Q 01/05

Breath of the Wild went on sale the same day as which Nintendo console?

A) Wii U

B) Switch

C) 3DS

D) GameCube

Answer · why

B) Switch

Switch: first planned as a 2015 Wii U game, it slipped twice and ended up launching on both consoles in March 2017, the very day Nintendo's new machin...

Q 02/05

Breath of the Wild's designers first tested their ideas in a 2D prototype styled after which 8-bit game?

A) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

B) The Legend of Zelda

C) Super Mario Bros.

D) Metroid

Answer · why

B) The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda: in a mock-up drawn like the NES original, a pixel Link chopped down a tree to cross a river and set a forest ablaze, proving the ...

Q 03/05

How long had Link been asleep when Breath of the Wild begins?

A) 10 years

B) 100 years

C) 1,000 years

D) 10,000 years

Answer · why

B) 100 years

100 years: gravely wounded in the Great Calamity, Link was placed in a healing sleep that saved his life but wiped his memory, so he wakes a stranger ...

Q 04/05

Breath of the Wild opens with Link inside which chamber on the Great Plateau?

A) Temple of Time

B) Forgotten Temple

C) Sanctum of Hyrule Castle

D) Shrine of Resurrection

Answer · why

D) Shrine of Resurrection

Shrine of Resurrection: the healing chamber keeps a second secret, as the Champions' Ballad expansion sends Link back to find a whole Divine Beast hid...

Q 05/05

Which Champion was the Zora princess who piloted Vah Ruta?

A) Mipha

B) Urbosa

C) Revali

D) Purah

Answer · why

A) Mipha

Mipha made Link a suit of Zora Armor, the gift a Zora princess traditionally crafts for the man she hopes to marry; her father hands it over long afte...