This game was always put on the back burner for me with many other games taking priority

Part of that was because I don't play RPG's

With that said, it Is now tied for my most anticipated Wii U game after this direct (other being Splatoon)

I'd really like to see a map size comparison between those games and some of the biggest open world games from the previous generation.

So far I feel X has the biggest world, with it basically being an entire planet to explore and at least some space exploration.

Tbh X probably is the biggest, I get that impression as well, Monolith said that it's easily around 5 times bigger then the original so prepare for a long haul of exploration. Zelda how ever may be a lot bigger then we think.

Five times bigger brings it to about 50 sq mi by the way, for those of you who are wondering - Xenoblade Chronicles was about 12 sq mi. Zelda U is estimated to be about 18 sq mi if the map shown by Miyamoto/Aonuma is the whole world. So this game will probably be about 3 times bigger than Zelda U if we assume that the 5 times bigger estimate is only horizontal space and not vertical as well. If it is also vertical then Zelda U can possibly be a similar size since the 18 sq mi estimate does not include the surface area of mountains and pits.

I don't think that was the whole map in the Zelda footage as on side had a clear border indicating the end of the map while the other sides didn't.

Yeah, this is why I told people to wait until the other areas come along. 

I agree. I think there is a desertous area to the west, as it looks like there is a path in that direction and it would fit with what we know of Zelda maps. However, we know Zelda U is at least 18 square miles in horizontal flat area, more if you include verticality, and possibly even more if the map is larger. I wish they'd give us a Xenoblade Chronicles X map, but I guess they want us to be surprised. ;) 

looks amazing

Are you sure the first game was 12 sq mi? Because I've hard multiple different sizes.