Just a random prediction that I came up with while watching the latest Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay from this video (in particular 1:27) :
I think The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will have a scanning feature/scanning focused quest related to the animals you can find in the overworld, why you might ask ? Well, for the same reason the feature was implemented in Metroid Prime: to make the game more appealing to japanese players.








