Summary
Nintendo unveiled a new trailer forThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, giving players a glimpse of the upcoming game’s story and a sneak peek into the mysterious Still World. This trailer is the first one to highlight the setting ofThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, giving players more information about this upcoming game about a month before its official launch.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomwas officially announced during a Nintendo Direct in June 2024. It quickly becameone of the most anticipated titles for the Nintendo Switch, topping wishlists and surpassing popular games likeDoom: The Dark Ages, Assassin’s Creed Shadows,andMetroid Prime 4.The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomfeatures the same art style as 2019’s Nintendo Switch remake ofLink’s Awakeningand is the first game in the series to star Zelda and not Link as the main character. The game is set to launch on September 26, giving players a new main entry in the Zelda series about a year after the release ofThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
AsThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomis releasing in about a month, Nintendo revealed a new trailer highlighting the mysterious Still World where the game will take place. Rifts scattered around Hyrule give access to this eerie world where trees, fragments of land, and even people are floating around. The Still World swallowed up Link and many inhabitants of Hyrule. Zelda has to save everyone from this mysterious world and will get help from the fairy Tri and her Tri Rod to succeed in her mission.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Unveils Still World, Swordfighter Form, And New Characters
Besides the Still World, this trailer forEchoes of Wisdomintroduces some of the challenges Zelda will have to face during her adventures, with various puzzles and environments that vary with each rift to the Still World. It also introduces the Swordfighter form that Zelda can get by picking up a mysterious sword, granting her with mighty power to strike down her enemies for a short period. Last but not least, the trailer showcasessome of the inhabitants of Hyrule Zelda will meet on her journey, such as Dampe, an engineer who crafts clockwork gizmos called Automatons that Zelda can use in battle.
With new gameplay elements, a rich story withZelda as the main protagonistfor the first time in the series, and the introduction of the enigmatic Still World,The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomis shaping up to be a must-play title for both longtimeZeldaenthusiasts and newcomers to the franchise.
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 can even make echoes of monsters to fight at your side in combat!
