Nintendo reveals some info about (pre) BotW's development at GDC

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SmileyAja on 01 March 2017

I guess you could say that the concepts were pretty wild;

Before there was #Zelda: Breath of the Wild there was.. Hyrule Wars? And an alien attack!? The early concepts were definitely wild. pic.twitter.com/0vNYFvtrsQ
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 1, 2017

Link himself went through some trial and error. Meet Biker Link, Tracksuit Link and Musician Link. Tag yourself, #Zelda fans! pic.twitter.com/l2OLxZs4TV
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 1, 2017

They also developed a little project to experiment with concepts for the game, basically using the design of the original Zelda;

What does this look like to you? It might look like the original The Legend of Zelda, but it plays a key role in today’s panel! pic.twitter.com/pt3Jau7QFE
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 1, 2017

Kinda want a sci - fi Zelda with aliens now :/

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Platina on 01 March 2017

pretty interesting, an alien invasion would be pretty bizarre :p

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monocle_layton on 01 March 2017

Those ideas are hilarious. Imagine if Ganon was revealed to be an alien all along

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Dravenet7 on 01 March 2017

huh

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Zekkyou on 01 March 2017

We avoided a dark timeline

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Kai_Mao on 01 March 2017

RolStoppable said:
Kudos to whoever made the call to make Zelda like Zelda instead of those dumb concept ideas for setting and Link.

I wouldn't think too much into those early concepts. I'm sure lots of developers tried thinking out of the box like that. They were brainstorming on how they wanted Zelda to be presented as. It's like Intelligent Systems when they were thinking of bringing the supposedly last Fire Emblem to Mars. Of course, we eventually got Awakening and here we are.