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Fans have discovered what appears to be the backstory to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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"Hylians pass stories of a destined time long past where multiple races lived and worked together in harmony. The Sheikah Tribe's blue aura breathed through the land and this mutual prosperity continued until a cataclysmic disaster stuck. The Hero and the Princess attempted to seal the terror which became known as the Calamity Ganon. Divine beasts awoke from four directions and deployed a mechanical army which made the King and his people fearful. They fractured Ganon's power and sealed him but the Sheikah were banished from the land ever since"

After a brief glimpse of the map during the Nintendo Treehouse livestream, a set of fans recognised the Sheikah runes (which were almost immediately translated after they appeared in E3 demos ), and set about translating them once more.The message was translated first into Japanese, then into English and, with what YouTuber/translation contributor Zeltik describes as a "an error margin of only around 4%", they were left with the following:The text appears to form the backstory of the game, setting up the Hyrule that our new Link finds himself in this time around. You can hear about the whole process, see the runes in question, and hear Zeltik's interpretation of it in the video below:That self-same map - officially titled the Relic of Hyrule: Calamity Ganon Tapestry and Weather-Worn Map - will be included with the North American and Australian Special or Master editions of the game . Europe's special edition will not include it, however.The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be released for Wii U and Nintendo Switch on March 3

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