BOTW 2 Can Avoid A Longtime Zelda Cliché
When it comes out, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 has the opportunity to avoid one of the series' longest-running clichés. Most — but not all - Zelda games start with Link waking up from either sleep or unconsciousness, and Breath of the Wild is no different. BOTW 2 has the opportunity to use a different start to its story, one where Link is already awake.
In Breath of the Wild, Link sustained severe injuries when Calamity Ganon turned the robotic Guardians against the people of Hyrule. Princess Zelda placed him in the Shrine of Resurrection in order to heal, where he slept for 100 years until he was ready to fight Ganon and his Malice once again. He was asleep in his bed in A Link to the Past, and washed up unconscious on a beach in Link's Awakening. It's remained a running theme across the Zelda games' various twisting timelines, to the point where it's become a staple of the series.
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The trend of Link waking up at the beginning of his games isn't too much of a problem, but it does serve to depict his personality as carefree and occasionally lazy, so avoiding it could help Breath of the Wild 2's Link stand out from the ones in other Zelda games, including the first Breath of the Wild. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity did not start with Link waking from sleep, and its constant battle against the forces of Calamity was much more serious than BOTW, where the darker themes were not as prevalent. The tone of the trailers released so far signals that the sequel will continue the trend of being darker than the games that came before it. Such a dark tone might make BOTW 2 less subtle with its sadness than the previous game, but it could also show that Link has
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