'Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' is a vast, open-world game

The next 'Legend of Zelda' game now has an official title.
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Link has learned a lot of new skills.

In the longest preview for the next Legend of Zelda game -- now subtitled Breath of the Wild -- we see the series hero Link climbing, chopping down trees and even cooking. Nintendo gave an extensive preview of Breath of the Wild at E3 Tuesday morning.

Nintendo announced this Zelda iteration at E3 2014, and it was slated to come to Wii U at the end of 2015. Since then, the game has been delayed twice, and is now coming to the Wii U and the yet-to-be-revealed NX platform, which is launching on March, 2017.


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Breath of the Wild is the biggest Zelda game ever, according to Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aimé, who introduced the game during a streaming presentation. 

We'll have more coverage from E3, including a hands-on of Breath of the Wild. Follow our E3 hub for more news and impressions.


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Chelsea Stark

Chelsea Stark was the Games Editor for Mashable, where she covered everything from AAA titles, mainstream consoles, indie gems, mobile games and gaming culture. She handled news, feature stories and reviews. Before that, Chelsea was Mashable's Multimedia Producer, where she helped develop visual storytelling aids, whether they were photos of video. She came to New York in 2010 to pursue her master's degree in journalism at NYU's Studio 20 program, which focused on innovation as journalism is changed by new technology. Before coming to New York, Chelsea lived in Austin, where she did online journalism and social media for the local CBS affiliate. She loves good beer, classic Nintendo games, and all things geeky, and spends her time attempting to find anything close to good Tex-Mex in Brooklyn.

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