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BotW is closer to the 1986 Legend of Zelda than any other Zelda game from Polygon - All RSS feed.
BotW is closer to the 1986 Legend of Zelda than any other Zelda game
The original Legend of Zelda, released in 1986 for NES, was one of the original open-world games, before BotW returned to the formula in 2017.