On the one hand, it encourages exploration. Besides, who doesn’t want the opportunity to run around wearing Majora’s Mask? Granted, the search for all of these armor pieces might be a tad frustrating at times. Then come the armor sets, which include a Korok finding mask, the ability to dress like Tingle, or even one of the Phantoms. Still from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, taken via Nintendo Switch screencap function by C.

Sometimes, though, you even get to succeed. But the rewards are worth it - and it’s honestly not a bad warm-up for Master Mode itself. Even with a few tips I’d learned on Twitter from about what you can and can’t take in with you, it’s a struggle to get through.

Like Master Mode, this is a challenge that isn’t for the faint of heart. There’s also the Trial of the Sword, which allows you to properly power up the Master Sword provided you can actually get through the trials. But wait, what about the Trials?įortunately, Master Mode isn’t the only addition you’ll immediately get. If you shelled money out for a Nintendo Switch and the game in the first place, it’s practically a drop in the bucket. Yes, yes, $20 just for a hard mode probably seems a little absurd, but it’s $20 to basically get the chance to play Breath of the Wild for the first time all over again. Also, it has a spooky orange color just to let you know you’re going to die. The more you do, the more fun Master Mode is. But they’re easily worked around so long as you’re a decent shot with a bow.Įven if you’ve finished the base game, the challenge of Master Mode is to see how much you remember and what you learned from your first time through. There are also floating platforms of enemies. What this forces you to do is rethink (once again) how to approach enemies and combat in particular.

He’ll start with three hearts and pitiful defense on the Great Plateau just as he would in the base game. On its face, this is a pretty simple addition: enemies are scaled up, but Link is not. Fortunately, the $20 is worth it already just for the addition of Master Mode.

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