The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom takes a tour of its various regions in a new Traversing Hyrule trailer
Nintendo shared a new look at The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the brand-new Zelda entry starring Zelda herself as the main playable character. It provides a glimpse at the several regions throughout Hyrule that players will be exploring, as well as various other systems such as Travel Waypoints, Smoothie Shops, and two new abilities that people can experiment with as Zelda.
The video showcases the Gerudo Desert, Jabul Waters, Eldin Volcano, and Faron Wetlands regions that Zelda will visit. People will encounter familiar faces, such as the Gerudo Tribe and the Zora in some of these regions. They may have various problems that the players will need to solve with Zelda's newfound powers in Echoes of Wisdom.
In order to travel around the map swiftly, there will be waypoints that players can activate to fast-travel around the world. People can also traverse the lands more quickly by riding a horse around. Once Zelda learns how to make a Carrot Echo, she can call over a horse to her anytime to mount it.
Meanwhile, Zelda can encounter Business Scrubs during her adventure and they'll grant her access to Smoothie Shops. These allow her to combine ingredients that players have collected during their playthrough. Smoothies grant various effects, such as recovering HP, raising recovery potency, increasing elemental resistances, and such.
Lastly, the Bind and Reverse Bond abilities in Echoes of Wisdom are detailed. With Bind, players can link Zelda to environmental objects or enemies to move them. This allows for certain interactions, like dropping a massive boulder into a pit or dropping enemies off of a cliff. Spiky harmful objects can be utilized as weapons through binding with them, as well.
Reverse Bond creates the opposite type of interaction with Zelda's movement being influenced by the object, Echo, or enemy that is linked with her. For instance, Zelda can latch onto a bird through Reverse Bond and achieve flight because she is tied to it.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom launches on September 26 for the Nintendo Switch.
Watch the new Traverse Hyrule trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom down below.
When mysterious rifts begin appearing across the land, the citizens of Hyrule need a hero … and with a certain swordsman missing, it’s up to Princess Zelda to save her kingdom.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom game for the Nintendo Switch family of systems launching Sept. 26 stars Zelda herself as she attempts to uncover a mystery that threatens to take over the entire Kingdom of Hyrule. This adventure sends her from one end of the kingdom to another, from the arid desert of the Gerudo tribe to the dense forest homes of the Deku Scrubs.
As rifts threaten to consume the kingdom, even Zelda’s formidable wisdom may not be enough to solve the mystery on its own. With the help of the ethereal creature Tri and the powerful Tri Rod, Zelda gains the power to create echoes – imitations of objects found in the environment. By echoing things from wooden boxes to old beds, Zelda will be able to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles. She can also create echoes to use in her defense when faced with dangerous enemies – and then echo the enemies themselves to fight by her side in later confrontations!
Zelda’s journey will call upon her to traverse the expanse of her kingdom (using waypoints and horseback to travel quickly). Along the way, she will collect accessories and outfits to aid in her mission (such as the ability to increase her swim speed), and the chance to gather ingredients and blend them into smoothies that give you different effects based on their ingredients – such as replenishing health!
Zelda’s wisdom and player creativity are put to the test in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. With Tri’s help, Zelda will utilize new powers to “Bind” and “Reverse Bond” objects – making objects follow Zelda’s movements or allowing Zelda to follow a creature’s movements, respectively – you can uncover hidden paths or find multiple ways to overcome obstacles or solve puzzles. Make a boulder “follow” you to open a hidden area or bind yourself to a flying creature and temporarily take to the skies. It’s up to you!
Mysterious rifts are overtaking Hyrule. What other challenges will Zelda face in this grand adventure to save her kingdom?
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is available for pre-order right now.
