User:Jedivulcan

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Retracing the 2014 demo from the Game Awards 2014 that Mr. Miyamoto and Mr. Aonuma presented.

Hateno Village: http://i.imgur.com/0drxMhV.png (2014) (GameXplain Cropped Footage, YouTube)

http://i.imgur.com/51eWvsn.png (2017) (Final) (Switch)

There's very few details that survived to the final game.

Some things to consider when analyzing pre-release footage are details like the time of day. The time of day should give a point of reference in determining which way the camera is pointing. From there, it's possible to deduce a range of outdoor locations that Link could be in earlier screenshots or footage. It's a slow but steady process of elimination.

However, this doesn't rule out major changes to the overall layout of the overworld. It's implied that the world shown in 2014 was a truncated version of the explorable world in the final game.

Lake Hylia Bridge/Faron Woods: Notable rock masses and constructed landmarks.

http://i.imgur.com/igSdtpql.png (2014) (Cropped Game Award 2014 footage, YouTube)

http://i.imgur.com/Iczr3Cjl.jpg (2017)

http://i.imgur.com/ED42vIc.png (2014) (GameXplain) (Cropped) (Game Awards)

http://i.imgur.com/wzSk5e1.jpg (2017) (Minimum HUD)