Summary
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomis the latest game in theLegend of Zeldaseries to shake things up considerably afterZelda: Breath of the WildandZelda: Tears of the Kingdomall but reinvented the franchise. Rather than trying something completely new, however,Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomwears its franchise connections on its sleeveby taking elements from a multitude of otherZeldatitles and repurposing them for a new take on Hyrule and traditionalZeldagameplay. One of those elements is the cooking system introduced inThe Legend ofZelda: Breath of the Wildand carried over toZelda: Tears of the Kingdom— thoughZelda: Echoes of Wisdomreimagines the system rather than simply reusing it.
InZelda: Breath of the Wildand its sequel, players can collect various ingredients throughout Hyrule and combine them to create unique dishes that each provide helpful benefits. As shown in the “Traversing Hyrule” trailer forZelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the upcoming game’s new “cooking” system is strikingly similar toZelda: Breath of the Wild’s, but with somewhat of a facelift to keep the whole system feeling fresh and well-placed within the context of this Zelda-led installment.
How Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Reimagines the Cooking System From Zelda: BotW/TotK
Players Can Have Smoothies Made in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Using the Ingredients They Find
InThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildandZelda: Tears of the Kingdom, players can find different types of ingredients throughout Hyrule, each of which contributes certain beneficial variables to a cooked dish. Those ingredients can then be combined in a cooking pot to create food that can either heal Link or provide other gameplay benefits. Dishes can be made according to explicit recipes players can find posted in the shops andstables scattered around Hyrule inZelda: Tears of the KingdomandZelda: Breath of the Wild, but it’s also possible to cook blind using only the ingredients' descriptions as a guide.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomapproaches this process in a similar manner, in that players can collect ingredients that feature specific benefits. For example, an Electro Apple grants resistance to electricity when used. However, rather than cooking with the ingredients they find inZelda: Echoes of Wisdom, players can visit a Smoothie Shop and have a smoothie made for them using those ingredients and a specified number of rupees. Based on what was revealed inZelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s “Traversing Hyrule” trailer, Smoothie Shops are likely managed by Business Scrubs, but players may find Smoothie Shops around Hyrule that are run by other NPCs as well.
Smoothies Provide Zelda With Various Gameplay Benefits, Much Like the Dishes From BotW/TotK
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s prepared smoothies, like thecooked food inZelda: Breath of the Wildand its sequel, grant Zelda helpful bonuses when she drinks them. While the Mixed Milk Smoothie, which refills Zelda’s hearts, was the only smoothie revealed in the trailer, it can be assumed that smoothies that use other ingredients will improve Zelda’s physical and elemental resistances, and possibly even boost some of her abilities. Since ingredients like the Electro Apple and the Chilly Cactus, which grants resistance to fire, are in the game, the result of mixing them into a smoothie is obvious.
WhileThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomis clearly innovative, it also heavily depends on the strengths and weaknesses of the franchise’s past to add fuel to its gas tank. Simply judging by the footage revealed so far, there are plenty of elements from pastZeldatitles both hidden and on full display inZelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and the cooking system fromZelda: Breath of the WildandZelda: Tears of the Kingdomis just one of them. Even so,Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s new spin on the creative cooking formula established by its predecessors is a refreshing step forward.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
WHERE TO PLAY
Save Hyrule—this time with the wisdom of Princess Zelda!The people of Hyrule are being stolen away by strange rifts—and with a certain swordsman among the missing, it’s up to Princess Zelda to save her kingdom in the latest adventure in The Legend of Zelda™ series!Team up with the ethereal creature Tri and use the Tri Rod to create “echoes,” which are imitations of things you find in the environment—then recreate those echoes whenever you like to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. Use echoes like water blocks to reach new heights, make bridges out of old beds, throw rocks at foes, or find your own combination of echoes to do things your way. you may even make echoes of monsters to fight at your side in combat!
