The liberty to go anywhere and do as you please is refreshing. Not sure if going against Ganon right from the start is a wise choice, from the gameplay yesterday quite a few were killed just by the guardians. Still thought you had to complete the four dungeons (think I heard some Treehouser say four) to lift the curse from the castle. But it does look like you get all of your Sheikah powers from the opening region, guessing the others should give you special items such as the glider.

Is the gamepad even used in the game? For the runes or inventory? It seemed like it was all on screen. Maybe the waypoints?
During the gameplays, the Treehousers disregarded those items info pop-ups by saying they only come up once... is that once every session (SS style) or every save file? Just put an option to remove them or just dump them on the gamepad.

The motion controls on the gamepad are used in puzzles and with some runes.

You need the triforce to enter the final dungeon.  You need bombs to open the entrance to spectacle rock, and you need a bow to kill Ganon with the silver arrow, which you get in the dungeon itself.  So no.

*facepalms* The Triforce! I forgot about the Triforce. It's only the most famous object in the Zelda Universe. You're right, you need more than just the bombs.

I can see it now...

Someone will someday livestream an entire playthrough where they cut down every tree, every piece of grass in Hyrule

Ahh yeah. Someone asked Audrey (sp?) how she was using the magnetic rune, she obviously skipped the question.

Didn't notice anyone use the touchscreen for the inventory.

New poll is up!!

From another thread.

Trying not to get overhyped, but this looks like the best Zelda since the original, by far. A major step forward for the series.

Man, Veknoid, you made this poll hard! I love the survival elements, but they're only fun because it's such a huge open world and that you can chose the orders of the dungeons/shrines! Gonna have to think about this...