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Zelda 2017
is a 2017 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. Set at the end of the Zelda timeline, ''Zelda'' timeline, the player controls an amnesiac Link (The Legend of Zelda), Link as he sets out to save Princess Zelda and prevent Calamity Ganon from destroying the world. Players explore the open world of Hyrule while they collect items and complete objectives such as puzzles and side quests. ''Breath of the Wild'' world is unstructured and encourages exploration and experimentation; the story can be completed in a Nonlinear gameplay, nonlinear fashion. Initially planned as a 2015 Wii U exclusive, ''Breath of the Wild'' released on March 3, 2017, for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch; an enhanced edition released on June 5, 2025 for Nintendo Switch 2. Development lasted five years, commencing immediately after the release of ''The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword'' in 2011. Led by director Hidemaro Fujibayashi and producer Eiji Aonuma, Nintendo sought to rethink ''The Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Link (The Legend Of Zelda)
is a Character (arts), fictional character and the protagonist of Nintendo's video game franchise ''The Legend of Zelda''. He was created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Link was introduced as the hero of the original ''The Legend of Zelda (video game), The Legend of Zelda'' video game in 1986 and has appeared in a total of List of The Legend of Zelda media#Main series, 21 entries in the series, as well as a number of spin-offs. Common elements in the series include Link travelling through Hyrule whilst exploring dungeons, battling creatures, and solving puzzles until he eventually defeats the series' primary antagonist, Ganon, and saves Princess Zelda. Throughout the series, Link has made multiple appearances in a variety of incarnations, but has been traditionally depicted in his signature green cap and tunic wielding a sword and shield. He has appeared as both a child and young adult of the elf-like Hylian race. Within ''Zelda'' mythology, Link is the soul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity Ganon
is a character and the main antagonist of Nintendo's ''The Legend of Zelda'' video game series and franchise, as well as the final Boss (video games), boss in many ''Zelda'' titles. In his humanoid Gerudo form, he is known as A massive and malevolent porcine creature, Ganon first appeared in the original ''The Legend of Zelda (video game), The Legend of Zelda'' game in 1986, while his alter ego, Ganondorf, was introduced in ''Ocarina of Time''. He has since appeared in the majority of the games in the series in various forms. He is the archenemy of the protagonist Link (The Legend of Zelda), Link and Princess Zelda of Universe of The Legend of Zelda#Hyrule, Hyrule and originally the leader of the Gerudo, a race of humanoid desert nomads before becoming the ruler of his demon army. His specific motives vary from game to game, but most often involve capturing Princess Zelda and planning to conquer Hyrule and the world at large. To this end, he seeks the Triforce, an omnipotent art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergent Gameplay
Emergent gameplay refers to complex situations in video games, board games, or role-playing games that emerge from the interaction of relatively simple game mechanics. Designers have attempted to encourage emergent play by providing tools to players such as placing web browsers within the game engine (such as in '' Eve Online'', '' The Matrix Online''), providing XML integration tools and programming languages (''Second Life''), fixing exchange rates ('' Entropia Universe''), and allowing a player to spawn any object they desire to solve a puzzle (''Scribblenauts ''Scribblenauts'' is a series of Action game, action Puzzle video game, puzzle video games primarily developed by independent studio 5th Cell. The series is owned and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The first game in the seri ...''). Intentional emergence Intentional emergence occurs when some creative uses of the game are intended by the game designers. Since the 1970s and 1980s board games and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandbox Game
A sandbox game is a video game with a gameplay element that provides players a great degree of creativity to interact with, usually without any predetermined goal, or with a goal that the players set for themselves. Such games may lack any objective, and are sometimes referred to as non-games or software toys. Very often, sandbox games result from these creative elements being incorporated into other genres and allowing for emergent gameplay. Sandbox games are often associated with an open world concept which gives the players freedom of movement and progression in the game's world. The term "sandbox" derives from the nature of a sandbox that lets people create nearly anything they want within it. Early sandbox games came out of space trading and combat games like ''Elite'' (1984) and city-building simulations and tycoon games like ''SimCity'' (1989). The releases of ''The Sims'' and '' Grand Theft Auto III'' in 2000 and 2001, respectively, demonstrated that games with highl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Of The Year Awards
Game of the Year (GotY) is an award given to a video game by various award events and media publications that they feel represented the pinnacle of gaming that year. Events and ceremonies British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA Games Awards) The British Academy Games Awards are an annual British awards ceremony honoring "outstanding creative achievement" in the video game industry. First presented in 2004 following the restructuring of the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, the awards are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and are thus commonly referred to as the BAFTA Games Awards. Czech Game of the Year Awards The Czech Game of the Year Awards were annual awards that recognize accomplishments in video game development. The awards have been dormant since 2021. D.I.C.E. Awards The D.I.C.E. Awards are awarded by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), a non-profit organization of industry professionals. The awards were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Video Games Of All Time
This is a list of video games that video game journalists or magazines have considered among the best of all time. The games are included on at least six separate best-of lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods, platforms and genres), as chosen by their editorial staff. List Publications The reference numbers in the notes section show which of the 53 selected publications list the game. * ''1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die'' – 2013 * ''The Age'' – 2005 * ''Collider'' – 2020 * '' Dexerto'' – 2024 * ''Digital Trends'' – 2023 * ''Digitally Downloaded'' – 2016 * '' Electric Playground Network'' – 2013 * ''Edge'' – 2000, 2009, 2015, 2017 * ''Electronic Fun with Computers & Games'' – 1984 * ''Empire'' – 2009 * ''Entertainment Weekly'' – 2003 * ''Esquire'' – 2018, 2019, 2020 * '' FHM'' – 2010 * ''Flux'' – 1995 * '' G4'' – 2012 * '' GamesMaster'' – 1994, 1996 * '' Gamecenter'' – 2000 * ''Game Informer'' – 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best-selling Video Games Of All Time
This is a list of fifty video games that have verifiably sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is ''Minecraft'', a 2011 multi-platform sandbox game released by Mojang. As of October 2023, it became the first video game to sell over 300 million copies. Its closest competitor, ''Grand Theft Auto V'', is the only other video game to have reached both 100 and 200 million copies. The best-selling single-platform game is ''Wii Sports'', with nearly 83 million sales exclusively for the Wii console. Three of the most represented video game franchises on this list feature ''Pokémon'', ''Mario'', and ''Call of Duty''. In certain instances, ''Tetris'' is often considered the best-selling video game as opposed to ''Minecraft''. The inconsistency originates from the differentiation between standalone game releases and the comprehensive ''Tetris'' franchise as a whole. According to The Tetris Company, the sales figures are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenoblade Chronicles
''Xenoblade Chronicles'' is a series of action role-playing games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo. The series began with the original '' Xenoblade Chronicles'' game, published for the Wii in 2010 in Japan, and released in Europe and Oceania the following year. Nintendo originally had no plans for a North American release, but after a fan campaign named Operation Rainfall showed sufficient interest, the game was eventually released in the region in 2012. The original game became a critical and commercial success, spawning multiple sequels. The series has since sold more than 8.74 million copies worldwide. ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' has been well-received for its world design, music, stories, and themes. The series has been represented in other gaming franchises, including the '' Super Smash Bros.'' and ''Project X Zone'' series. It is a part of the '' Xeno'' metaseries, for which it receives its namesake, co-created and directed by Tetsuya Takahashi. Gamepl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyrim
''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in ''The Elder Scrolls'' series, following '' The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion'' (2006), and was released worldwide for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011. ''Skyrim'' was developed using the Creation Engine, which was rebuilt specifically for the game. The team opted for a unique and more diverse open world than ''Oblivion''s Imperial Province of Cyrodiil, which game director and executive producer Todd Howard considered less interesting by comparison. The game is set 200 years after the events of ''Oblivion'' and takes place in Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel, a continent on the planet Nirn. Its main story focuses on the player character, the Dragonborn, on their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon prophesied to destroy the world. Throughout the game, the player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
