Sources

Dev interviews & talks

GDC 2017 panel — Change and Constant: Breaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Hidemaro Fujibayashi (director), Satoru Takizawa (art director), Takuhiro Dohta (technical director). The canonical articulation of "additive vs multiplicative" design and the chemistry engine. GDC Vault talk on YouTube · Game Developer write-up · Thumbsticks summary
Niche Gamer — Fujibayashi explains lack of traditional dungeons — direct quote on the 60 km² ÷ shrine-density math.
NintendoSoup — Fujibayashi explains why dungeons gave way to shrines — companion piece, with the Divine Beasts compromise framing.
Nintendo Everything — Devs on Shrines and Divine Beasts, lack of long dungeons — additional context on the team's reasoning.
Inverse — Aonuma on weapon durability for BotW2 — Aonuma's defense of breakable weapons + the strategic-use framing.
Inverse — Tears of the Kingdom aims to fix BotW's most controversial system — coverage of the Fuse mechanic as the team's correction.
ScreenRant — Why You Can't Repair Weapons in BotW — concise summary of Aonuma's stated rationale.
Zelda Dungeon — Inspiration Behind the Divine Beasts — devs on the moving-dungeon / gravity-dungeon design.

Zelda Wiki — Ancient Shrine — full shrine list, completion requirements, Spirit Orb economy.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Wiki — Shrines — alternative wiki with maps + walkthroughs.
Zelda Wiki — Hyrule Compendium — all 385 entries.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — release history, sales, reception, awards.

Zelda Universe — Freedom in Breath of the Wild — long essay on the "trust the player" design stance.
Joshua Gad on Medium — Breath of the Wild: Experimental Solutions — design analysis essay.
David Mayilyan on Medium — How BotW Revolutionized Open-World Games — broader influence-on-genre framing.
Thinking Gamers / Steemit — Weapon Durability Game Design Analysis — pro-side analysis of weapon-durability's role.
CBR — Was BotW's Weapon Durability Really That Bad? — retrospective re-evaluation post-TotK.
Zelda Dungeon — Tears of the Kingdom Expands on BotW's Devotion to Player Freedom — comparative analysis with the sequel.
Inverse — Tears of the Kingdom map's real-world easter egg — confirmation that Hyrule's shrine layout mimics Kyoto. (Same easter egg in BOTW per Fujibayashi's stated reference.)

Game UI Database — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (id 35) — the source for every screenshot under docs/public/images/zelda-botw/. Title screen, HUD, runes menu, shrine banner, shop UI, map, photo album. Provenance per-image in that folder's CREDITS.md.