"This Is Hilariously Bad" - Zelda: BotW Gets "Demade" On Nintendo 3DS 1
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A fan-made demake of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has appeared out of nowhere online, predictably causing quite a kerfuffle.

As spotted by @nintygametube on social media, the game currently only works on 3DS emulators and not actual hardware.

According to Standard-Brick-2776 on Reddit, the original creator is unknown:

"Someone I met on a server had a Breath of the Wild homebrew build for the 3DS. It's unknown who the developer is of this ambitious port. They had it on a hard drive for several years. Neither does it work on real hardware, only on an emulator.

Maybe with the help of 3DS homebrew developers, this build can be made compatible with real hardware (probably only the "New" models, whose logo is present on the Startscreen of the game).

It might include big pieces of the game, as the opening cutscene and dialogue is present, probably ripped from the original game, including sound effects and (ambient) music. I have not playtested this fully to see how far this game got into development!"

As you can see from the footage, it's pretty rough, so anyone reading about this mysterious project should temper their expectations – this isn't anywhere close to being a 1:1 recreation of the original Switch game on 3DS.

Even so, it's impressive that it's running at all, even if it's under emulation and not on real hardware.

Zelda has seen quite a few community-made projects lately, such as dual-screen 3DS ports of Link to the Past and Minish Cap (both AI-assisted) and a two-player mode for the 1986 original.

[source x.com]