'Currently, we try to ensure that everything we do is related to something else. 'Things really picked up once quests were figured out and events were experimented on,' CEObrainz says. It's these quests that allowed new gameplay aspects in Second Wind's Labors of the Hero to flourish. 'Second Wind fixes the rewards by making it so you actually get something tangible for the effort you put into the game' (Image credit: Second Wind Modding Team / Nintendo) 'Lylah, one of the lead devs, came up with the Second Wind name and logo – and from that point the expansion truly began to take shape.' CEObrainz tells me that although Second Wind began life as a group of smaller mods, such as the impressive Hyrule Rebalance mod and the Survival of the Wild mod, these laid the foundations for a lengthy roster of fan-developers coming together for something bigger and better than ever before.

Second Wind feels like an amalgamation of disparate ideas, brought under one roof and bundled into one epic mod. Despite the staggering number of developers working remotely around the world, CEObrainz asserts that this isn't a problem in the slightest, as it's instead allowed for a diverse range of experiences and talents to blossom. Second Wind's development is operating on such a large scale that its dedicated Discord channel has over 12,000 members, approximately 5,000 of which are beta testers for part one, Labors of the Hero. 'The very foundation of anything we do within this project revolves around creating something cool for a series we love,' development lead of Second Wind, CEObrainz, tells me through Discord.

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