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boasts a massive open world that can be explored in a variety of different ways. In fact, series producer Eiji Aonuma revealed that players can reach the end goal without experiencing the game's entire story.

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"Users may not actually get the full story depending on how they play this game and how they strategize and solve puzzles," Aonuma told Polygon , adding that players will be "able to go to the very end goal without revealing why Link woke up the way he did and where he did."Aonuma also confirmed that players will be given the freedom to take on the final boss immediately after the game's opening sequence, but was careful to point out that he doesn't recommend this approach to those looking for the best experience."Anybody who can go straight to the goal without doing anything else," according to Aonuma, is either a "really good gamer" or "somebody that's a little crazy." That being said, he emphasized that completing the game in this manner is "not impossible," as the team "created the game like that" and "might be fun for fans to compete in a challenge for who can clear it first."The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild releases for Nintendo NX and Wii U sometime in 2017. For our thoughts on the highly anticipated title, check out IGN's hands-on preview , as well as Aonuma's explanation as to why the game doesn't feature a female hero

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