The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Unbound

The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Unbound is a 2022 Action-Adventure Role-Playing Game developed and published by Nintendo and Pathfinder Studio. Triforce Unbound is set at the very end of the Zelda timeline; the player controls a character that they create at the start of the game, who goes on a player-directed journey which leads into a large amount of story endings.
This game expanded upon the base Breath of the Wild set up, by making the game have a proper storyline and a better dungeon structure, while also providing a far larger explorable area. Tasks include a variety of dungeons, overworld puzzles and bosses, or completing side quests for rewards. The game is noted as having an 'accordion' structure, with more linear sections leading into large bouts of exploration, and folding out and in again several times.
Development of Triforce Unbound lasted 5 years, with the game building on Breath of the Wild's engine, visuals, and sound system, with most of the 5 years being spent expanding and building on it for the massive amount of space and new content. This focus on simply working to expand the content within the engine allowed for the extremely large open space and open world content to be delivered upon, as most of the old assets could be reused after a simple update in graphical quality. Nintendo also worked with both the members of Pathfinder Studio, and with an assortment of members who have worked on Fallout 4 and Fallout: New Vegas.
The game retains many mechanics from Breath of the Wild, such as climbing, finding materials, and cooking. In addition to this, it borrows many mechanics from other Zelda games, such as sailing from Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, and more standardized equipment from most of the other main-line Zelda games. This game also retains a lot of ambient temperature and weather conditions, with a lot of the massive open world being affected by temperature, time, and weather.
== Guide & Plot ==
After the events of Breath of the Wild, Calamity Ganon was defeated, and the land was restored to peace. There was no notable incarnation of the cycle that happened for hundreds of years, as everyone seemed to simply pack up and move on with existing. New inventions were made, such as the train, radio, and gun, and the peace was kept for what seemed like forever.
Like all good things though, this came to an end, as the cycle of Demise began anew again. All 3 parts of the triforce were brought together again, except this time, all portions matched each other equally. No force could outdo each other in the end, and this resulted in the triforce simply exploding.
In this explosion, Demise, Link, and Zelda were all killed... permanently. All 3 were ended once and for all, and the cycle was broken by the power of the goddesses. This cataclysmic event left the world in complete ruins, with the energy of the triforce radiating through the creatures of Hyrule, as well as the lands itself.
After this event, the player character (abbreviated to PC) is born. PC can be any race, gender, or body type the player selects using an in depth character customization system. PC is one of the few people who live in the now-small Hylia Village.
1.1 Hylia Village 	1.1 Hylia Village
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Heart Total: 3 	Armor: Worn Shirt, Woolen Trousers, Wood-Braced Greaves
Heart Pieces: 0/64 	Characters: PC, Aryia, Old Lady, Kym, the Wandering Salesman
Magic Canister: 0/64 	Heart Pieces: Heart Piece #1
Stamina Vessel: 0/64 	Items: World Map (Empty), Radio
Patches: 0/86 	Locations: Hylia Village
Triforce Pieces: 0/8 	Materials: Hylian Shroom, Shadeshrooms, Apple, Butter
Maps/Map Upgrades: 0/84	Weapons: Tree Branch, Traveller's Sword, Traveller's Shield
The game begins with PC laying in their bedroom of their home. They soon hear a voice calling for them to wake up. Wearing only their Woolen Trousers and Worn Shirt, they awake fully. After getting 5 rupees from your dresser, walk to the door and exit the room.
After exiting the room, you will wind up in a living room of sorts, and the player's friend, Aryia, will be waiting there. Aryia will briefly explain to the player that today is the day that the wandering trader comes through town. Aryia then reminds the PC to grab the map out of the chest, before she dashes out of the house.
After grabbing the map from the chest, exit the house. Once exiting the house, a lengthy cutscene will occur. In this cutscene, the wandering trader arrives at the town, and the player is given a radio in exchange for a favor they did for the wandering trader almost a year ago.
Now that the cutscene is over, you are free to explore the town- though the exits will still be locked up by wooden gates you can't cross. As of now though, you are able to find Hylian Shrooms near trees along with Tree Branches and Apples, and at night, you can acquire Shadeshrooms. In the general store located in the village, the player can buy Butter, Wood-Braced Greaves, Traveller's Swords, and Traveller's Shields.
While exploring the town, you are also able to talk to Kym, who is one of Aryia's friends, and the Old Man, who teaches the player how to Z-Target and will then direct the player to an area with two torches, and using a tree branch, they can light the unlit torch using the flame from the one lit one, which rewards the player with a chest, inside which is a heart piece!
1.2 Exploring Hylia Village	1.2 Exploring Hylia Village
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Heart Total: 3 	Armor: Maid's Dress
Heart Pieces: 1/64 	Characters: Atra, Keri
Magic Canister: 0/64 	Enemies: Chu-Chu
Stamina Vessel: 0/64 	Items: Villa Key, Cartographer Shop
Patches: 0/86 	Locations: Atra's Villa
Triforce Pieces: 0/8 	Materials: Skulltula Thread
Maps/Map Upgrades: 0/84 	Maps/Map Upgrades: Hylia Province Map, Hylia Province Radio Guide
After learning about Z-Targeting, you can additionally enter another shop, this being the Cartographer Shop. In here, the player can buy both the Hylia Province Map, which will give the most basic map of the region, and the Hylia Province Radio Guide, which will give the player the location of the one radio tower in the area, along with access to the two Radio Stations that the player can listen to. One of these radio stations is a station that will include basic mechanical tips, while the second one contains information on a couple of recipes the player can use in cooking.
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