Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Adds Online Co-Op With New Mod

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You can now play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild online with your friends thanks to modders hired by content creator PointCrow.

This mod has been nearly two years in the making. Back in November of 2021, PointCrow posted on Twitter that they wanted someone to create this mod and offered a "$10,000 bounty" to whoever created one.

I'M PUTTING A $10,000 BOUNTY ON THE CREATION OF A BREATH OF THE WILD MULTIPLAYER MOD

terms & conditions read here: https://t.co/oOfIbZQQTa #breathofthewild #botw #zelda pic.twitter.com/e287bFE740 — eric pointcrow (@PointCrow) November 10, 2021

On April 4, 2023, the mod was officially released. The mod allows you to play through the entire game with your friends. But you can also play PVP to see who's the better player. To download the mod, you'll need to join PointCrows Discord server and click on -Mod-Downloads, leading you to a Google Doc explaining how to install it. As always, you should be mindful of what you download online.

It didn't take long for fans to run wild with the mod. One TikTok video shows 18 players running around in a single server.

PointCrow subsequently announced that their YouTube channel was struck by copyright infringement claims by Nintendo a few days after the mod was released. "Incredibly disappointed that [Nintendo] has decided to block my videos on Breath of the Wild," the tweet reads. "It's the love for the community and the innovation that we bring to it that has kept it alive & brought new people to love the Zelda series. I hope you reverse your decision soon."

Incredibly disappointed that @NintendoAmerica has decided to block my videos on Breath of the Wild. It’s the love for the community and the innovation that we bring to it that has kept it alive & brought new people to love the Zelda series. I hope you reverse your decision soon. pic.twitter.com/CtvjpmBrs3 — eric pointcrow (@PointCrow) April 7, 2023

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brasschaos on April 9th, 2023 at 20:43 UTC »

Two players on the same Mario kart was the smartest and best thing Nintendo has done in the last 20 years. It's become clear since then that they have failed to learn from that success

CyEriton on April 9th, 2023 at 20:02 UTC »

The article doesn’t mention, is this mod emulated on PC or is it a mod for the Switch? I’d assume it’s PC only but the modding community is wild

Placiibo on April 9th, 2023 at 15:25 UTC »

This is very cool. I dont know why Nintendo would block it.

Would be a huge design challenge to make a game in the BotW/TotK engine multi-player but still balanced. How do you keep players together? How do you make fights and puzzles fair?

But it would be incredible and Nintendo needs to do it. My wish would be playable Zelda. Players can choose Link or Zelda. The other character is controlled by a fantastic AI. It's not that far fetched. Wolf Link was a great AI companion. Build on that! All puzzles and fights are geared for 2 characters. A second controller could be connected for drop-in drop-out second player. The screen would go split and now you have 2 player Zelda. There would have to be certain things that pull one player back to the other. But wow what an amazing feature it would be.