‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ Is Really Big, Map Size Dwarfs Skyrim; Confirmed Has Multiple Endings [Video]

Highly anticipated game for the Nintendo Switch "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is touted to be huge. However, only a few realized "Breath of the Wild" would be massive.

A Nintendo guidebook for "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" was spotted on Amazon UK by zealous fans over the weekend. It would seem that Nintendo would not want details about Zelda's world out yet and the guidebook has since been pulled out of Amazon UK's listings.

"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" puzzles and mini-dungeons and land area

"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" has 120 Shrine mini-dungeons, 900 Korok seed puzzles and 76 quests on top of many other optional challenges, unlockables, mini-games, Easter eggs and more, according to Eurogamer.

The above details pertain to gameplay, but what of the estimated size of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" world map? VG24/7 reported that the demo version would take 40 minutes to walk across from north to south and 33 minutes to walk from east to west that is if game environmental obstacles are out of the way.

Over at Giant Bomb forums, they estimated "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" world map measures 360 square kilometers. Notably, they were basing it using the demo version of the game; however, some said most of the world is empty landscape, which means room for further expansions in later updates. In comparison, they estimate "Witcher 3's" total land mass, not counting the DLC's, at 135 sq/km, "Skyrim" at 37 sq/km, and "GTA V" at 81 sq/km.

"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" multiple endings

"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" embraced one of the most important elements of modern-day gaming by having multiple endings. In an interview with IGN Portugal, producer Eiji Aonuma confirmed that "Breath of the Wild" would have an alternate ending.

According to Aonuma, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" alternate ending can be triggered if the player meets certain criteria. He said, if the player does a few things, they might see a different ending. However, he did not elaborate on what these actions are to trigger another ending.

He also hinted that Link's horse, Epona, is in "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" but refused to provide details on how and where to find her, and what it means to the player if they do.