The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

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During today’s Direct presentation, Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the franchise’s first game to follow as Princess Zelda herself as she embarks on an adventure to save the world from destruction...after Ganon bests Link in battle, Zelda is left to her own devices to battle hordes of monsters that descend upon the game’s take on Hyrule (which seems heavily inspired by 2019’s Link’s Awakening remake)

According to series producer Eiji Aonuma, Zelda will navigate and fight through the world somewhat differently in Echoes of Wisdom as she wields a magical staff known as the Tri Rod with the assistance of a fairy named Tri

Echoes of Wisdom hits the Switch systems on September 26th...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RTrH2erPE
 
I’m not enthused and I am a fan. I didn’t think Link’s Awakening looked or played well, frankly, and this looks like more of the same. It was pure tedium. It is disappointing to see production values that look like something from the 3DS.

I would have rather seen a port of Twilight Princess or Windwaker HD.

This is clearly the last gasp of the Switch. Now, everything looks extremely antiquated. They need a new console desperately now. Only the actual gameplay can save this one, but I’m getting tired of this woefully outdated hardware.

I am glad they are continuing to develop games in the top down style of a Link Between Worlds, however.
 
The problem I have is that in this style game mindlessly bonking the enemies with your sword and cutting the grass for hearts and rupees is a necessity for me. No sword!

Also, I personally dislike the plastic looking graphics. I can’t get immersed, everything is so toy like. The aesthetic doesn’t work for me. I will certainly give it a shot, however.
 
Look cute. Zelda has a huge female and casual gamer appeal.

Before, back when Nintendo had separate mobile consoles and TV consoles, the Zelda franchise was split in to more casual, simple releases on mobile, and more intense, serious adventures on the TV consoles.

Now that the switch does both, you get both sides of the Zelda coin. TOTK was the serious release, with sweeping orchestral swells and a cinematic story. Meanwhile this is more akin to the DS or GBA series.
 
Look cute. Zelda has a huge female and casual gamer appeal.

Before, back when Nintendo had separate mobile consoles and TV consoles, the Zelda franchise was split in to more casual, simple releases on mobile, and more intense, serious adventures on the TV consoles.

Now that the switch does both, you get both sides of the Zelda coin. TOTK was the serious release, with sweeping orchestral swells and a cinematic story. Meanwhile this is more akin to the DS or GBA series.

Pretty much this. Also plenty of people prefer the older style Zeldas and the cartoonish graphics. It's not just Zelda that does this break. Metroid still has old side scrolling games and also an FPS line. Mario still cranks out side scrollers and also 3d games.
 
Pretty much this. Also plenty of people prefer the older style Zeldas and the cartoonish graphics. It's not just Zelda that does this break. Metroid still has old side scrolling games and also an FPS line. Mario still cranks out side scrollers and also 3d games.
This is nothing like "old" Zelda, though.
 
This is Amazing feeling the only thing I don't like is the items selection UI for different items but it has to be transparent I guess to see what your doing in game.

I rather buy a Zelda that looks like a Zelda game which this does top down perspective. Don't own a Switch.
 
TBH, I'm tired of waiting for another canon Zelda game. Bring back the green tunic and stop trying to modernize Link.
You can get the 8 Bit Link Amiibo for his classic costume (Hero Set), Smash Brothers Link for his Twilight Costume, Ocarina Link for his OoT gear, and they all look incredible in ToTk. They also drop helpful items. It is the first thing I do when I start a new game.

You can also get a bootleg set of cards that have transponders for all the Zelda amiibos.

I will not play a Zelda game without a green Link. 🤪

Edit: I think Hero Set Link is the best looking Link of the whole series, although sometimes I put the Ocarina pants on him to change it up.
 
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Saw this at work we have a vendor out these up I'm pretty sure. If the game gets good reviews might pick up an OLED switch. There really hasn't been a game I wanted this entire time.
 
Ok I got another $100 voucher, so snagged this game and will use the rest for Prime 4. So I got this for $50.00, effectively.

I think if this is any good, and we get Prime 4, Switch will be my favorite console of all time BY FAR, just based on the quality of the library. I mean this is an EPIC console.

I’m a little distracted by DCS World, this will be my post PC, time for bed game for sure.

I also grabbed a collection of Castlevania DS games, which is also awesome!

OLED is a must. A must. I have both models. There is no comparison.
 
Just ran past the switch section there is abot 60 copies or more of Zelda hard copies 60.00 each. I might pick up a switch tonight but I might not.
But my discount card and get 40.00+ off the thing. The thing I don't like about switch cosole you can't tweak the settings. So if there is Bloom in the game your stuck with it.
 
I'm enjoying it, but it's more enjoyable emulated than on the Switch I'm finding purely because of the higher fidelity and framerate even though I'm using the same TMR controller on both platforms so it's not a controller thing either. Just feels nicer if that makes sense. Simply can't beat 4K rendering with SMAA on top and ~150-200fps.

Could also be because as a PC gamer, have become more spoiled by higher quality graphics and framerates. For me now if I can't emulate it then it's unlikely I'll get the console copy if it's a Nintendo release.

Some gameplay:


View: https://youtu.be/G2pq0M8dnw4
 
Got it for my daughter's 9th birthday. So far they have had a blast with it. She just got snacked down hard by the first boss. It has been decent mix of the 90s era top down, a little bit of the side scroll platformers and the opened end problem solving of TOTK and BOTW. It's fun to see some their solutions, it's amazing how quickly they can figure out how to cheese an enemy then be completely stumped by an environmental challenge.
 
This type of game really benefitted from the 3DS’s 3D screen (A Link Between Worlds). I kind if hope they revisit 3D in the next console.
 
Personally, I don't find the Switch's OLED screen to be a great example of OLED. I bought one for my last partner and compared it side by side to a revised model LCD switch (screen has much better color accuracy and clarity, than launch Switch)-----and I didn't find it to be a drastic difference. Especially when you turn off the default extreme color saturation setting.

There certainly are differences. But, if you have a revised model Switch already, the OLED model isn't worth the cost. And if you want a Switch and there is a large price difference due to deals or something; the revised/current model LCD switches are plenty good. However, the OLED is technically the best Switch. And if you will be playing it a lot, and mostly/always handheld, its cool that its available.
 
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