The Nintendo Switch gets a solo masterpiece with Breath of the Wild, and its quiet grandeur feels like a Miyazaki film.
We’ve played Link’s latest adventure on the Switch, and it’s big. Real big.
I’ve played Zelda games on the Nintendo 3DS, and DS and Game Boy Advance. I’ve played Zelda games on the GameCube, Wii and Wii U. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild arrives as an unusual launch game for the Nintendo Switch , because the Switch isn’t exactly a pure handheld or TV console. It’s a tweener. As I played Breath of the Wild, I realized that changed the way I approach the game, too.
I’ve only played about five hours so far (which is all I’m allowed to talk about, anyway), but it’s already gotten better at every step.
Breath of the Wild is a huge game, an open-world game. It feels oddly wide open compared with other Zelda experiences. I wake up, I wander around…and where do I go next? The landscape feels imposing, and I realize quickly I can go almost anywhere in it. Link can climb huge cliffs. Stamina becomes the major factor in how high you can climb, or how far you can swim.
Wandering becomes a theme.
The game also starts with a supreme sense of loneliness. It’s me and nature. The sounds of Breath of the Wild come through strongly: birds and breezes, soft rustlings. I’m not great with open-world games and my sense of purpose. Jeff Bakalar played, too, and got further along than I did. My first five hours or so were spent wandering to far places, finding rivers, picking up things. I jumped off a cliff by accident and into a pool and found a weird forest spirit who gave me something.
Zelda can be played on the go, even in tabletop mode, but TV-connected is best.
In handheld mode, on the Switch’s 6.2-inch screen, Breath of the Wild’s details can be a little hard to make out. The game’s design seems made for bigger-screen experiences, and handheld Zeldas don’t tend to get this large-scale (Ocarina of Time on 3DS made it work very well, though). The game looks just as good on the Switch’s screen as on the TV, to my eyes, but I couldn’t see into the distance as well. The game involves tremendous maps and, sometimes, small things you need to spot from far distances.
There’s a virtual tablet in the game, too: Link carries a « Sheikah Slate » that can held up like a tiny GPS navigator to show map info or scan for destinations. Points on the map can be tagged, and it’s necessary. Link learns some skills that become like magic powers, but most items I equipped wore down over time or had to be found. Swords shattered. Shields burned. Resources have to be managed.
I spent a lot of time like this.
So far, this feels like a fantastic game, and it’s growing on me the more I play. The recipe-gathering is driving me a little crazy, and I’m not always sure what to do next, but this is a great and challenging game to spend hours in. What also surprises me is how meditative and patient it is. An ambient soundtrack, subtle details, and a world full of surprises suggest a game that almost feels like animated art. Hayao Miyazaki , as a co-worker said. The reflections on nature, ruin and rebirth remind me of Horizon: Zero Dawn, and of my favorite science fiction. This Zelda isn’t just challenging; it’s a game I want to follow for the story.
And, I think, to just meander in for a bit.

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An Apple smartphone user has captured her iPhone 7 Plus catching fire but the cause is still unknown.
An Apple iPhone 7 user has caught her device catching fire on a video posted to Twitter.
The video shows an iPhone 7 Plus in a pink case sitting on a bathroom basin billowing smoke while the user’s boyfriend films with his phone.
Brianna Olivas of Tucson, Arizona, said she’d been having problems turning the device on after owning it for a month, according to Mashable. After Apple Store employees tested it, they told her it was fine.
An Apple representative told CNET: « We are in touch with the customer and looking into it.  »
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was withdrawn from the market after dozens of units caught fire worldwide. It was later determined two separate battery flaws were to blame. Reports of combustible iPhone batteries have been more isolated, but they do happen. In October, an iPhone 7 fire in Australia reportedly destroyed a user’s car, while an iPhone 6 Plus flamed out in New Jersey. Apple has previously blamed reported iPhone fires in China, meanwhile, on  » external damage.  »
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Mobile market chatter indicates that Samsung will introduce the rumored Galaxy S8 smartphone with features that will be good enough to make people forget about the ill-fated Galaxy Note7.
News reports say Samsung will unveil its next-generation Galaxy S8 on March 29 at a media briefing in New York City. The company will be ready to start shipping the device on April 21, if the news reports prove accurate. Samsung’s Galaxy S8 will reportedly deliver several major enhancements, including a large screen, a top-of-the-line processor as well as outstanding battery life and reliability. Those features should be enough to induce Samsung smartphone fans to line up to try out what mobile market pundits are saying will be the most powerful mobile handset on the market However, there are still those who question whether the Galaxy S8 will be a worthwhile buy. They point to Samsung’s past troubles with overheating batteries that caused fires in the ill-fated big-screen Galaxy Note7. While it’s impossible to say for sure what features will actually turn up in the Galaxy S8, many plausible rumors have surfaced that suggest the handset will be a groundbreaking release. This slide show discusses those rumors and why there will be strong reasons to buy the Galaxy S8 despite Samsung’s recent product quality problems.

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