There is More to Echoes of Wisdom Than We Realized

[@Yosh-00]

In Paper Mario TYYD, you could technically 'play' as Peach when you make certain story checkpoints. While yes, you do control Peach for a bit, it's more of a glorified cutscene than anything else. I'm guessing that's kind of what EOW will do. The game will switch to Link occasionally to remind us that Link is alive and doing his part to fix things from the other dimension. Then switch right back Zelda

[@MathematicalVoid]

@@Yosh-00 That was also in the original Paper Mario. And, if you wanna be pedantic, once in Super Paper Mario, but shortly after, she becomes a full playable character you can switch with Mario at any point.

[@Yosh-00]

@@MathematicalVoid I never played the N64 or Wii game, just the GameCube

[@RainbowLove666]

I think we play as link during the beginning bit. Maybe again at the end. But IDK that we will get to play as him much during the meat of the game

[@javiervasquez625]

I feel he might be playable as an unlockable "Link Mode" after completing Zelda's storyline as a "Second Quest" similar to the original Zelda on the NES.

[@RainbowLove666]

@@javiervasquez625 maybe. But I don't think Nintendo will do that. If they made a "second quest" it would be a separate game I think. If this is supposed to be Zeldas debut game, it's not fair if we play as link for more than a small fraction of the game. That's how I feel about it.

[@swankyangelo]

@@RainbowLove666 hopefully that’s not how THEY feel about it because I need link to be a protagonist

[@RainbowLove666]

@@swankyangelo in a game meant to feature Zelda as the main protagonist, I certainly hope Link is not playable for most of the game. For other games, absolutely. Not Zeldas game tho.

[@swankyangelo]

@@RainbowLove666 yeah, like I said, I hope the developers don’t show the same view as you lol

[@dbweinhaus]

As Emilia Clarke would say: where are my dragons??? Seriously, coming right after the Wild era games the absence of dragons is noticeable

[@rchewlett]

Really great video! You are the only one talking about this! Also I think they meant wind (wine-d) up not wind (win-d) up.

[@megaman37456]

Honestly if we don't get Link during the story something I'd be super down for in the post-game is Link being in charge of making dungeons for himself and zelda, he uses the echoes Zelda has made in the dungeon maker, then goes to test it but also let's you choose who you want to test it, Zelda or Link. If you do all the challenges for it you can unlock dungeon gear for Link like the Hookshot, Roc's Feather, Hammer, and many more kind of like how Mario Maker 1 worked with unlocking things as you just built stuff.

[@kevincordova6969]

Technically all the games feature frenetic combat with multiple things attacking at once. I don't think we've had a turned based combat system like pokemon or anything

[@JaidynReiman]

"swap characters" Honestly I don't think we'll be swapping characters. I think Link will be playable in the opening boss battle (not infiltrating the fort, I think defeating the Iron Knuckles is just a cutscene based on the trailer but Ganon is a full blown boss battle), and maybe in one or two other brief incidents and that's about it. A lot of people pointed out that the opening fight with Ganon, albeit brief (because they clearly added in jump cuts), Link was pretty obviously playable there. It was only retroactively after we saw Zelda was the main playable character where people assumed the battle wasn't playable, but I think it clearly is playable. Its just a playable opening boss fight with Link before the game switches to Zelda's perspective. I could see you swapping between Link and Zelda during the final boss battle against Ganon again if Ganon is the final boss. So that way they keep the lore of Link being the one to defeat Ganon, but Zelda using the Light Arrows to stun him (in this case maybe she can also use the Trirod for other parts of the battle, too). My other theory was that it could be a puzzle boss where Link is fighting Ganon while Zelda is in a support role, with the boss battle having Zelda opening up the means for Link to attack Ganon and you not control him directly.

[@conormitchell309]

Based on the initial description - I am a little disappointed by seemingly how little faith they had in Zelda: keeping her as a magic user who can't actually use her own magic for fighting (utilizing others as lesser in comparison to Link) and that Link is also playable in a game that's about Zelda is... meh...

[@Natalia31358]

is it the time link going to talk saying thank you zelda :)

[@vaelegoro7782]

Maybe it has mutiplayer one to control link the other zelda

[@ShinMegamiTenseiEnjoyer]

the video is old, I was wondering what is this dude talking about lol, Zelda would be able to wear link's costume and use a sword for a limited amount of time before you need to recharge the ability

[@tthatgguy1]

Hey bro, just wanted to let you know that (e.g.,) stands for "example given" lol couldn't understand what you were saying instead lmfao

[@IngoLingoAnimations]

I would be a little upset if Link was playable for more than just the beginning. This is ZELDA's game.

[@jibodagrey6500]

i hope this is wrong. the language used here sounds like its only based on the trailer and is complete bullshit so there is hope that nintendo didnt fuck this up.