Echoes of Wisdom is So Broken You Can Play as Link

[@MrStanFungi]

the fans when nintendo release a zelda game where you can play as zelda:

[@John6-40]

This game is like playing Mario as Princess Peach. Most people - if given a choice - will choose to play as Link. Playing as Zelda is neat, but the novelty quickly wears off. I miss my boy Link.

[@NintendoSouthWales]

@@John6-40 Then go and play the 30 or so Zelda games where Link is the protangonist

[@jacksonlovesnintendo]

@@John6-40 It is really interesting how different they function. Link is all about direct contact, Zelda is all about indirect contact.

[@youareacoward8459]

@@John6-40 dude, the game is named "LEGEND OF ZELDA" That means ABOUT that person. The others should be renamed to "Adventures of Link"

[@indielife192]

The fans when they want a ZELDA game where you play as ZELDA but complain because they want to play as link: (Side note this is a cool video no hate)

[@TomNook.]

It's about time we got the opportunity to play as Link for once!

[@pedrovictorsilvaladeira7877]

This is incredible! I can already see in a few days someone posting something like "can you finish Echoes of the Wisdom as Link?". I hope the answer is yes. And hope this glitch isn't patched

[@Guy4385]

It’s still not patched thankfully. Just did it today.

[@Occulydian]

New speedrun category just dropped

[@ghb323]

Signs basically are the BDSP’s menu glitch. It isn’t just a wrong-warper, it teleports you ANYWHERE. Also, it resembles the back in time glitch in WW, TP, and SS.

[@ghb323]

Actually, this glitch looks closer to Skyward Sword’s back in time glitch, with the use of a save-corruption exploit with the bird statues in the game.

[@DarkLink1996.]

@@ghb323 Pretty much. Your save is set to the intro, but your location is bugged. So, if you can get this to work in the final rift, you might be able to make it to the final boss as Link

[@Guy4385]

@@DarkLink1996.BROO that would be sooo cool!!!!! I’m just waiting for someone to do it. I would love to play the final boss as link. That boss battle was so underwhelming. Sub par as fuck

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

​@@DarkLink1996.You May be able to get to them, but you can't defeat them, as you Need bind to pull out the Triforce.

[@villagersrule64]

now imagine: link with echoes

[@KLIMBORB]

You mean Link the ability to summon objects out of thin air as well as use his normal abilities? That's preposterous! Next you'll want him to be able to fuse those summoned objects together to form some kind of war machine!

[@superrubikwil]

You mean tears of the kingdom?

[@ghb323]

Zlink = Zelda + Link

[@Glunk222]

@@ghb323 NO LINK! YOU CAN'T USE THE FUSE ABILITY ON PEOPLE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN!

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

@@Glunk222 (Straps a Korok to a contraption that is definitely banned by the Geneva convention) "What?"

[@Zerossoul]

New challenge unlocked: Save Link as Link!

[@richardmahn7589]

IKR? Like Zelda can do it? Sheesh. Link to the rescue!

[@normal6483]

Link and Link's love is a romance for the ages. I hope they kiss

[@richardmahn7589]

@@normal6483 NPC Link will just nod and walk away.

[@normal6483]

@@richardmahn7589 Fans will spend years arguing if *this* time Link and Link are love interests, only for observant fans to note that this game actually implies that Stamp Guy is Link's love interest this game.

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

Sadly, the game has a lot of story triggers, and you can't even activate the first one, saving zelda.

[@UltimaMan]

Link has the maximum number of hearts, so what happens if he gets a heart container?

[@davidhower7095]

This seems surprisingly functional… feels like a great starting point for a play-as-Link mod.

[@sinteleon]

Considering that "swordfighter mode" basically has all of Link's abilities (and then some, the playable link did not have sword beams at full hearts), this isn't really needed to duplicate Link functionality.

[@seanritzenthaler9208]

Tbh, with how fleshed out Link was in the intro, I was a little convinced that there would be a truncated post game where you play a short little story as Link leading up to Zelda's rescue.

[@sinteleon]

@@seanritzenthaler9208 though it's mostly enough to represent sword fighter mode, while the rest of the assets go towards link assist mode in endgame.

[@seanritzenthaler9208]

@@sinteleon Yeah, that's eventually what I came to as well, but a short story similar to Olimars Tale in Pikmin 4 would've been cool. Maybe DLC? Though it doesn't feel like they'd do DLC for this title.

[@Djangowestcoast07]

I’m sure we will get a link dlc later on there is no way we won’t

[@BobBurgers1234]

I don’t know how people figure these things out, they’re probably like “Huh, I wonder if I make another game and save as soon as I start because I don’t feel like playing anymore, then on my old game I want to know what happens if I stand on this exact spot and press buttons over and over again?”

[@Defensive_Wounds]

That but at important transitions in the game. Otherwise it is silly shet.

[@Patriotgames-yc1mw]

I think a fun dlc would be playing as link and seeing what he was doing before he saved Zelda

[@HardCorePoration]

He was breaking pots and harassing cuccos probably. You know, the average Zelda experience.

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

That could be an entire game in of itself Considering Ganon recognized ya

[@Kirbyluver2]

The legend of zelda Glitches of courage

[@eshasunrise]

Dang this is wild. Could you imagine a Zelda game with a playable Link?

[@armakuni64]

Heres some info i gathered on the glitch: For anyone having trouble, leave around half a second - 1 second between your up input and A press) Interacting with a nearby waypoint did unlock it after it triggered the first event, and you can unlock more. I also managed to unlock the log and map, by making my way to the Zora area and triggering the main quest dialogue, which unlocked the log and the map (you cant see unlocked parts of the map, but you can warp using it). Opened a chest with rupees inside and that allowed me to collect overworld rupees, but Ihaven't found a way to access the inventory yet. Will update with more info as I test. 👍

[@Occulydian]

How did you get overworld rupees to appear? I've opened two 20 rupee chests and still haven't seen a single rupee spawn.

[@armakuni64]

@@Occulydian they don't spawn from grass, they are fixed overworld spawns (you can find them using an interactive map)

[@Electrotter]

If you go down to Impa’s Brother’s house, you’ll be able to use the map

[@Electrotter]

If you purchase an accessory, you can access the equipment menu

[@mrbubbles6468]

If it wasn’t specifically for the things you needed to Bind with no other way of removing them and the gaps you need to get over you could beat the entire game

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

And all the story triggers that you skip.

[@firionkaiser8291]

Really makes you wonder how Link initially got around Hyrule's various locations

[@pwill4real855]

Does a single glitch that takes really difficult inputs and timing to complete- “This game is so broken!”

[@5-Volt]

I wonder what happens when you go in water. If he has a swimming animation or not.

[@Occulydian]

He does indeed have a swimming animation

[@Starlight_235]

He shares the animations with Zelda, which is why he did the jump when entering the rift

[@shadowlink3602]

I haven't tested this theory yet but if anyone is doing this for the first time, I have a feeling that by using a save during the Ganon fight, you can play as link cloakless

[@Occulydian]

Unfortunately you can't save during boss fights.

[@skins4thewin]

Honestly, this should have been an unlockable feature after beating the game anyway. Could have been another way to get some extra replay value out of it! But as usual, Nintendo is so set in their ways & can't think past their own noses.

[@SuperLuigi1025]

More then likely this will get the Tears of the Kingdom treatment. Only difference unlike in that game this one could mess up your save if they patch it since it isn't just transferring a weapon from the intro.

[@tomoyaokazaki2138]

Lol this would be the perfect time for that meme where Link says “Call me Zelda one more time.” Haha they really should make a dlc where we play Echoes of Wisdom from Link’s perspective (after beating the game as Zelda). I think that would be fun tbh

[@baronvonpunsenschlachter2016]

How do people find things like this😂

[@Fires_Phoenix]

What it seems to have happened was that you overwrote the save data with the link save data and I think that is a map that isn't normally accessable. I have a feeling on the link map that there are no rifts at all.

[@Sairiui]

Ngl, I was expecting an infinite Link (swordfighter) gauge. This is amazing!

[@Sephiroth08150]

The makers of TLoZ are not known for making a post-game, but it would have been amazing if they let you free-roam after you've beaten the BBEG and they give you the Swordfighter mode again... But this time, it's Link swapping place with Zelda.

[@Zx7o.]

There are better spots to do this in around the Lost woods. Some of the big trees void you out at the very top so you can place a sign at the very top and do the glitch at the same time

[@keaton52257]

I think you mean the “Eternal Forest” 🤓

[@JosephShemelewski]

I'm gonna have to try this I kept thinking it'd be cool to have a Link mode for post game

[@ehrlichezeilen83]

how do people find out stuff like this?

[@shadowlink3602]

Been messing with this and found so much interesting stuff. You cant sccess the map right off the bat but if you acquire a quest it lets u open ut and use fast travel. Getting 4 pieces of heart seems to reset ur hearts back to 3 until u reload. You can only find hearts as drops. You can use horses by jumping directly onto them. Going near the first warp will cause a softlock thst wont let you unlock it but i found a rlly annoying wirk around. The game acts as if rifts are there wheb they arent at times. Currently ive unlocked the first quest and im trying to see how far i can get. Also psa. Trying thr dojo crashes the game

[@shadowlink3602]

Additionally ive found thst buying a potion adds a permanent drinkable section to ur menu. I'm hoping that by the same logic I'll be able to use accessories

[@alyoalyoalyo]

Oh cool! It's neat to see someone else experimenting with it. Wild stuff!

[@shadowlink3602]

@@alyoalyoalyo from what I've seen so far youre the first one to discover this. When i found out about pause storage I thought smth like this might be possible with loading two saves at once or smth but i didn't have the patience to try it so props to you. Hoping that this video gets more seen in the community and that all this info is recognized

[@kidfromkor]

Tri has never met Link, so Tri stays at the point where the glitch was. So whenever Tri talks, map goes to where Tri is

[@DarkLink1996.]

Also wherever you warp to, or exit a door from. Tri stays at spawn, basically

[@kilixgamer9914]

I need to see someone beating the entire game this way, or what is possible even if they have to use glitches!!

[@diegodeus]

What version ? Pls

[@Nilonaut]

Do you think it would be possible to use this glitch to keep the hood down on the disguise outfit by using a save from the bit in the castle?

[@alexnewby2004]

Okay, hypothetically… what would happen if you collected four heart containers

[@fallenledechu]

Nothing, when Link touch a Heart piece it disspear and don't show up in the menu

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

​@@fallenledechuThat's when you collect one in the overworld, what happends when you pick up 4 from shops? Or what happends when you transfer 100% zelda to a new game save file, what happends when you get 4 heart pieces then?

[@fallenledechu]

@@mariorockysonicmegasochjag There's only one in shop in Suthorn village and I don't know I tried on a New file to not screw my two files

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

@@fallenledechu Yeah, but you can also get them from the acorn minigame, and probably from some quests too.

[@fallenledechu]

@@mariorockysonicmegasochjag Probably nothing too at least the one on Suthorn village didn't do anything... But you Can enter rifts without the Tri rod.. From what I see from a New game : You can't explore Hebra Mountain, Eldin Volcano, Faron Wetland, Quest may be bugged (Tohna of Gerudo Town don't awake After defeating the Monsters) All rifts are closed but act as open, Link doesn't have a falling sound like Zelda...

[@marcus7252]

Can you create a save file once you got link to revisit it easier later? Any idea? :D

[@MrBrutusssss]

Problem is the game was designed for Zelda. Most of the progression requires her ability to manipulate object

[@randomcuber9921]

Ah yes you know it’s good when you have two ui up at once (memory storage)

[@sonic7270]

I really wonder about the different interactions, like can link swim? Is there any dungeon he can possibly complete? He may not have the tri rod, but with higher jump and bombs, I feel you can make decent progress somewhere.

[@alyoalyoalyo]

He can swim, he kinda wades in water with his shield and sword lol and yeah it'd be cool to check out other dungeons and things, I know for the first one I got up to the boulder you had to bind with to get rid of, and since bind wasn't possible it was a no go. :') But I'll have to keep playing around with other possibilities!

[@shadowlink3602]

​@@alyoalyoalyo I've been experimenting and finding out lots of stuff. U can bypass that first rock by using a bombchu to hit a switch. Next rock is still in the way tho

[@alyoalyoalyo]

@@shadowlink3602 Ah I forgot the bombchu! I see I see!

[@Redking_12_]

what version of echoes of wisdom does it work on

[@axiezimmah]

What happens when you collect a heart or 4 pieces of heart?

[@PJCVita92]

I think this is Nintendo's queue to make a sequel to this game for Switch 2 where you can legitimately and officially explore this Hyrule as Link. I already have ideas for what the sequel should be like. Where you can have a party of characters to choose from. Link and Zelda being main but you can play as other character(s). And there can even be a co-op mode where players can join in as any of the characters that player 1 isn't playing as. Then we can finally have multiplayer capable Zelda done right!

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

I do wonder why they chose to have it mostly based off of A Link to the Past's overworld

[@youareacoward8459]

to be fair, Zelda is a lot stronger than him in this game. All the utility for echoes makes her seriously like a competition for Ganon when it comes to being a wizard.

[@believe07]

and she also can become a sword-wielder for a little while. hugely overpowered

[@thesis-and-nieces6722]

Thats debatable, without tri none of the echoes would be possible. Plus, which link and arsenal? BOTW link, TOTK link with ultrahand creating mechanical contraptions. Lots of variables. It sure would produce a very fun “boss rush” mode for link to fight zelda

[@bland6004]

​@@thesis-and-nieces6722 this specific game

[@Row_dog]

Not really her best abilities are from links blade

[@youareacoward8459]

@@Row_dog The lizard lvl 3 that jumps and stabs is an enemy I would NOT want to face + a Zelda if I was Link.

[@5h0ckblock]

I wonder if there's a way to perform the glitch before you meet tri so that Link can use echoes

[@Footballfan896]

Video idea: Can you beat Echoes of Wisdom as Link?

[@johns.7954]

did you find this glitche or did someone els find it first

[@milkymcmoo]

I wish they would let you play as Link, like after you beat the game or something!

[@DarkLink1996.]

A DLC Mode where you get Link's storyline before and after Suthorn Ruins would be nice

[@milkymcmoo]

@@DarkLink1996. Yes!

[@InazumaDash]

Can Link wear costumes?

[@alyoalyoalyo]

No unfortunately it seems not, Link is rather limited to what he's got on him in that early stage.

[@InazumaDash]

@@alyoalyoalyo lol I wanted him to wear the kitty costume.

[@brettrace]

Dear nintendo, when im furiously mashing the "a" button, i don't want more dialog or cutscenes 😆

[@ZeldianGamer-231]

Is it patched?? I can’t do it. Is it just me or did they actually fix it?

[@Zero-vu8se]

When you save this file with the glitch and load it, are you still link?

[@danilonotsys]

Yes

[@ryanwoods8749]

You should jeep playing through the game as link to see how far you can get. I am also curious what certain cutscenes will play out like where link is supposed to be in them (will there be two links or will one link just disappear?).

[@Mr_Morgan]

My game version is 1.0.0 Can I use that glitch? or needs to be the latest version ?

[@Guy4385]

I used it on 1.01

[@Guy4385]

Just today

[@T4VTeleVision]

Is it fixed?

[@KarunaMurti]

somewhere someone will try to finish as double link

[@keaton52257]

Two swords

[@TechCartelSF6]

What if you go to the final boss fight, double link???

[@x4ironman20x]

im curious how far u can go.

[@GeorgeSmith-s8g]

Does this work of you’ve done more than one dungeon?

[@justinbarton8808]

They probably patched this by now

[@DarkLink1996.]

Glad this glitch finally made it to the English speaking community. I had to use captions on the Japanese video to do it XD

[@initialdwu7821]

so much more fun playing as Link.

[@marleensrain]

do people really just try to open menus while on a tree to see if theres a glitch

[@NitwitsWorld]

We broke Link 😂

[@teono6057]

the new legend of Link sword of courage looks amazing

[@DenysMel]

I always end up in the starting room please help

[@MrKevin486]

Finally, we can play as Link in a Zelda game. 😮

[@Mossisinthebuilding]

I keep doing it and it just loads me up at the entrance to suthorn ruins

[@Occulydian]

You're loading the save too early, you have to wait a little over .5 seconds after the screen goes black before loading it

[@Mossisinthebuilding]

@@Occulydian ok

[@Mossisinthebuilding]

@@OcculydianI took your advise and it worked! Thanks a lot!

[@miransp3812]

Does it work for 1.0.0?

[@Guy4385]

Yes it does!! I just did it on 1.01 so if it works in this one then it will definitely work on the old one

[@teknosuperior8296]

Up next: link using automatons 😎

[@keaton52257]

Imma have to try that

[@Guy4385]

What’s cool about this glitch is that you can just save once your link and come back to it ANYTIME. Just don’t complete a quest or you will change back to Zelda without her tri rod. Oh and don’t go into the castle. Impa and the king will glitch your shit 😂

[@ChainxBlaze]

Oh boy here we go!!

[@NiclasEriksson-w6j]

Imagne Nintendo making a DLC of EoW were you could actually play as Link, trying to save Zelda!!!! 😮

[@Raddobatto]

Im curious if we can beat the game as zelda- then use this glitch to get link That way link can be used and dungeons aint softlocked due to not having zelda abilities

[@Polmo1997]

Why I keep spawning as Link in the intro?

[@joshsignitusgaming5930]

Now question... If you save the game like this does it softlock you to run around as Link or does it fix itself? Lol

[@shanelee80]

Gane aunt broken at all almost finished

[@Linko_pro1]

I don’t think it works anymore

[@Linko_pro1]

I always do it whrite but I lode back to suthorn ruins😢

[@Thyhack.]

Credits?

[@jimmyandroid24]

That didn't take long

[@Jormunguandr]

Link free and zelda stuck in a tree😂

[@TOGade-dj6jh]

I love this game, really enjoy playing it. If get 9/10, had the player been allowed to play as either depending on the mission would have made it a 10/10. Way better than i anticipated though.

[@niklasfeldbusch318]

I would say 9/10 too. Not as good as Games wie Wind Waker but ot is more Zelda (and not only because you play Zelda^^) then the last two Games.

[@greefCH]

How the hell you figure stuff like this out? seriously... this confuses me all the time 😂

[@studionimai]

How do people find this in just days??? I mean, it's not an easy glitch AT ALL 🤣

[@ghb323]

Most glitches involve doing two things at once that override each other. By triggering the white void-out and a dialogue box from the sign causes the player to open a menu during a cutscene which that isn’t supposed to happen.

[@Shadowzero4]

​@@ghb323Ok, I get that, but now how do they know to look for that? Granted, plenty of games in the past had similar glitches but I wonder what's the history behind a "dialogue box and menu glitch"? Who discovered that first? How did they find it?

[@jtmcgee124]

I can’t tell if ur a boy or a girl with ur voice it’s so in between

[@Key-Knight87]

Nonbinary oof

[@jacksonlovesnintendo]

this is hilarious!! Great find!!

[@Warriormon87]

Anytime the players can glitch to play as a character they shouldnt be able to at a given point. They will.

[@BlackMeowgic]

5:26 burp :D

[@MegaMilesprower]

Yo, getting new game plus before its officially available.

[@dhaosx]

Now show me how to play as Zelda in totk

[@mr_fuji_mintsmr_fuji_mints9873]

Gamebanana, link with echoes, make it happen!

[@DinkWhit]

"this game is soooo broken" when this is literally the only glitch I've seen and it takes over an hour to even do it. Come on! 😅

[@_polpon]

Interesting!

[@thesis-and-nieces6722]

This game would have been super fun…or easy if it was link.

[@Mukar]

H...how did someone figure this out. It's such hyper-specific set of steps with an outcome that doesn't make any sense.

[@__BlacklotuS__]

Link is so underpowered compared to Zelda, I'll stick with Zelda lol.. it is cute though

[@hadriusreznor3247]

Link plays in legendary mode!

[@What-dash-cubes-with-his-cubes]

thank you!!!!!!!!!!

[@andreavarvarigos1936]

Bruh people can't enjoy the game and stop the game is pretty well made it's a bug it happens you should try make a game like that in 2 years without bugs

[@DrTalesMoraes]

Agora deu vontade de jogar.

[@marleensrain]

"so broken" okay you try to purposely do a glitch and say the game is broken

[@HalianTheProtogen]

What if Zelda was a boy? 😛

[@Guy4385]

Helll noo!!!!!! 😂

[@RetroCheats]

The biggest issue is turning back to Zelda. I could see fans trying this glitch, and then realizing they screwed up their save because they're stuck as Zelda. Then they'll complain to Nintendo to undo this glitch!

[@Randomindisorder]

Here's a tip for them: Just start a new game! Since you have to start a new game for the glitch and don't have to go far for it to work. Or load a save before trying out the glitch.

[@cbernier3]

Just do it on another profile. Or just backup and restore your save.