Nintendo Releases Three New Breath of the Wild Behind-the-Scenes Videos

<p>Nintendo has released a series of behind-the-scenes videos regarding the making of the insanely popular installment of <em>The Legend of Zelda <&sol;em>series&comma; <em>Breath of the Wild<&sol;em>&period; The videos are short&comma; ten-minute spotlights that talk about the story development and characters&comma; how it all began&comma; and the open-air concept that has taken the world by storm&period; Narrated by the creators&comma; designers&comma; and visionaries behind <em>Breath of the Wild<&sol;em>&comma; each video details concept art&comma; early ideas&comma; and how the idea of an open-world Hyrule built an entirely new <em>Zelda<&sol;em> game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So far&comma; three videos have been released&comma; but it is unclear if there will be more behind-the-scenes to follow&period; For now&comma; each short installment is fun&comma; interesting&comma; and gives <em>Zelda<&sol;em> fans just a little bit more to obsess about&period; The concept art alone is a fascinating addition to the <em>Zelda<&sol;em> universe&comma; as some early ideas for the characters were a little &&num;8220&semi;out of character&period;&&num;8221&semi; One design included Zelda in a Victorian-age dress&comma; and Link riding a motorcycle&period; The &&num;8220&semi;Open-Air Concept&&num;8221&semi; video reveals that <em>Breath of the Wild<&sol;em> was actually a story built around a game&comma; and not the other way around&period; Creators really wanted to explore the possibilities that an open world presented&comma; and had the basic ideas of hunting and cooking before the story behind the game was even considered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These videos are available on Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;user&sol;Nintendo&sol;">YouTube channel<&sol;a>&comma; and collectively sit at about 600&comma;000 views&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"T3CsGbtifZI" data-param-t&equals;"184s" title&equals;"The Making of The Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild Video – Story and Characters"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;T3CsGbtifZI&amp&semi;t&equals;184s"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;T3CsGbtifZI&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"The Making of The Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild Video – Story and Characters"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"30jGWna4-Ns" title&equals;"The Making of The Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild Video – The Beginning"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;30jGWna4-Ns"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;30jGWna4-Ns&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"The Making of The Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild Video – The Beginning"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"vLMGrmf4xaY" title&equals;"The Making of The Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild Video – Open-Air Concept"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;vLMGrmf4xaY"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;vLMGrmf4xaY&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"The Making of The Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild Video – Open-Air Concept"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;