be played and enjoyed by anyone wether you're a gamer or not

My favorite character is Yunobu. The guy that did the voice for him deserves some cred. Idk why I like him. He's just cool.
Oh and then there's Zelda... Never mind

love this game so much! Beat it a couple days ago :)

I 100% agree with the idea of playing this game with friends and family. With one of my friends, we took that to another level, since we're playing together, each one having a joycon in hands. At first, it's kinda hard, but with communication, you can manage to play as if there was only one person holding both joycons. It's a really fun, interesting and original way to play. If you have the occasion to do it, try it !
You can also try to incorporate personal challenges while playing the game, for example don't fish or hunt and only cook with vegetables and mushrooms. That makes the game more challenging and totally changes the experience.

I smiled throughout the whole video. These guys are just awesome, you can see their passion and just how much fun they have developing games. They are really funny too, was just great to watch such a relaxed and funny conversation.

Revali = Best Rival
Daruk = Best big Brother
Urbosa = Best big Sister / Best Mom
Mipha = Best Waifu ftw (call me weaboo)
Zelda = Best Tsundere

thanks again for this legendary game

What aonuma said at the end was soo true,I've had a blast playing this game with my friends,it's so much fun and they tell me to try this and that,to go to this place,to look for shrines or to engage or not engage in battes,it's just fun to play in this world,

These guys all have amazing minds. I honestly can't believe the amount of hard work that went into this game. Thank you.

Keep em coming Nintendo!

Revali is also my favorite character 😂

I love how much these guys genuinely live the series love the game love the console it shows through when someone is or has played and loves something

This Zelda is, by far, the best game I ever played. After doing thru-hikes of the Appalachian and Pacific Crest trail I miss being out in the wild and this feels just like I did on those two thousand mile backpacking trips. Thank you for all your hard work.

Thanks Nintendo for making me happy😃 this Switch made my family time/game night even better and thanks for Legend Of Zelda BTOW its an awesome game and Super Smash Bros and more , I’m 12 years old when I grow up I’ll remember these days in the future and how happy these games made me other then stress and anger, but I did have Anxiety but when I played on the switch it kinda made my stress and dark thoughts go away more likely disappear, idk how but it did🙂 now my family don’t get angry at me because of not coming out of my room😅

I CAN'T HANDLE THE MUSIC OF THE GAME..... IT MAKES ME WANT THIS AND THE SWITCH MORE AND MORE! I can't afford one :(

One of the best games I have played in a long time, Thank you Nintendo for always creating polished games, For always pushing the conventions of play and for always finding a way for everyone to have fun away from the day to day.

I love how I can literally do whatever. I was skeptical of how they would pull this off well and they did. I've been playing since launch and not even 1/4 through the game. I love taking my time and enjoying everything in it.

Bring back Puzzle League / Panel De Pon!

The one thing that worries me is that they won't a game like this one again...

Yes! That "one tower" is my favorite too! Hearing Kass playing as I climbed up made me so excited to talk to him when I finally got to the top!

Thank you for making such a beautiful and awesome game ...Sometimes I will just sit back and just watch one of the dragons fly by...I love them,and the music that plays as they do..yes I do farm dragon parts ...but I love watching them..

AWESOME bonus

why would people dislike revali
I actually like him the most from all champions

This is amazing. So much love and work put into it, they are talking about it like some childhood memory, they really consider this game to be their baby. This is a part of the history, best game ever made, and all of you should be proud - and I can see that you are. This game is truly special and I am enjoying it. Thank you Nintendo for being part of my life from mid 90's. I can proudly say that at some point I had most of your game consoles in my possession. SNES is still with me.

"...no one correct way to play the game..."
3 years later: BOTW CINEMATIC COMBAT MONTAGE
This game is truly beautiful freedom and creativity!

Y yo sigo esperando mi Nintendo Switch que esta agotado con el The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Here’s to the BOTW team as they embark on the sequel!

These guys made such an amazing game. I'm at 190 hours and still loving it.

Thanks you so much, to you wonderfull people in the video, and to all the people who made every part of the game. Thank you, thank you, thank you

This game is very reminiscent of miyazaki's anime films

New favorite game of all time, surpassing Wind Waker for me.

I can agree wholeheartedly with what Aonuma said.
I played through the entire game while at a nephew's house, while he was also playing his own copy of the game. Since we both went to completely different directions, it was really fun talking about all the things we came across and giving each other tips about the areas the other still had to find. Sharing our discoveries really made for a very memorable gaming experience.

Thank you for all the hard work to create this masterpiece! I look forward for future releases. Thank you!

My only complaint for this game is the lack of ruins that were complex or just not very interesting. I mean there's some of course like the temple of time but nothing that I've come across had any real significance

Favorite Character: No love for Sidon?!

well at 5:37 - "... always something to discover whenever you see something suspicious...." I can heartly agree with that.

My favorite video game ever! Watching these interviews are a treat!

#GameOfTheYear

ayy I know what tower he's talking about.

I only started playing BOTW a week or two ago. I'm not even half way done with the main quest line -- only one divine beast defeated and I still have the four westward regions to explore. Maybe 60 shrines completed. Etc. Not terribly far into the whole game. And I still LOVE exploring each region. I still love planning and executing attacks on encampments of enemies. I still love how simply playing the game feels.
You can feel the effort that went into developing this game. The design of the world and the sonic landscape as well lends itself to fruitful and enjoyable exploration. The very fact that you can see something marginally suspicious and the game rewards you for checking it out is worthy of applause.
All of the new mechanics and themes within this Zelda world, as well as the world building congruent with the precious Zelda titles, make for a phenomenal gameplay experience. Thank you for this game, Nintendo. And to the Zelda team specifically: thanks for the hard work and dedication to your vision. I grew up playing and loving videogames. Sometime in the early to mid 2010's I grew disenchanted and fell out of love with the game industry as a whole due to feeling like the industry had fallen so far from the standards they upheld years ago. In a world where most AAA titles feel like they were developed more for the money and less for the fan, Breath of the Wild really feels like a breath of fresh air. Pun not intended but definitely worthwhile.
Sorry not sorry for fanboying. Much love.

thank you so much. Your hard work really paid off. I have been playing since launch and will probably never stop exploring BOTW.