- Link’s alternate hairstyle options
- Way more clothing and weapon options
- Snowboarding on any shield
- Snowboarding while SHOOTING ARROWS
- Can explore the game in any direction, and get previously ‘locked’ weapons from the start (bow, leaf, raft, etc)
- CLIMB EVERYTHING
- Fast travel confirmed!
- Biggest Zelda by leaps and bounds
- Adorable Link animations (stubbing his toe, shivering, successful cooking)
- Taming horses
- Cooking and clothes can add a whole ton of special effects to Link
- 100 optional shrines, some of which have really cool rune powers that Link can get then use in the overworld
- More combat animations
- More weapon choices (spear, torch, etc)
- Cold affects Link and hurts him
- World is totally dynamic with weather happening at random
- Link can be struck by lightning, especially when holding a sword up
- You can scan enemies for more info
- You can place customizable markers on your map, including beacons to help explore
- You can get frozen solid
- You can play the game almost naked
- You can go right for the final boss if you want
- There’s no default companion
- But you can play with wolf Link with the wolf Link amiibo!
- Posable amiibo confirmed
- You can ride the updraft of a fire to raise yourself up with the glider and take off
- There’s a whole host of different environment types (blizzard/snowy, magma/volcanic, desert, lush and dense forests, lakes)
- The random weather affects your movement and ranged attacks, and the attacks and AI of enemies
- You can jump at will!
- You can throw weapons!
- You can set fire to everything, and fire is dynamically affected by the weather!
- Link can have magneto powers, time freeze, and create ice/water blocks to name a few!
- Possibly no magic meter, possibly replaced by cooldown on rune abilities
- Eating food can also make Link warm, and it’s the way to recover hearts. It can also add extra temporary hearts, defense, etc
- Link’s toes turn red if he doesn’t wear shoes in the cold
- Cold water kills Link really quick
- You can chop down trees, climb trees, break them apart
- You can sneak into enemy camps, take their stuff, and sneak back out instead of fighting
- There’s a fully movable camera angle that is super smooth
- Animals and AI in the game wander and do things dynamically
- Weapons and shields break
- Your stamina bar can be increased
- You can hunt animals for food but you can also play the game fine without killing any animals
- There’s at least some degree of voice acting!
- You can upgrade your weapons
- You can increase your item inventory limit
- You can sell your items to make Rupees
- There’s almost no hand holding, and you can choose to try to find all the secrets in Hyrule and learn the story, or not
- There are no gameplay differences between Wii-U and NX versions
- There’s a mini map
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