Nintendo recently announced Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom would be some of the first Nintendo games to get Switch 2 Editions. That means improved graphics, smoother gameplay and the inclusion of Zelda Notes. This mobile app feature allows for some very cool new features, including the chance to repair weapons. Today I want to take a closer look at Zelda Notes, and how it’s going to improve our gameplay experience on Nintendo Switch 2.

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The Switch 2 Editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are going to allow players to repair weapons using the new app feature called Zelda Notes. Breakable weapons has always been a divisive feature in both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, and while Fuse helped in Tears of the Kingdom, it remains a negative point of feedback all these years later.

Nintendo are introducing Zelda Notes, which includes a surprising amount of good features including autobuild sharing, navigation, achievements and new voice memories. There is also a feature where you can spin a daily roulette wheel and get a bonus for the day. This includes health restoration, energy cell recharging, meals and equipment repair. The roulette wheel can only be used once per day and it looks like the wheel’s contents will change daily too.

The roulette wheel is just one of the new features introduced by Zelda Notes. Let’s have a look at the other features that are going to help us on Switch 2.

Autobuild Sharing

Ultrahand was a great feature in Tears of the Kingdom, and I gladly watched from the sidelines wanting to get more involved in building things. For some reason I am just not inclined to do it, so anything Nintendo can do to make it much easier and break down the barriers will help. I built stuff in Tears of the Kingdom, I built what I needed to get through the story and the post game exploration.

However, I never build a complicated mech or dragon. I’ve seen Hyrule Engineering, I know what you can build in Tears of the Kingdom, but I never found the motivation to gather all the materials, upgrade my energy requirements and all that. Anyway, Autobuild sharing is going to make things easier by allowing players to share their creations through QR codes and blueprints. You can then scan these with the app and autobuild the creations in-game.

Ultrahand was arguably the main gameplay feature in Tears of the Kingdom. Given Nintendo have added this feature into Zelda Notes, they want to break down as many barriers to entry as possible when it comes to Ultrahand. It’s the ultimate player freedom tool, however, it’s not much good when the full potential of the featur eis locked behind so many upgrades. Soon the best Ultrahand builders are going to be able to easily share their creations with the world, and I think this could have many Zelda fans returning to the game, and this has the potential to turn the player sentiment around for Tears of the Kingdom.

I’d be interested to hear from you, did you engage with Ultrahand and build loads of things, or did you want to do it and found there were too many barriers?

Navigation

There are plenty of little things to find in both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, and if you want to 100% the game, then it can be tough (shoutout to CM30 for doing both). Navigation is a feature similar to Google Maps, where you can enter a location and a voice will help get you there. This is going to be useful to find Koroks and Shrines, plus also the brand new voice memories too.

Voice Memories

Brand new lore is going to be added to both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. When you find a certain location using Zelda Notes, you’ll hear new voice memories through Zelda notes. In Breath of the Wild we’re going to hear from Zelda, and in Tears of the Kingdom I think it’s Zelda, Rauru and Mineru. This is very exicting news, to get new lore and stories in Zelda games already released.

Item Sharing

This is going to allow us players to share in-game items like weapons, food, and raw ingredients. I always end up with loads of materials, so it will be good to be able to share these with friends or other players so they don’t go to waste. Nintendo is leaning into the community aspect of Zelda with item sharing. You can make deposits into a Zelda Notes deposit box for other players to claim when they are needed.

Photo Studio

The game is very photogenic, especially on the Switch 2 with the upgraded graphics. In photo studio you can crop photos, decorate them with stamps and share them easily on social media.

My Play Data

The new play data features allow us to see how many enemies we have defeated, total distance travelled or ruppees collected. I am sure there are LOADS of stats we don’t know about yet and it’s going to be great to see the global leaderboards for all these stats. We can earn in-game medals too. The global ranking system will also allow us to see where we rank against other players, plus you can see gameplay trends.

Scan Amiibo

We have been able to scan amiibo for in-game bonuses since the launch of Breath of the Wild, however now Zelda Notes is going to help us keep track of our scanned Amiibo. Scan 5 times to get a bonus, plus new Tears of the Kingdom Amiibo are going to be made available.

Let me know what you think in the comments.