I like.

I wont do it, but an excellent indicater for how free the game is.

What this guy said. 

ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD CAN BE BEATEN WITHOUT COMPLETING THE STORY, am I missing something?

That's what I mean. Going with low stats doesn't mean you can beat easily, unless you are a very very pro gamer, as the Aonuma quote implies. Basically, you have to explore to gather better equipment to be able to face him.

A .0005% chance is still a chance is all I'm saying. If Aonuma said it is possible then it is. That's all I was getting at.

Ay, yeah, that's a possibility. Wonder if someone will succeed.

You guys are taking my words wrong. From what Aonuma has said, you can beat the game, in some capacity from the get go. No story elements necessary. The speedrun you linked is faulty as it's tool assisted (TAS) and a lot of content (leveling up) has been cut out. As one commenter notes:

"At 1:05:08 you're lvl. 14 and at 1:20:34 you're lvl. 41. Did you just do that area over and over again to hit lvl. 41? and in 3 hours and 24 minutes?"

That's impossible to gain 20 odd levels in 15 minutes. What I mean is, Link has weapon stats now and armor stats. I'm not talking only about hearts. Also, different runes aren't completely necessary. The thing to take away from this is, just as the title says: You can beat it from the get go, but it's insane to try and do so and borderlining impossible.

Status in this case is a culmination of Attack, Defense, Runes and Health from what I can see of the demo. Also, yes you can beat any Zelda with 3 hearts but not from the beginning. You can't start Ocarina of Time without cheats and go straight to Ganondorf's castle and beat the game. This is what Aonuma is saying, you can do just that in BoTW.

I don't think it erases any meaning. If you were Link, would you fight Ganon with wooden swords, shields, weak arrows, etc.? For me I like to play games like this as if I'm the protagonist, so I do what I would want to do in that situation, and I would want to get better gear, more hearts, etc.  It's good for people who don't want to do that.

Aonuma was asked specifically by the interviewer.

http://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/15/11942652/legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-ending

When asked, Aonuma confirmed that a player could go directly to the final boss of the game from its opening moments if they wanted. However, he also stressed that he didn't view this as an ideal way to play.

So it's allowed in the game but not the most ideal way to play as the player is unlikely to deal with what they come across.

Going to be hard to not fall and see it.