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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Grezzo, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3

2024•Puzzle•PEGI 7•About 24 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredisasterfantasymonster/alien/supernaturalmyth/fairytalefasttried & testedlightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, glossy puzzle game, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like polish over grit.

Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

84 / 100

89 ratings

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About This Game

The people of Hyrule are being stolen away by strange rifts that have appeared, and with a certain swordsman among those missing, it’s up to Princess Zelda to save her kingdom. Team up with the mysterious fairy, Tri, and use the power of the Tri Rod to learn how to create echoes, imitations of things found in the environment. You can then recreate those echoes whenever you like to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. Create echoes like water blocks to reach new heights, make bridges out of old beds, throw rocks at foes, or find your own creative combination of echoes to do things your way. You can even create echoes of monsters to fight at your side in combat!

Summary: IGDB

Story

In the kingdom of Hyrule, mysterious rifts begin tearing open across the land, swallowing people and places into a frozen realm called the Still World. When the hero Link vanishes into one of these rifts while trying to rescue her, Princess Zelda returns to Hyrule Castle only to find imposters posing as the king and his advisors, who frame her for the disaster and imprison her. With the help of a fairy named Tri, Zelda escapes and receives the Tri Rod, a magical artifact that lets her create echoes, copies of objects and creatures she has seen. Setting out across Hyrule, she works to seal the...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDisasterFantasyMonster/alien/supernaturalMyth/fairytaleAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Female protagonistUnlockable itemsFast traveling

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developers: Grezzo, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 26 September 2024
Series: The Legend of Zelda
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Time to beat: 24h normally, 30h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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