Summary
Pre-orders forThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomare now available at certain retailers, offering up special bonuses like acrylic dioramas and fabric posters. Nintendo announced a follow-up to its hit 2019Link’s Awakeningremake during June’s Nintendo Direct livestream, and it is set to launch on the Nintendo Switch on September 26.The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomwill mark the first time that Princess Zelda herself will be playable in a mainlineZeldagame, something that previously only happened in spin-off titles likeHyrule Warriors.
The story behindEchoes of Wisdom’s role reversal is that Link (the usual main protagonist in theLegend of Zeldaseries) is sucked into a mysterious rift during his latest battle with the evil Ganon, with similar events happening throughout the realm of Hyrule. This prompts Zelda to embark on a quest to save both Link and her kingdom with the help of the fairy Tri, who gifts the princess with apowerful weapon called the Tri Rod. Using it, players can create “echoes” to solve puzzles and battle enemies.
WithThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomnow less than two months from release, retailers like Best Buy and GameStop are offering pre-orders of the highly-anticipated game on their websites. In the case ofBest Buy, customers in North America can receive a special acrylic display stand featuring Princess Zelda and her fairy companion Tri,an Octorok enemy creature, and theLegend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomlogo set against a backdrop of the game’s box art.
Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Pre-Order Bonuses Are Available at Best Buy and GameStop
Meanwhile,GameStopis offering up its ownLegend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdompre-order bonus in the form of a special fabric poster. This 18" by 24" poster features Zelda holding her trusty Tri Rod alongside Tri in a pose pulled directly fromtheEchoes of Wisdombox art, with the game’s logo to Zelda’s left and a split blue and grey background behind her. So far, Walmart and Target have yet to put up any pre-order bonuses forThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, but they will likely reveal theirs soon if they are indeed offering something special for the upcoming Nintendo Switch blockbuster.
Pre-order bonuses for upcoming Switch exclusives are nothing new, with Best Buy offering up asimilar acrylic display forPrincess Peach: Showtimeearlier this year. Many fans are looking forward toThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s Zelda-centric perspective and classic top-down gameplay, and now they have the chance to get some impressive pre-order extras alongside it when it launches this September.
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!
