Summary
Despite the decades of traditions firmly established by theLegend of Zeldafranchise,Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomappears to be a different animal altogether. As ifZelda taking the lead as the main protagonistfor the first time in a mainlineZeldainstallment wasn’t enough,Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s “Traversing Hyrule” trailer confirmed there are plenty of other things in store as well, including various outfits the princess can wear as she makes her way around this iteration of Hyrule.
While the “Traversing Hyrule” forThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomconfirmed that Zelda will be able to wear different outfits in the game, it has so far only revealed three: a traditional Princess Zelda dress, a Gerudo outfit, and the cloak she has been seen wearing in most of the game’s pre-launch footage. In light of that, should there not be many different outfits to choose from inZelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the whole feature could be very underwhelming as a result. As such, it needs to ensure its titular protagonist has a closet full of cosmetic options made available to her.
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Should Feature Plenty of Cosmetic Options
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Could Afford to Take a Cue From Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildand its direct sequel,Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, may be entirely different games from the rest of theZeldafranchise, but they still make efforts to call back to the most popular entries in the series with their armor sets. For example, bothZelda: Breath of the WildandZelda: Tears of the Kingdomfeature armor sets themed after Link’s wardrobe inZelda: Ocarina of Time,Zelda: Skyward Sword, andZelda: The Wind Waker. There are also unique individual Easter egg armor pieces inZelda: Tears of the Kingdom, like Majora’s Mask andMidna’s Helmet, which referenceZelda: Majora’s MaskandZelda: Twilight Princess, respectively.
ShouldZelda: Echoes of Wisdomneed wardrobe inspiration for the heroine, it needs only to look to the franchise’s past and the example thatZelda: Breath of the WildandZelda: Tears of the Kingdomhave set for it. Zelda has appeared throughout the series in different outfits, especially inHyrule Warriorsand its sequel,Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. This would be a great place to start to ensure Zelda has plenty of cosmetic options inZelda: Echoes of Wisdom. More specifically, Zelda’s Sheik outfit fromZelda: Ocarina of Timewould be an excellent addition or her gold-framed dress fromZelda: Twilight Princess.
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Should Introduce Original Outfits for Zelda to Wear
WhileThe Legend of Zelda’s past is full of great examples of what the princess could wear inZelda: Echoes of Wisdom, it should introduce plenty of original outfits as well.Zelda: Breath of the WildandZelda: Tears of the Kingdomboth excel in this area by ensuring players have a wide variety of brand-new armor sets for Link to wear that are themed after the games themselves, rather than anything from the series' previous installments.Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomcould offer players similar cosmetic options, whether they are designed to resemble the Deku of the Faron Wetlands orthe River Zora of Jabul Waters.
Judging by what was shown in the “Traversing Hyrule"trailer forThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, there doesn’t seem to be much room for outfits in the player’s inventory. That being said, that could either be misleading marketing or simply a misunderstanding of the inventory screen. In any case, for the ability to give Zelda different looks inZelda: Echoes of Wisdomto really hit home with players, it will need a vast number of options available, especially if it hopes to followZelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s act.
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!
