The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is packed with tons of “new” mechanics, which separate it from all previous iterations. One such feature, the weapon durability, is indeed one of the most polarizing features of the game, and has been seen as a sour note for more than a few reviewers. Every single weapon in Breath of the Wild can break and this includes the Master Sword, but the way it does is “unique” for the game at least. The Master Sword runs out of energy after you’ve used it enough times against creatures that aren’t the bosses; this causes the blade to go into a hibernation mode for ten minutes. Once the ten minutes are up, Link is allowed to use the sword freely until it once again runs out of energy. This does not, however, make much sense as we’ll find out throughout this story. [Editor note- this article contains spoilers, please proceed at your own risk]
The first key point we must observe is the history of the Master Sword. While no other game features weapon durability in the same manner as Breath of the Wild, it is important to note that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has breakable weapons. The Biggoron’s Knife and the Deku Sticks would both break after an individual amount of use which limits their usability. Ocarina of Time, however, never has the Master Sword break or run out of energy. For that matter, neither does any game which features the Darkness Sealing Sword. There is never a precedent for such requirements, and frankly even Breath of the Wild seems to have tacked on the limit on the legendary blade. At times it feels like the restriction is in place simply to prevent players from only using that particular weapon. Yet, what if there actually is an explanation…?!
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