The Big N is sensitive when hobby developers get more out of its games, so hurry before the Big N sends an army of lawyers after the project.

Five years ago, at the height of the pandemic, a developer named Crementif started working on a VR mod for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that would allow players to cut down trees. After figuring out how to cut down trees in the game using virtual reality, Crementif continued working on the project. The original idea evolved into BetterVR, a complete VR mod for Breath of the Wild that allows players to explore the vast world of Hyrule… until Nintendo takes legal action. Just two days before its release, Crementif and Flat2VR Studios released the mod’s trailer, announcing the mod and showing just how impressive it is. The mod works with an emulated version of Breath of the Wild for the Wii U, which can be run on a PC via Cemu version 2.6.

However, as the comments on the trailer and in other places sharing Crementif’s story point out, you should download and set up the mod before Nintendo’s legal team takes it down. Nintendo’s history of litigation is well known, whether it’s removing full emulators or mods for games like Breath of the Wild, or extending the meaning of patents to eliminate major competitors from the industry. It wouldn’t be surprising if Nintendo contacted Flat2VR Studios and Crementif soon, if they haven’t already.

Of course, Nintendo will not necessarily target this mod among the plethora of mods available for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. For example, there is a mod that adds ray tracing, making the eight-year-old game look completely new. But that doesn’t mean the Japanese company hasn’t already started making threats.

Source: WCCFTech, GitHub