In a recent interview with BBC Newsbeat, Echoes of Wisdom directors Tomomi Sano and Satoshi Terada joined series producer Eiji Aonuma to discuss players’ reception to the latest Zelda installment. A playable Princess Zelda wasn’t the only massive departure from the other games in the series. Introducing an entirely new system of traversal and combat…
While most of the attention surrounding The Legend of Zelda games continues to be around 3D installments, Eiji Aonuma recently went on the record in an interview with Famitsu about the future of top-down 2D games. Prior to Echoes of Wisdom, we haven’t seen a top-down 2D game since A Link Between Worlds back in…
The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and with it comes a sleighful of opportunities for gamers on the snow-capped horizon. Nintendo announced in a press release on Tuesday that there will be a nice variety of Black Friday promotions on their products at various retailers including Nintendo eShop and the Nintendo Store website.…
In a recent interview with Famitsu Magazine, producer Eiji Aonuma, Grezzo director Satoshi Terada, and Echoes of Wisdom director Tomomi Sano sat down and revealed quite a lot of fascinating information about how the development of Princess Zelda’s adventure came to be. As one could imagine, many times they had to think outside the box…
Nothing beats boredom or a stressed out day quite like entertaining yourself with some hardcore Zelda fan theorizing. That’s exactly what Commonwealth Realm attempted to do with an all-new YouTube explanation of Echoes of Wisdom’s place in the infamous Legend of Zelda timeline. The whopping one and a half hour video focuses on the lore…
It’s a good thing that most games in the Zelda series feature a different Link. Can you imagine how annoying it would be to go to see Princess Zelda only to find out some dastard had carried her off again? Link would never shirk his duty, but he’d probably spout something like “Really? It feels…
Echoes of Wisdom is a milestone for the Zelda series in a lot of ways, the most obvious being that it’s the first mainline title to feature Hyrule’s princess as the primary protagonist. Aside from the gameplay innovations, this simple change of character leads to countless subtle differences from past games. Even the soundtrack reflects…
It’s dangerous to go alone – so go fast. Speedrun.com leaderboards officially went live on October 10 for Echoes of Wisdom, and speedrunners are eagerly making records. There are 36 categories available, including the much-anticipated Any%, 100%, and Glitchless runs. The current world record holder for the Any% category belongs to Swedish player Nitroz, but…
Princess Zelda’s debut game takes a strong stride in sales, and while it’s technically not a gold medal seller anymore, it’s certainly keeping pace with the pack. In Japan, Famitsu Software Sales reported that Echoes of Wisdom placed fifth out of thirty titles for the the first half of October, squeezing ahead of powerful long-standers…
The last wave of Echoes of Wisdom themed icon parts has been released for players with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. The adorable lineup includes characters such as Princess Zelda and her loveable horse, Impa, Lueberry, Deku Scrubs, and the eternally entrepreneurial Business Scrub. The Fire Wizzrobe and Ignizol are the featured enemy types.…
A hundred heroes raise the Master Sword, a hundred villains obsess over power, and a hundred princesses are trapped, waiting for the hero to save her and the kingdom over and over again. That is the curse burned into the history of Hyrule. For a second, the story was about to begin again. Our hero…
Waves of new official Zelda merchandise and promotional crossovers have arrived from Nintendo, and most of it seems to be coming to Japan only. There are some exceptions, however, as a handful of items and sweepstakes opportunities have popped up exclusively for My Nintendo Rewards members in the United States. First up, fans in Japan…
When Princess Zelda strikes out on an adventure to save Hyrule in Echoes of Wisdom, she has no shortage of objects, monsters, and elements at her disposal to solve puzzles and do battle. There are well over 100 different Echoes to be learned in Echoes of Wisdom, ranging from simple furniture you could find in…
The latest entry, Echoes of Wisdom, offers a wondrous overworld for our new protagonist, the titular Zelda herself, to explore. One of the most enjoyable aspects of a good Zelda game is discovering optional dungeons, which makes you feel like a true adventurer, taking on unexpected challenges. Deep in Hyrule’s hinterlands lies an abandoned dungeon…
For a few years now, I feared that Tri Force Heroes was the last new 2D Zelda game that would ever be made. The size and scope of Breath of the Wild meant Nintendo combined their Zelda teams into one, making them singly focused upon creating massive, open-world 3D worlds. These 3D experiences are great,…
