Nintendo shock dropped a brand new overview trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge as we speak, and it is clear how Breath of the Wild has influenced it.
Again in June, Nintendo revealed its newest Zelda recreation solely a 12 months after Tears of the Kingdom got here out, however this time, the titular princess is lastly the star of her personal recreation. Right now, Nintendo launched a brand new Traversing Hyrule trailer that has provided a extra detailed have a look at among the locations you may be visiting this time round, in addition to one other capacity Zelda may have, and one other companion she’ll be travelling with too. For the primary time in a 2D Zelda recreation, the Gerudo can be making an look, in Gerudo Desert as at all times, a spot with loads of mysteries.
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Jabul Waters can be host to each the Sea Zora and River Zora, the 2 differing kinds you might need seen within the first trailer. The Sea Zora are the type you may be accustomed to from Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild, whereas the River Zora are those from A Hyperlink to the Previous and different 2D video games – that is the primary time they have been in a recreation collectively. The Gorons are again too, in Eldin Volcano, however extra importantly Deku Scrubs are again for the primary time since Tri Power Heroes.
Enterprise Scrubs may even allow you to make smoothies with gadgets you collect that provide you with completely different results based mostly on what you combine. Oh, and you’ll put on completely different equipment and clothes gadgets for various results too!
It was clear from the primary trailer that Echoes of Widsom’s recreation design was taking some queues from Breath of the Wild’s “mess around along with your toolset and see what occurs” mentality, however that affect is stretching even additional than it first appeared. Alongside the sport’s foremost quest, there can be aspect quests too, with an Journey Log identical to in Breath of the Wild.
You do have the choice of quick journey while you discover sure waypoints, however who cares about that, when Zelda will even be capable to trip round on most likely the cutest horse the sequence has ever had (they allow you to soar over small obstacles too in addition). Utilizing her echo capacity to create a carrot may even summon a horse, which I completely love.
Lastly, the trailer additionally launched one other capacity Tri will give Zelda, Bind. Whenever you use Bind, you actually join your self to interactable objects, letting you progress them round, type of like Tears of the Kingdom’s Ultrahand. You can too apply it to buried treasure or enemies, and your echoes too, which appears like it’s going to have a tonne of various makes use of within the recreation’s puzzles.
The top of the trailer additionally reveals how the rifts featured within the first trailer are making huge vital landmarks disappear the world over, and it appears like you’ll enter a portal, presumably to avoid wasting them, clearly harking back to A Hyperlink to the Previous’s Darkish World. It is clear that Nintendo is not half-arsing this one, which is reassuring for Zelda’s first solo outing.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge is out September 26 for Nintendo Change.