Review - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
“The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom” is the most recently released Zelda game and the very first game in the nearly four decade old series to feature Princess Zelda herself as the main playable protagonist. With 38 years of releases to build on, does this latest game refine a nearly perfect formula or do the unexpected changes ruin the experience? I’ve been watching Echoes of Wisdom since it was first announced. Any new Zelda game is worth paying attention to, and 2D (ish) Zelda games tend to be my favorite. Couple that with the revolutionary decision to make Zelda the main protagonist instead of Link, and you have a very large number of gamers on the edge of their seats. This could be huge. I expressed concern with the first gameplay trailer that it looked gimmicky. Zelda games have traditionally focused very heavily on Link’s swordplay. Removing that as the main method of engaging with enemies was a very bold decision, and one that would force this game to be notably different fr...