For some followers of The Legend of Zelda, there’s simply as a lot enjoyable in theorizing and analyzing the world as there’s in taking part in the video games. So, when Nintendo launched the primary trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, YouTubers and different followers didn’t waste time attending to work analyzing the trailer and dissecting its each element.
There’s lots to dive into this time round. Princess Zelda would be the playable hero of the story for the primary time and wields a wholly new weapon, the Tri Rod — and the truth that Echoes of Wisdom might have connections to earlier variations of Hyrule and the sequence at giant has already launched ample alternatives for folks to theorize. There are masses of posts on Reddit with observations, and YouTube is stuffed with movies analyzing the trailer. It can all be lots, so Polygon rounded up some of the best theories we’ve seen about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
It takes place in the identical world as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
A Reddit put up that sparked a dialog on a Zelda subreddit made a convincing argument that the world in Echoes of Wisdom could possibly be linked to A Link to the Past. The put up features a screenshot from the trailer, which exhibits a panoramic vista of Hyrule in Echoes of Wisdom. In it, you’ll be able to see environments like a forest within the northwestern nook of the map, mountains within the north, and Hyrule Castle within the heart. The person argues these places and the association look just like these in A Link to the Past, so it might imply it takes place in the identical or an analogous model of Hyrule.
The Sheikah shall be again within the recreation
Zeltik, a popular theory crafter within the Zelda community, highlighted a second the place the Sheikah seem to return in Echoes of Wisdom in two separate situations. The first exhibits a clip the place a personality resembling Impa, Zelda’s Sheikah nursemaid in different video games, like Ocarina of Time and Oracle of Seasons, assaults troopers in Hyrule Castle. The look of Impa wouldn’t be all that outstanding given she’s in so many video games, however then there’s one other enjoyable deal with: The trailer exhibits a home that seems to be a workshop or place for analysis. The room incorporates glowing orange indicators that could possibly be Sheikah symbols, and the character appears lots like Robbie from Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
There shall be two sorts of Zora within the recreation
Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
This is a small element, however a enjoyable one: There have all the time been completely different designs for the Zora in varied Zelda video games. The Zora within the unique A Link to the Past had a colourful, virtually dragonlike look, whereas the Zora we see in newer video games like Ocarina of Time have a sleeker and silvery fishlike look. In one other part from Zeltik’s trailer evaluation, he exhibits a clip from the trailer the place we are able to see Zelda standing between each sorts of Zora. He hypothesized that there could possibly be a battle between the 2 and that the princess would possibly play a task in mediating tensions between the 2 teams.
Those are some of the enjoyable theories we’ve discovered up to now, however we are going to replace the article as we get extra info about the sport. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom shall be launched on Nintendo Switch on Sept. 26.
