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

[Wyrdness]

Hiku said:

Ljink96 said:

You guys are taking my words wrong. From what Aonuma has said, you can beat the game, in some capacity from the get go.

Well from the quotes in the OP, I'm not entierly sure that's what he meant. It depends on how "To goal" was translated, as I can see it being confused with "towards goal" easily. That could mean that you have to go through 3 mandatory dungeons, but can skip 10 optional dungeons, for example.
But hearing that Link has other stats now makes it sound more likely that you can do that.

Oh yeah, I see now that the video skips 363 battles of EXP farming. Though the main reason I showed that was because you can beat Lavos at an early stage in the game, without understanding much about the story. Like how Aonuma said that you can beat BotW without understanding Link's full story.

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.