This was undoubtedly the most unexpected announcement of this Nintendo Direct on June 18, 2024, namely the announcement of a new episode of The Legend of Zelda series, but with an even more incredible little twist, namely the first episode which allows you to take control of Zelda instead of Link as the main character. So of course, technically, there already exists a game on Philipps CD-i where you could already play the princess, but as Nintendo in no way recognizes the value or the existence of these titles in the official lore, I might as well tell you that we have all hidden them equally. As we can see in the first video, Nintendo has opted for the same rendering and artistic direction as the remake of Link’s Awakening.

In The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, it is Link who is kidnapped (for once) and therefore offers Zelda to play the savior of Hyrule. But contrary to appearances, Zelda is not going to take up arms to free Link, but to use the powers of a scepter transmitted by a fairy named Tri, thus allowing her to reproduce any object, that’s what we call an echo. And once you have learned to copy/paste an element, it is possible to do it endlessly. For example, Zelda can create a table to use to gain height. It’s the same with water cubes that Zelda can also merge together. But the best thing is to create echoes of monsters so that they take care of eliminating the other enemies, which allows our princess to keep her hands clean. We imagine that other game mechanics have not yet been revealed to us, and we will wait for another presentation to find out more.

In the meantime, the release of this The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is scheduled for September 26, 2024, and Nintendo has also planned a collector’s Switch Lite console in the colors of the game, with of course the symbol of the Triforce.