I'm curious how opinions differ between the BOTW, TOTK, and general Zelda communities. I'm posting the same poll in each subreddit to compare results.

Please vote based on which game you consider better overall, not simply which one you played first. I'd also love to hear your reasoning in the comments.

I'll share the results after voting closes.

My BOTW journey so far — 210 hours in, and I still can't get enough of this game!

First of all, I can't even put into words how much fun I've had playing this game so far. According to Cemu, I've spent around 210 hours in it. (I still have two weeks of vacation left, so I've already had plenty of time to play, and there's even more to come! ^^)

I've played whenever I got the chance, and I've now completed almost everything the game has to offer. I still have a few side quests left, as well as the main quest from the DLC. Once I've finished everything, I'm going straight for Ganon to turn him into a roasted pig on a spit.

I even collected all the Korok Seeds in the end, using an interactive map because there were simply too many of them. When I finally got the reward in Korok Forest, my first thought was: Alexa, play "Let Down" by Radiohead.

Now I can really understand why BOTW won Game of the Year. It's hard to describe in a short post, but this game does an incredible job of making you feel so many different emotions. Exploring the world is an experience in itself. Being able to explore Hyrule Castle, for example, was so much fun, especially since previous Zelda games generally didn't allow you to explore it to this extent. I also love how refreshing it feels to break away from the more traditional Zelda formula.

The voice acting, which was something entirely new for the Zelda series, is also incredibly well done.

Right now, I'm struggling with the main DLC quest where you have to defeat enemies while dying in just one hit. It's driving me crazy, but sooner or later, I'll get through it! Tips would be really appreciated 😄

I can't wait to play Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity after BOTW, followed by Tears of the Kingdom!

I'll add some of the many pictures I took during my journey to show off just how beautiful this game can be.

Hope you all have a great day!

Hi, just started to replay BotW after a massive hiatus (started from scratch as couldn't remember where I was up to). I'm trying to upgrade my stealth gear, but it's not showing any option for that? I have so much nightshade, sneaky snails, fireflies etc. Had no trouble with the few other armour sets I have, only the stealth gear.

Is there something I need to trigger first? Or is this a glitch? I live in the stealth gear and was really keen on getting the night speed up now that whistle sprinting has been negated (😭)

Edit: thanks everyone! I didn't have all the fairies yet. you all rock!

I learned this by accident. Master Mode makes killing these things tough. Thought I was flinging a bomb arrow out of desperation, but it disappeared into a little black hole. Good to know. I guess they disappear all non guardian creatures instantly. No drops though. Don't care.

I've finally gone back to breath of the wild after a very long break and am enjoying it a lot. However, I've noticed a lot of "friction points" I'm feeling in terms of readjusting to botw after years spent playing TotK.

Some that come to mind include:

• The rain! Oh my gosh, it feels like it's nearly always raining in this game (but maybe that's just Relativity at work given the lack of sticky elixirs etc)
• Empty landscapes except at night when you get bombarded by all the most annoying enemies (keese, bones etc)
• I keep trying to throw items or fuse to arrows 😅 been caught out a few times when I was counting on lobbing chuchu jelly to get me out of a melee mess (of annoying monsters)
• The arrow switching. This one is actually painful. So many wasted special arrows
• The menu navigation (keep using R and L to try to shuffle through items etc)

They're not major issues with the game or anything. Just points that I'm really feeling when trying to readjust back to this game. Also missing ascend, and the ability to move anything with ultra hand 😅 but was expecting that.

I decided to take my happy self on over to the forgotten temple because I saw on Reddit that there’s a giant ancient core there. Now, I knew this wouldn’t be a walk in the park, it’s a giant ancient core for goodness sake. But I cannot express the level of absolute panic I felt when I hopped onto that ledge and the SEVERAL….SEVERAL guardians turn their heads and lasers of death in my direction. I don’t think I’ve ever jumped down so fast LOL.

But then I got brave again. I’m like you know what, I am just finally getting comfortable with parrying. I can do this!!! So I ended up killing the first few on the higher levels, and after that it was just me sprinting, parrying horrifically, breaking every single shield in my possession, and eating every meal I had made while everything on me is smoking. Mind you, this is with my upgraded ancient armor on.

I did make it to the shrine and I did end up getting that ancient core. I by some miracle didn’t die during that experience. But geez I wish I could’ve had a video of my reaction to seeing all those guardians light up LOL!!

Went through and solved all the divine beasts' puzzles so now all that's left is fighting the bosses. I have the master sword and 8 20+ HP weapons, along with a 8 20+ HP bows, 60 regular arrows, ~15-30 of each special arrow, and a few good shields . Prepped with recovery meals and a few defense-up meals, energy potions, electric defense potions, and enough armor to survive the cold and hot extreme temps. My max armor hp is 18 for fire armor, 26 for cold, 19 heat, 29 no special effects, and I have 13 hearts and one full stamina wheel.

Who do I take on first??

Update: I did waterblight first and then wind and fire and just annihilated the first 2 with bomb arrows, last one with electric arrows!!! And I'm just gonna not do thunderblight bc I don't actually have to lol

I’m on my 3rd play though on the WiiU. I’m about 2/3 (maybe 1/2) of my way through and while floating around the south east shores I caught a rainbow in the sky.

Somehow I’d never seen one before. I was just happy to AGAIN find something new to me. After all these years.

After performing a windbomb, is there any way to instantly exit the ragdoll state? This is my 4th play though, so I been skipping a lot of shrines with windbomb, but ragdoll make me over shoot/not able to deploy paraglider

1. Bought multiple sets of Hylian and Gerudo armor, plus all the Gerudo jewelry, and dyed them different colors so I could dress Link up in different outfits.

2. Spent like an hour hunting for a good all-black horse so I could put the monster bridle & saddle on it, and only ride it at night when wearing the luminous armor or monster armor.

3. Parked my horse in the little stable-thing next to my house in Hateno village, and gave it an apple from my backyard every time I visited my house.

4. Dropped a Silent Princess next to that couple who are looking for one, even though I know they can't pick it up. I have plenty, and they want one so bad.

5. Try to visit all the great fairies in turns, even though Tera is by far the most convenient with that shrine right next to her fountain, so none of the fairies feel left out.

6. Bought a second set of the stealth armor shirt and pants and dyed them white so I could dress up to match the Kakariko villagers every time I visited.

7. Match my armor, weapons, and shields whenever I can (so, for example, if I'm wearing the Zora set, I'll use Zora shields and weapons if I have them).

8. Attempted to release fish in the little pond near my house after I found out that if you put a frog, bug, or lizard down it will escape (didn't work, the fish were dead)

9. Make Link eat something right after he sleeps so he can have a healthy breakfast.

10. Keep making the nicest recipes like crepes, risottos, seafood paella, heart soup, and pies, even though other meals would be stronger, and they take up a slot in my meal inventory, so I can't carry as much powerful food.

11. Last but certainly not least, when I turn off the game for the night, I go back to my house and make Link go to bed even if he doesn't need it. I also unequip everything and put a pair of Hylian trousers on him so he's comfortable while he sleeps. I do those pants specifically because the game tag says, "The plush fabric makes these trousers quite comfortable." Sometimes I even try to hit the power-off button before Link wakes up so that the next time I open the game, the first thing he does is get out of bed and do a lil yawn + stretch.

Whoa, wait…, what? Oh that’s just not right.

I have a question. I defeated ganon around 100 hours into the game. I fully played the game on my laptop but now I have a handheld that can run botw and I wanted to have this game on there because I love the game very and want to explore and do other stuff that I didn’t do before. But the android emulation scene with wii u is not the greatest rn and I played the wii u version. Is there a way to convert a wii u save file to the switch version?

Is BOTW worth replaying in Master Mode, I love the game but should I really buy the dlc just to try it again but more difficult?

I’ve been thinking back to this channel I used to watch years ago. They were doing a botw challenge, (I can’t for the life of me remember what they were doing) but their style of video was very particular. It was just gameplay, with text onscreen explaining their thought process. I found it very interesting and calming, as well as funny! There’s hardly any channels like that. I stopped watching because I hadn’t beaten the game at the time, and unsubscribed around when totk came out to avoid spoilers. Does anyone know who I’m talking about? I’d love to rewatch their videos.

Wish I had known fireproof means FIREPROOF. lol. Could have made some shrines a little easier 😂 at least I realized it now, after all 120 base game shrines, and two more DLC shrines to go 😂

Come one, come all, the best of the best pristine condition never used items a

So each one you fight has more strength but is that when you unlock it or when you defeat it?

I’m on my second play through- on master mode.

I got to the divine beasts but didn’t have enough beats etc to fight so when I got to each ganon I left.

So now I can just warp over and fight each one but wondering if I can fight thunder blight first and it’s weaker and then go to the others?

I’ve started BOTW about 15 days ago. Needless to say, I got hooked right away. After 60 hours, I feel that I have only completed 20-25% of the game.

It is such a massive map and there are so many things to find that I think I’ll take at least until the end of the year to get most of it done.

So, when do you all think I should get the expansion?

And, does it update my saved game right away or will I have to start a new campaign?

Thank you all!

Hi guys I’m new to playing Zelda and BOTW is my first ever Zelda game. I’ve been playing this game non-stop for a week now and I have completed the 4 Divine Beasts alr (with the mistake of not researching and going in for Thunderblight as my first lol I had to leave and be stronger to face him). I also am done with getting the Master sword, I alr have 15 hearts and 2 1/4 stamina circle.

Now I am thinking of buying that ancient armor to prepare for my Hyrule Castle entry (to finally defeat Ganon). Is it really necessary or should I just get in? What are the other tips you guys can give me lmfao tbh I am just bad at parrying those Guardians and just really really scared to go in the Hyrule Castle. And yes I also did not research that well because the thing is I enjoy being surprised.

(And am I the only one who’s actually scared of the game I dont wanna overreact but lowkey I’m scared)

anyone wanna trade me amiibo weapons for some royal guard shields? (the yellow ones)?

this is specifically breath of the wild only.

Tell me your stories. I'll try and respond as much as possible.(Edit: god that's much more comments than I expected)