[BoTW] Any tips before I start playing my first Zelda game?

I remember my friends playing Zelda back in the early 2000’s and I wanted to play it too, so I gave it a chance and…… it’s not that I didn’t like it, it just wasn’t for me…it was boring because I was young and I didn’t understand Zelda. All I wanted to play was Pokemon. The switch 2 will be my first switch. So back in 2019, my cousin made me play BotW to see if I liked it…and again, it was boring, but only because I played it for a few minutes and all I did was run around. But now I feel like I can play it, the vibes it gives out when you explore the open world (kinda like Metroid prime 4), I feel like I know why people like it so much. So this will be my first Zelda game. Any pointers I should know before I play it? I’ve been watching BotW walkthroughs and there are items with names I never heard before in my life and I have no clue what they’re used for. Oh and I also plan on playing TotK when I’m done with BotW.