Originally Posted by Collin 

They just confirmed in an interview that the game will have no towns. They clarified that it's a Hyrule in ruins and they took direct inspiration from the world of the NES LOZ. They did confirm that there will be a handful of stray NPCs throughout the world but no towns or villages in the traditional sense. Also, they claimed that link will not have any kind of partner and will be exploring alone for the entire game.

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?p=207055723#post207055723

hopefully the npcs are great!

Not having a side kick isn't really the worst thing in the world since they r annoying but hopefully there are towns. Usually those liven up the place a bit more

Fake! Wolf Link confirmed :P

Well you can put your wolf link amiibo and have him as a companion.

Empty open world....   That was my fear when I heard it would be open world.

; _ ;

Don't worry. We'll sure get a Na'Vi amiibo to add a companion to the game. And the figurine will have one of those sound boxes, and constantly says "Hey, Link, Listen" when plugged to the console.

If this is true,I wonder if it will get the same flack As ff13 for not having towns or will it be "justified" for not having them.

Well that makes sense considering the game's setting and atmosphere.

Hyrule in ruin confirms the game is well late in its timeline, much like the first game which is at the end of the Hero's defeat timeline.