Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition Review – Unpolished Entertainment for LoZ Fans

<p><em>Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition<&sol;em> for the Nintendo Switch is a mixed experience&period; Ranging from frustration to pure enjoyment&comma; this edition of the game contains lots of fan-service for <em>Zelda<&sol;em> aficionados&period; In 2014 the game was released on the Wii U and 3DS along with DLC&period; Four years later the Switch version is rather flawed and feels unpolished&period; Owners of the previous editions have little reason to re-purchase the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Princess Zelda and Impa look for the legendary hero who will help save Hyrule&period; Meanwhile&comma; Link who is a soldier in training is trying to prove himself within his first battle&period; The characters included in the game are pulled from the entire series&period; The game does a great job of blending the characters together to form one simple plot that is coherent&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s the player&&num;8217&semi;s job to use the characters and place them on the field to complete a series of requests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;62979" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-62979" style&equals;"width&colon; 638px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-62979" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;05093758&sol;Hyrule-Warriors-Zelda-Charging-Bow&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"638" height&equals;"359" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-62979" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition &sol; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3>Plenty of Unpolished Content<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Taking out mini-bosses&comma; opening up gates&comma; rescuing soldiers and villages are all part of the main missions&period; While battling&comma; side missions open up letting players earn more items&period; Plus&comma; lots of collectibles appear on the fields&period; Some of the collectibles are only available for a few short minutes&period; This is a completionist&&num;8217&semi;s nightmare and still&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s offering plenty of content for the &dollar;60 USD price tag&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Tiny Text and Even Tinier Maps<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Unfortunately&comma; the game as a whole feels unpolished&period; The overall colors and textures have been brightened and enhanced&period; But the imperfections of the graphics out weigh the good&period; Occasionally&comma; while traveling the battlefield it takes several seconds for the textures to finish loading&period; And there are times when the frame rate drops while playing with the Switch docked&period; All of the dialogue is small text&period; And it&&num;8217&semi;s ridiculous that the text is this small considering how large the dialogue boxes are&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another negative aspect that should have been fixed is the mini-map&period; The map is so small that its hard to determine where your characters need to be on the field&period; You can&&num;8217&semi;t enlarge the map&period; And it&&num;8217&semi;s an annoyance that adds to the frustration of playing the game on the Switch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>But A Beautiful Soundtrack<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One aspect of <em>Hyrule Warriors<&sol;em> that is perfect though is the music&period; The soundtrack is phenomenal&period; All of the best music from the series is here&period; Slashing your way through hoards of oncoming enemies while listing to the best music Hyrule has to offer is a lot of fun&period; The soundtrack moves its way into the heart of the player&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;138854" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-138854" style&equals;"width&colon; 815px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-138854" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;26212819&sol;all&lowbar;hyrule&lowbar;warriors&lowbar;characters&lowbar;&lowbar;pre&lowbar;dlc&lowbar;&lowbar;by&lowbar;xtremesonic-d9paleb&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"815" height&equals;"458" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-138854" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition &sol; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3>What&&num;8217&semi;s Included<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The Definitive Edition includes all of the previous DLC for both the Wii U and 3DS editions&period; New costumes&comma; a few updates and the ability to travel with the game and play it on a TV are the only positive aspects of purchasing <em>Hyrule Warriors<&sol;em> today&period; The downside of the slow-loading textures&comma; tiny dialogue script and map are enough to drive the player go utterly insane&period; <em>Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition<&sol;em> is perfect for Switch owners who haven&&num;8217&semi;t played the 3DS and Wii U versions&comma; however&comma; for those who have already enjoyed the Wii U or the 3DS editions&comma; they can pass the Definitive Edition by without any guilt&period; For those who are looking for a game to slash through hundreds of enemies and enjoy playing as various characters from the entire <em>Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> Universe&comma; then this game is most definitely for them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may find out the complete roaster of characters in <em>Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition<&sol;em> by visiting the game&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;zelda&period;com&sol;hyrule-warriors&sol;characters&sol;"><strong>official website<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;