"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is filled with seemingly mysterious and dramatic language of Hyrule. However, some keen Zelda fans managed to translate the Hylian texts during Nintendo's Zelda game demos at E3 2016. Interestingly, fans have not deciphered anything that can be considered "mysterious" as most of the decoded texts were fairly generic.
As noted in a VG247 report, the Hylian texts serve nothing more than a decorative function to add a layer of mystery to the Zelda games. Despite having limited access to the demo at E3 2016, the Zelda community has already uncovered the meaning behind the Hylian rune. It turns out that Hyrule's language was merely an English-Hylian alphabet substitution (via Zelda Wiki).
For example, images of deciphered Hylian texts with their English translations were posted on NeoGAF revealing how the fantasy language was used for words like DUNGEON written across a shrine's entrance or the word SHUTOUT on the bottom of the chamber where Link awakens in at the beginning of the game. Of course, who would have thought that the mysterious-looking Hylian text at the end of a shrine where the Sheika sits simply means GOALPOINT.
Meanwhile, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is arguably considered as E3 2016's biggest attraction. At E3, there was a very long queue of fans stretching around Nintendo's event booth as gamers patiently wait for hours just to get a demo treat lasting for just a couple of minutes.
"We think we've struck a chord," Nintendo America COO Reggie Fils-Aime said of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's" coming-out party at the gaming industry event (via The Verge). "And we've struck a chord with what is a very important franchise for us. A franchise that is going to be key to our long-term success."
