The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom looks like a cute and cuddly game, but you're going to have to go down a dark path if you'd like to play it in the most optimal way possible.

As we noted in last week’s return installment of Best, Worst, Weirdest , Zelda broke with that basic tradition with 2013’s A Link Between Worlds, which dropped the whole idea of a steadily growing roster of tools,

T he lands of Hyrule are full of impostors in Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Unfortunately for Zelda, this evil reaches for the friendly Lord Jabu-Jabu of the Jabul Waters. Up

Vocavor is the main boss of the Jabul Ruins in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and it looks like a giant shrimp blended with a seahorse. This boss fight involves a lot of chasing as it will glide in between water pillars with ease while players will struggle to keep up.

Even if it wasn’t those things, it would still be rad just to finally play as Zelda for a full game. Mysterious purple rifts have begun opening up around Hyrule, sucking any nearby terrain, buildings,

Echoes of Wisdom side quest from a Sea Zora is unlike any other in the game, but its solution is simpler than you think.

The Suthorn Ruins will be the first full dungeon players will tackle in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. After a brief visit to a rift, they will come to a fairly standard design revolving around old stonework and cave systems. It’s the perfect dungeon to make players more acquainted with the Echo system.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was released exclusively on the Nintendo Switch on September 26, 2024. The game was developed by Grezzo (who also did Link's Awakening on the Switch) with some help from Nintendo, and was published by Nintendo.

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As players make their way through Hyrule once again in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, they will be met with 50 side quests. That sounds like a lot to cover, but this is spread across the different regions, so in reality, you’ll come by at least 5 to 8 side quests per area.