Tears of the Kingdom is upon us, so I thought it’d only be appropriate to take a look at its predecessor, Breath of the Wild. What unusual spots lie in waiting for us in its massive world…?
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Intro – Main Theme | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
00:43 – Hyrule Field Main Theme | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
00:48 – The Great Sea | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
00:58 – Shrine | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
01:49 – Opening | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
02:08 – The Dragons of Hyrule | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
04:56 – Link’s Memories – Mipha’s Touch | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
06:59 – Hyrule Castle | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
07:59 – Link’s Memories – Return of Calamity Ganon | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
09:41 – Lon Lon Ranch | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
10:54 – Blessing Shrine | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
11:42 – Lurelin Village | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
13:14 – Field (Desert) | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
14:30 – Gerudo Town | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
17:08 – Race Minigame | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
17:43 – Kakariko Village | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
19:40 – Tarrey Town | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
21:06 – Cave | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
27:20 – Memories – The Master Sword | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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I changed the title of the video from "Obscure and Unusual areas in Breath of the Wild" to "Familiar and Unfamiliar areas in Breath of the Wild".
I saw your comments about how you felt the original title wasn't accurate, and I've been kinda thinking that too. Hyrule Field, Kakariko village, the Temple of Time, these aren't "obscure". I've kind of struggled to succinctly frame what it is I do in these videos recently, so I'm still trying to find a title that works.
As for the comparisons to AnyAustin, I'm sure the inspiration is obvious if you've seen his videos. I was inspired to start this series almost a year ago exactly when I saw his Ocarina of Time video. I never wanted to make a direct copy of his series where he covers JUST weird spots in games, and even with this video I don't think I do that, but I kinda fell into that with the framing of these videos. It's a lot easier to get a click on a video saying that I'll show off weird spots you haven't seen before, rather than just saying we're gonna look at a bunch of random locations from the game regardless of familiarity or not. I still do show off weird spots, but that's not all I do. I like having both in these videos.
So I'll try and brainstorm new title formats for this series. I'm relatively happy with the one I changed to, but I'll have to see how it performs. Let me know if you have any better suggestions in the replies.
Hopefully that clears things up, and sorry for the potentially misleading title.
My favorite spot in the entire game is just below Crenel Peak, outside of Hyrule Castle. It's a small little nook surrounded by tall hills and mountains, with a bear cave and a pond. It is just SO beautiful, serene but secluded. The bears are my favorite part. The minute I found it while korok hunting, I put a star on it on my map so I'd always remember to come back for fun. My favorite part of breath of the wild isn't all the important places, but all the tiny hidden treasures, little places tucked away either with no one in sight or one or two npcs, that didn't need to be there, but the team put the extra effort in giving the world life and interest for players to discover just for the sake of discovery. I love the hidden hot springs and the heart shaped ponds, the out of the way ruins or little shrines for koroks. Idk, it's my favorite, I'd love to see a video dedicated to just those.
If I had to live in a village though… ideally, in a fantasy kind of way, I'd want to live in Zora's Domain, because it's my favorite major town in the game. But realistically, aligned with my real life goal of living in a small naturey town, I'd want to live in Tarrey Town. The buildings are so cute and colorful, the community is tight knit, and being surrounded by the lake and being in my favorite region aka Akkala, it'd be the best frfr
Kinda irrelevant but TEARS OF THE KINGDOM COMES OUT IN TWO DAYS MY DUDES
lovely!
i believe the buildings in and around garudo town are made of adobe, a type of building style that uses clay. not quite mud but you're not Too far off. various civilizations of the southwestern US and parts of Mexico used this style, and some are still constructed today! They're very durable, and adobe is great at keeping heat out when it's hot, and heat in when it's cold out.
one of the most spectacular examples of this building style is an ancient town hewn out of a cliffside. i don't remember what it's called or where exactly it is but it's gorgeous.
A spot that stood out to me was Gisa crater. Right in the middle of it you can find a stone talus, which could imply that the taluses came from a meteor from space. A meteor could also explain the big hole in Hebra mountain, which lines up well with the location of the crater. Just a fun little theory.
You should go to Mekar Island at night.
6:54 See what you did there!!
"Icky paint like goop"
I understood that reference^^
This just makes me appreciate Botw’s scale even more!
That one shrine quest in gerudo dessert with the trash and bones
I love how this series just captured you
Link has always talked lol
Hey! really nice video. I would love to a part 2, or Familiar and unusual places in other games.
This is one of the most relaxing, pleasant videos I’ve ever seen on YouTube. Awesome job
Went back and played through again, with an emphasis on avoiding the story and exploring the world. I think one of my new favorite areas in the game is the whole of Gerudo Valley. There's an impressive number of wooden walkways and towers overlooking the desolate path, and you tend to forget how much there is to see here when riding through on horse. I didn't know there were these weighted lifts in some parts, which were a fun extra puzzle for scaling the sheer cliffs. It really raises questions about what these paths were really for, because it seems clear that the Bokoblins weren't the first ones there.
So many beautiful things and we haven't even talked about the dragons yet
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19:19 yeah i got bad news for you
BoTW was my first Zelda game so I uh, felt none of these things or nostalgia. Cool to see it though.
I think the holes in the rocks on mekar island and the lost woods island look more like the masks koroks wear, which is fitting seeing as it's their home
Please do more Hitman levels analysis bro. Please please please. I loved it so much!!!
To answer your question about Gerudo architecture, it looks a lot like Moroccan architecture to me.
My favorite area is Riverside Stable. It was the first little pocket of civilization i ever found. I think I turned off the quest objective map pointers, so I just kind of wandered aimlessly in the early game. Lonely. Quiet. When I found Riverside Stable it just felt so warm and cozy, finally being with other people.
It's also where I found my first horse, but with no rupees on me, I had to leave her behind. I came back a few real life days later, and the horse I wanted to register had waited in the same spot the whole time. Dandelion is the same horse I fought Ganon with, and I'm so glad BOTW horses can transfer up to TOTK so our adventures together can continue!
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I believe Makar Island is a reference to the first dungeon from the original Zelda game. Its also named after a sage from Wind Waker for some reason.
My favorite weird area is the Lanayru Promenade.
wait, are you unaware that BOTW is a brand new Zelda canon, Ocarina of time didnt happen 10000 years prior, there's reference to it within the two recent zelda game, implying that some sort of ocarina of time thing probably happened in current hyrule, its just different, that is almost guaranteed the same ranch, just in this universe.
They lost toilet technology in the calamity
I honestly wouldn't mind living in Rito village. I prefer cool climates over warm or hot ones and plus I'm not even scared of heights, so I would find it to be a nice, quiet, quaint little area to live in.
Hey I just wanted to point out the countdown time you added to the pauses between sections. It's not a huge thing, but upon noticing it I couldn't help but note it. Cool editing choice
There are big rooms in the middle levels where you paraglide around maybe that’s what the valley is for
Could u do a vid on how creepy cod world at war maps are creepy
The island is from another Zelda game
8:51 don't you know? he's so hungry he could eat an octorock!