Nintendo Will GIve Zelda Her Own Sword, After All

The huffy lads astatine Nintendo yet did it; they gave Zelda a sword successful her upcoming game, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

Nintendo released a deep-dive trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom earlier today. Throughout the narrated trailer, Nintendo gave a little overview of wherefore poster lad Link is taking the backseat this clip astir to springiness alternatively starring woman Zelda her long-overdue clip to bask successful the limelight. TLDR: a mysterious rift gobbled up each of Hyrule and near Zelda to fend for herself to prevention her kingdom. Little did the purple rift know, Zelda isn’t conscionable equipped with her wit to lick assorted platforming puzzles and magically assembling chairs to propulsion astatine her foes, she besides studied the blade.

At immoderate constituent successful the game’s dungeon crawling, Zelda encounters a mysterious sword, transforming her into the appropriately named swordfighter form: a ghostly cosplay of Link’s iconic leader fit. In this caller form, Zelda tin chopped down obstacles blocking her path, repost enemies, oregon articulation her allies successful the vigor of battle. As with astir bonzer things successful gaming, Zelda’s sword comes with the caveat that she can’t support the signifier for long.

A gauge—which you tin replenish by collecting small icons passim Hyrule and the “Still World,” the alternate magnitude created by those mysterious rifts and wherever Echoes of Wisdom‘s dungeons volition beryllium set—will bare the longer you’re successful her sword form. Fortunately, Echoes of Wisdom‘s sword gauge’s “lv. 1” spirit substance heavy implies immoderate upgrades for players, which whitethorn effect successful much almighty swings oregon a longer clip bounds for the Hyrulean princess to show her sword dancing skills whenever she’s not taking a powerfulness nap mid-battle.

It’s not the archetypal clip Zelda’s technically taken up arms–in Spirit Tracks she could person suits of armor to assistance Link successful combat, and of people Zelda has fought successful games like Smash Bros. and Hyrule Warriors–but it’s bully to spot aft the archetypal uncover kept Zelda’s combat prowess firmly rooted successful letting others bash the warring for her, she’ll inactive beryllium capable get stuck successful herself erstwhile it comes to protecting her kingdom.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom releases connected the Nintendo Switch connected September 26.

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