The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is considered by many to be one of the greatest games of all time. With expansive environments for players to explore, fine-tuned combat mechanics, and a wide variance of memorable NPCs to interact with, Breath of the Wild is an enticing experience for nearly anyone who enjoys open-world games. For how impressive the scope of the game is, it's hard to see it presented any other way.
Within the last several years, numerous indie studios have been making newer games that feature older graphical styles. This has cultivated some well-received games, such as Owlboy, Shovel Knight, Axiom Verge, and The Messenger. However, one Zelda fan has given others a glimpse of what Breath of the Wild could look like if it was developed on the Game Boy Color.
Ohana Studio on YouTube posted a short clip of a Breath of the Wild demake for the Game Boy Color. The user said it's just a prototype and that it won't be made into a full game, but it still looks amazing. It looks like a level out of the original Link's Awakening, yet there are clearly elements that are directly ripped from Breath of the Wild. For example, the axe that Link can find after first waking up in Breath of the Wild.
These kinds of "demakes," where users take modern AAA games and reformat them by way of older art styles, has become more common. In fact, similar to the Breath of the Wild demake, a different user created a demake of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity using the same Game Boy Color design.
It's amazing how much time and creativity has been put into these kinds of projects. While this Breath of the Wild demake won't be available to play, there are many similar demakes of other games that have been created that are actually playable. Last year, a user reimagined the original Doom as an 80s pixel shooter.
However, in terms of any new, official installments of Zelda, it seems that fans still have a long time to wait. With Breath of the Wild 2 still in development and no sign of any official gameplay being shown soon, for now fans will just have to watch Nintendo. The fact that a demake of Breath of the Wild was made goes to show how much influence the game had on the community as a whole.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available now for Switch and Wii U.
