Zelda: Breath of the Wild Can Be Beaten Without Completing the Story

[Ljink96]

Hiku said:

Ljink96 said:

Well, if you wanted to beat the game. I've yet to see someone 1-2 hours in the game actually beat lavos without new game plus. BoTW has been confirmed to be completable even with your lowly stats.

I haven't done it, but it's possible. Here's one player who does it:
*Chrono Trigger spoilers*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJTUR67myH8

Btw, do you have a link to the bolded statement? Because I think they have to be clear on what that means, because you can beat all Zelda games with just 3 hearts (low stats.)

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.