Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2's Sky Islands Have Big Implications for Horseback Riding

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Although The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 looks like it preserved a lot of the fundamental parts of the original game, it's already promising to change in a lot of ways too. For instance, the latest trailer for the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild hints at major changes to the enemies that Link can encounter and how he fights them; fans can spot various new monsters, as well as a horned Bokoblin variant. The game reuses BotW's map of Hyrule, but notably, there will be several sky islands that Link can now explore, offering fans fantastical new horizons.

These sky islands are exciting due to their possible connections to Skyward Sword, but they also have major implications for the rest of the game. The appearance of the sky islands could mean that the ground-level terrain of Hyrule changes significantly, which could have an impact on other mechanics. For instance, riding horses in Breath of the Wild 2 may be a slightly different experience than it was before, due to a combination of new inconveniences related to the sky islands. Unless Nintendo innovates some ways to send horses into the sky, Link's steeds may be a little less useful in the new game.

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Breath of the Wild 2 will probably encourage players to spend a lot of time in the sky; Nintendo wouldn't add these islands if they weren't crucial to the game's plot. Obviously, however, Link isn't well-equipped to bring horses up to the sky with him. Even if he did, horses might not be practical to use in the sky islands, since the islands may be too small to require a horse or even to have room for safe riding. Even if horses can come up to the islands, Link still needs ways to move horses