With The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom simply a few months out, Nintendo — seldom famous for giving stuff away — has made a guidebook for its predecessor, Breath of the Wild, accessible without cost.
The Breath of the Wild Explorer’s Information, beforehand solely accessible in a print version as a part of the Explorer’s Version of the sport, is available to download as a PDF from the Zelda web site in its entirety — nicely, nearly.
Pages 73 to 84 of this 100-page tome are, for some purpose, lacking. At first, I assumed this may need been to keep away from spoilers, however the lacking chapters — on issues like horses and nice fairy fountains — don’t appear notably spoilerific. Some later chapters are marked with a spoiler warning, and do make it into the PDF. So the lacking pages are in all probability only a clerical error.
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The Explorer’s Information is extra of an expanded guide than a full information, that includes a walkthrough for the opening Nice Plateau part, in addition to extra normal introductions to a few of the ideas and options of the broader sport, like cooking and attempting to find hidden Koroks.
For gamers new to Breath of the Wild who don’t wish to go in completely blind — particularly youthful ones — it’s a helpful little handbook. For seasoned gamers, paging by the information is sure to provide you an itch to discover Hyrule once more, plus there are a few good bits of artwork to take a look at. I’d by no means seen the stunning illustration reverse the content material web page earlier than, which exhibits the very younger Hyperlink of the primary Legend of Zelda sport proudly providing Breath of the Wild’s Hyperlink the Grasp Sword.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can be launched on Might 12, and albeit, it may possibly’t come quickly sufficient.