{"id":1189577,"date":"2026-02-17T01:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=582474"},"modified":"2026-02-17T01:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:14:39","slug":"someone-already-beat-breath-of-the-wild-on-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/someone-already-beat-breath-of-the-wild-on-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone already beat Breath of the Wild on Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/someone-already-beat-breath-of-the-wild-on-switch-2.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">A Japanese player has already crossed beating <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-guide-walkthrough\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/nintendo-switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> off the list. YouTuber and speedrunner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ikaboze\/videos\">Ikaboze<\/a> managed that feat this past weekend at Nintendo Switch 2 Experience: Tokyo, where attendees had a chance to go hands on with Nintendo\u2019s next-gen console.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Like other attendees, Ikaboze was limited to 10 minutes of playtime on Switch 2, but he managed to see <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em>\u2019s credits in about seven minutes. Granted, Ikaboze wasn\u2019t starting from scratch and pulled off a heretofore unseen seven-minute Any% speedrun of <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em> \u2014&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedrun.com\/botw\">current record is just shy of 23 minutes<\/a>, utilizing glitches. Ikaboze had access to a handful of save files at Nintendo Switch 2 Experience: Tokyo, one of which has a well-equipped Link that puts him right outside of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-guide-walkthrough\/2017\/4\/13\/15243352\/hyrule-castle-calamity-ganon\">Hyrule Castle<\/a>. He makes quick work of Calamity Ganon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">At certain points in the video, Ikaboze tries (and fails) to pull off the game\u2019s windbomb technique, which can launch Link high into the air and let him paraglide to far away locations. But that technique hasn\u2019t been removed or fixed in the Switch 2 version of <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em>; as seen later in the video, Ikaboze is able to pull off a windbomb jump <em>after<\/em> he rolls credits on the game with his remaining allotted time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Your chance to beat <em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em> on Switch 2 is coming on June 5, when both the game and Nintendo\u2019s next-gen console launch. A Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-guide\/23695569\/walkthrough-guides\">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a><\/em> launches the same day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/582474\/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-switch-2-speedrun\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Japanese player has already crossed beating The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Nintendo Switch 2 off the list. 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