We've Played Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - Is It Any Good?

Echo, echo, echo, what's all this then?
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#NintendoSwitch #Zelda #EchoesOfWisdom

[@vianabdullah2837]

I guess stacking beds is going to be the new "giant log bridge".

[@CassiusStelar]

Oh log bridge, my beloved, right up there in my fictional crush drawer with Nami One Piece and Gulus Gammamon.

[@One-ct3xe]

I can’t wait to see a full bed run of this game! A 99 bed glitch that destroys Ganon!

[@juanqarlos94]

@@One-ct3xe imagine the "beat Echoes of Wisdom only using beds" challenges and the "no bed runs"

[@NarbsWorldTV]

@@juanqarlos94 had runs in the bed

[@grayfox4819]

What I find funny of this game is that Zelda is able to jump and swim (AND GOING UNDERWATER TOO) with her own strengths, without having to rely on magical items like Zora's Flippers or Roc's Feathers like Link usually needs to in this type of games. Like, come on 2D Link...

[@JaidynReiman]

That's just a gameplay mechanic though. Link didn't have a dedicated jump button until BOTW either. Link in this game _CAN_ jump, and can jump very high.

[@grayfox4819]

To be fair, at least when it comes to swimming, this wouldn't be the first time this happens story wise. In Spirit Tracks (albeith, different Link and Zelda) is said openly that Zelda knows how to swim while Link doesn't (and Zelda offers to teach him once everything is over). It might be a bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't be surprised if that is supposed to be a reference to that, since this game has already a ton of references from past games we haven't seen in decades.

[@Dd-fb2tj]

You do realise it's a videogame with different gameplay mechanics yes? ....link and zelda arent real people with one having the ability to jump

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

@@Dd-fb2tjyou do realize he’s making a funny observation and it’s not meant to be taken serious but to show the silliness of Zelda and links mechanics?

[@grayfox4819]

Sheesh, you can't even make jokes anymore nowadays....

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

I really like how serious chibi zelda looks in the thumbnail. Its so funny

[@talison461]

she a strong empowered woman!!

[@haydenkashima]

Angy Zelda

[@Ninjaananas]

She is so cute.

such a cutie patootie menace

[@peridrawland5955]

She hitting the Akuma pose

[@zetsubou1v1]

Had to laugh when you distracted the moblins with meat and summoned a moblin to fight them, only to have it join in eating. 😂

[@nousername191]

Moblin prioritizes food over enemies regardless of which side it's on

[@AaronPICAR]

13 year old me is happy for this game, 40 year old me is excited to play this with my kids.

[@JONATHANP1619]

Jeez Zelda, where did you learn to stealth like that!? Zelda : I learned it from a young boy going throught my castle garden in 1997.

[@Chris-gx1ei]

Not to forget she got raised for 7 years by a Woman from a Tribe of Ninjas serving the Divine

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

Listening to the description of the Link fight, I could only think that fighting the most badass fighter in the franchise (or at least a copy of him) SHOULD BE scary.

[@acheman8836]

I was one of those always asking for a playable Princess Zelda in a Zelda game and here she is, and it's looking awesome.

[@javiervasquez625]

She was already playable in Spirit Tracks as a companion to Link so i have to assume you've only ever known of the Wild games without actually playing any Zelda game which came prior to those two titles.

[@Aktedya1-jt7vw]

​​​@@javiervasquez625 All jokes aside, this is an ACTUAL playable Zelda. Not just her being a glorified companion

[@javiervasquez625]

@@Aktedya1-jt7vw Did you tell me any jokes? If yes, i can't see them (KZbin got to you). As for Spirit Tracks Zelda been a "glorified companion"... ¿Have you even played the game? She's far more active during active gameplay than you make her out to be. Echoes of Wisdom is simply the first time where she's her own character without been tied to Link as part of his Hero adventure.

[@Aktedya1-jt7vw]

@@javiervasquez625 That's what I mean by glorified companion. Glorified, because she DOES play a more active role, but at the end of the day, it's only technically a playable Zelda. Not actually equivalent to what EOW is doing, or even her being playable in something like Hyrule Warriors. I find it pretty silly to assume someone hasn't played Spirit Tracks when they reasonably could just not count it.

[@javiervasquez625]

@@Aktedya1-jt7vw But the thing is she IS PLAYABLE in Spirit Tracks regardless. She can't be a glorified companion if she's a fully playable _protagonist_ on par with Link, making this assertion of yours untrue and vastly misinformed. This comparison you're making does not deny the fact Zelda was already playable in Spirit Tracks and so again, i can't see the difference.

[@8bitH]

Alex, stop waffling and just dive in!

[@geminisfl]

18:44 NINTENDO actively against "petting"

[@sparkypack]

A sad state we are in.. very sad.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

Please do not put petting in quotes. That implies some... very risqué things.

[@ShallBePurified]

Reminds me that Nintendo of America removed petting in Fire Emblem Fates. So you can no longer pet your human companions. In a totally consensual and platonic way.

[@leoistari]

@@ShallBePurified Very interesting

[@wtIUpITp1E0wMsydV19c0FUmIXvCU]

0/10 not buying the Link game

[@joshpetzoldt6344]

10:12 I guess Link is a Pinball Wizard now, because he plays by sense of smell...

[@eugenevictortooms4174]

🎶 he's a pinball wizard🎶

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

Honestly, I can’t wait to play Echoes of Wisdom and I’m currently playing Link’s Awakening and absolutely love it, so I know I’m gonna love Echoes of Wisdom, And the echo mechanic there’s endless possibilities and potential with it.

[@jayc3793]

ah yes, linos awakening

[@BrainWasherAttendent]

@@jayc3793my favorite Lino game

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

a lot of people think Lino is called Zeldo, but plot twist, Zeldo is actually the princess and not the blonde boy elf

[@CarlosNightman]

Ocalino Of Time?

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

@@CarlosNightman Ocarino of Tim

[@rayminishi689]

I'm shocked that the quick bar to select items or enemies is still a complete row than a damn big menu, like bro, that was annoying in BotW and TotK

[@tcperez8769]

Hopefully its not as bad as totk item select menu lol

[@enorma29]

"you could have had the wiiU gamepad as the most comfortable and efficient menu ever, but you didn't buy it" -Nintendo

[@GameTimeNLL]

You can press + which will pop up a catalog of all your echoes

[@LikeWhyTF]

Please at least more filters

[@Tallnhairy]

I’ve been saying this since I saw the first trailer. Has me worried for the game-play-flow.

[@SmartSmears]

The best part of these videos is hearing the different ways people beat the first boss

[@RoSoliTaire]

16:08 Not the echo moblin joining the other moblins eating the meat instead of killing them 🤣

[@brianclarke8503]

That was super funny!

[@get_stached]

If you can't beat em, join em

[@Johnthegamer97]

I’m very interested to see how Zelda played as the protagonist!

[@ELdASenSei]

In terms of echos. I can imagine the start of the game could be tedious, but the end game very rewarding.

[@eqmalsyahmi701]

Zelda finally can understand link’s struggle

[@cya5983]

Bummed they didn’t announce any Switch successor info this year, but I’m glad they’re keeping us fed with this and Brothership.

[@Joeynator3000]

lol, those damn moments in gaming where something is so insanely hard until you realize there's a solution that fixes all of that. Had that moment in Pikmin 4 and fighting the Smoky Progg in that final cave. xD

[@dandelionbritt]

I would much rather the combat be easier and the puzzles be harder, but i guess the combat is a puzzle

[@Vaquix000]

I prefer the opposite. I never played zelda games for puzzles in the first place

[@Jerryboi9]

YOU CAN JUMP WITHOUT A FEATHER BEST TYPE OF THESE GAMES BY FAR

[@Cosmosis-86]

Talk to the cat, cat: meow!

[@someoneout-there2165]

I love the peaceful music in the ad for this game. It makes it sound like a "cozy game" while obviously it won't be. 😂

[@tinman-uf4to]

Looking forward to this game!!!! Trying to get my kids to buy it for my 43rd birthday next month! Almost finished with TOTK that I got for Christmas!

[@The_Ostrich]

Can't wait for the general Nintendo Direct in September to show off more of this game!

[@TheArtunism]

If it does happen, it would have* to accompany the Switch 2. And I think pulling the indieworld and partner direct is a good sign. I think we will get a reveal, sizzle reel, and an announcement of a TGS liveshow * Obviously its based on my opinion

[@nintendubs2265]

I’m guessing they’ll save a Direct for January to reveal the new console so they don’t hurt Switch holiday sales

[@Tomtycoon]

I think they wont show Zelda in the next direct. Last years September direct didn't feature Mario wonder, and it came out a few weeks later. When people had to chance to play a demo, they have showed enough.

[@The_Ostrich]

@@nintendubs2265 whAt ArE yOu tAlKinG abOuT, NinTeNd0 aLwaYs hAd a DiRecT iN sEpTeMbEr, wHy woUldN'T tHeY hAvE OnE tHiS tIMe?

[@rosema7909]

What more do you need to know? Calm down

[@jamiesray]

Actually, no, I didn't know you could wear a barrel in BOTW.

[@cabecinha4987]

You could

[@floggyWM1]

ohh, i had no clue also

[@milesrodger3724]

I was on the fence about this but man this pushed me over. Wow it looks good

[@One-ct3xe]

16:42 is his best and most accurate description of frame rate. EVER.

[@sofaking1180]

The fact that there seems to be more frame-rate issues (an unlocked frame-rate) plaguing this game, as it did in Links Awakening, to me shows that Nintendo might have plans to provide Switch 2 patches for some games in order to lock frame-rates at 60fps where possible? Then again this is Nintendo we're talking about.

[@Intothemind]

Perhaps but honestly a game like that should run better on the normal Switch. I can understand something as massive as TOTK not running perfectly on such a system, but this.... weird they didn't manage to improve the performance following the Link's Awakening remake. As he said I'd almost prefer it if was stable 30fps instead of often jumping from random numbers between 30 and 60, but we'll see.

[@paintersofether3954]

Summon a bait to attract the Moblins. Summon a Moblin to kill the Moblins attracted by the bait. The Moblin summoned to kill the Moblins attracted by the bait gets attracted by the bait himself. Pure magic! ❤

[@trey_dizzle4161]

I seriously cant wait for this game! The last 2 zeldas were god tier so i can only imagine they will knock this out of the park

[@Asherverse]

Speed runs of this game are going to be insane.

[@enorma29]

until they all become ACE-based.

[@omarreyes7626]

The stuff about the dungeons is what I’ve been saying for years as much as the wild saga is, the heart of zelda, the gameplay that sets it apart is the dungeon crawling.

[@ravenebony2267]

This is so encouraging. I can't wait

[@jacobh9014]

Sonic adventure 2 battle in the background making me nostalgic

[@MayorMori]

I'm so excited for this game. I can't wait to play it. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

[@Gatorboy5678]

Has there been a single time where the answer to the title was no?

[@PikaLink91]

Trivializing puzzles by making you able to solve them literally however you want is what I hate about the new Breath formula. Give me classic Zelda where there is ONE solution to everything that you feel smart for figuring out.

[@TurkeyFaceX]

I really like this combat. It turns combat into a puzzle. That's the most Zelda thing I've seen in a long time. Devs sure are creative these days.

[@Graphomite]

As a "Zelda fan," I'm surprised at how little I enjoy most games in this series. I love the original LoZ, LoZ II, Waker, BotW and TotK. And that's it. Other Zelda games feel tedious to me, and I think it's because of how weak the overworld experience is. So I'm glad to see a LoZ that has an overworld that looks engaging every step of the way.

[@DirkValentinius]

A Link to the Past (SNES)and Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) are pretty much the only ones that clicked for me.

[@sacundim]

Am I imagining things or did he say "Wind Wanker" just at 3:25

[@DeepFriedOreoOffline]

The way you describe the difference between combat and puzzles in this game is chilling when you stop to consider that Link with his Triforce of Courage can just run head-first into combat but might have a harder time solving puzzles, but Zelda with her Triforce of Wisdom can easily surpass any puzzle then have a hard time overcoming the enemies.

[@TheToni9234]

14:30 Lol i did not realize i could do that in totk.

[@hartwarg3051]

4:55 Oh what tangled spider-strings we weave…

[@vaxshin]

I am chuffed about this game! It just looks like so much fun❤

[@jacobh9014]

I love the style of this Zelda game. It feels like a combination of the BOTW/TOTK art style mixed with the art style of Link’s Awakening remake. Looks amazing for a top down Zelda game

[@higlakol]

I don't remember the last game I was this excited to play

[@scacknewman]

that grizzco wall light goes hard

[@emmanuelkotei649]

I wonder if she gets a bow and arrow, along with her sword fighting abilities

[@lepterfirefall]

I really want to like this but struggling to get excited about spawning a bed.

[@Nastara]

sleepy take sorry i had too

[@Ghoats]

exactly lmao

[@wawztzta8296]

does it have the same framerate problems as links awakening remake?

[@BenjoCovers]

how is it rewarding if you can just do anything to solve a puzzle? Like usually its rewarding if you find the solution, not if you just do whatever and it works

[@cobaltblue5523]

10:50 link should be hard he has over 20 years of experience in battle 😂

[@idleeric8556]

Excellent review! 👍

[@millabasset1710]

This is the closest acknowledgement of Wand Of Gamelon from Nintendo.

[@erycknovaes1420]

Zelda dead serious in the thumbnail is so funny

[@eltomoloco9958]

"I got invited by Nintendo..." The line that tells me you have the best job in the world.

[@CJP.-pq3kr]

Heeello there lovely peeeople, it’s Alex from Nintendo Life heeyahh

[@kadarabdullahi]

I'm happy that the people who scream woke about everything haven't gotten to Nintendo titles, so we can actually games.

[@Lonewolfe80]

If the game is good, no one cares.

[@stax5ave380]

​@@Lonewolfe80the moment I see propaganda in a game, it's no longer good too me

[@Intothemind]

Really surprised that after Link's Awakening they're still not able to have a stable framerate for this... when some other big Nintendo games like Mario Odyssey were flawless in that regard. But gotta agree, apart from that the game looks absolutely amazing, day one purchase easily.

[@mr.pedroonline]

"I don't know if Link could hear you or... small you!" - Alex

[@nomadicgamer9466]

This game sounds so special and I can't wait to play it!!

[@skins4thewin]

I think I'll probably challenge myself & try to play this without using the Swordfighter mode. Sounds like it would be more fun & challenging that way.

[@odyseus090]

9:20 spoilers please this was something I would really like to discover myself

[@complainer406]

Don't watch a video about someone who's talking about a game that they played if you don't want ro be spoiled

[@odyseus090]

@@complainer406 this is a pretty large spoiler/ reveal that is a real WTF! moment. I watched the video because I wanted to know how the game plays not to watch a playthtough.

[@burnblue]

You didn't watch the trailer but you watched a 20 minute video about having played it, staying through all the footage describing what's going on for 9 minutes? Because this was in the trailer

[@shawmeck9323]

We have to give credit to Nintendo for knowing how to hype something to more than it is. I just hope players and consumers are wise to their tactics.

[@deltamaxxhomevideo]

I just want to take a moment to appreciate that we get to shoot ropes as Zelda instead of as Link.

[@gnocchidokie]

It looks to me like you could build stairs in the Link fight to step up a level and drop echoes on his head

[@aliali-ce3yf]

could've been a 5 second video - "the answer is yes"

[@hichaelhighers]

He is spoiling everything lol

[@desh206]

I can immagin people are gonna do some crazy stuff whit the new mechanic's

[@Devver08]

If there are hidden skulltulas to find, I’m in.

[@gabrielmoreirabr]

I love 2D Zeldas and I am so excited!

[@andrewgrant6516]

I like your gamecube shelf. Doshin the Giant was weird.

[@BabyGraboid]

"Fighting Link shouldn't be tough."-Ganon nearly every Zelda game.

[@someoneout-there2165]

😂😂

[@Bajso84]

Were the echo items distinct from each other? (Like, one item for small block, one item for medium block, one item for long block and so on...) One thing I didnt like about TotK was the abundance of so many reduntant fuse materials that just clogged down the selection belts

[@christopherescobar10]

Looks and sounds extremely fun! Can't wait! So many games, not enough time! Still haven't played Tears of the Kingdom. I guess I'll play Echoes of Wisdom and then play Tears.

[@EC_ATV_Outdoors]

OMG, I play BOTW annually to 100% and never ever knew about barrel hiding 🤯

[@someoneout-there2165]

Of course it's going to be at least a 9 out of 10. The only bad games was Triforce Heroes because to play it the way intended you needed 3 consoles, 3 connection cords and three copies of the game. And the only other one was Skyward Sword.. wtf with those controls?? I got killed by the very first enemy multiple times because I couldn't get the controls or at the least they were frustrating and too hard to pull off. I thought, if I can't even best the first enemy, I'm done. And that was $60 😂😭 But at least I own them all. ❤️

[@charlotteperry6747]

The I am University Educated part was hilarious and made me cackle. Honestly me 😂

[@logancosta3166]

Scribblenaut Zelda

[@vaxshin]

😂 Omg

[@jongballi]

Can’t wait to play.

[@danarodz3275]

I got an ad from this game before the video and was so confused😂

[@mauvem]

Wait, what if we're not lovely!

[@skins4thewin]

See... This was a fear of mine. Aka having puzzles that are far too easy, made so that casuals can easily figure them out. I know that's the direction Nintendo is heading these days & as a hardcore veteran gamer, I kind of hate it. I like a good, challenging Zelda puzzle & I hate how easy they've become in recent Zelda titles. I feel like this could be worse than ever in this game which is a real shame. Still, it is nice to hear that the combat may offer a level of challenge which will definitely be a welcome thing if true. It's extremely rare that I come across a modern game that's even remotely challenging these days, so my expectations are quite low. Guess we will see.

[@Mystic_Christopher]

I'm naming my Zelda file, "HotMess"

[@Leopez02]

I'm so jealious for you people to play The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom already, but i'm not jealious for me and every people's wait and HYPE for it coming in september 26 I can wait until that because it's literally 2 days before my birthday september 28 this gameplay looks so fun defiemitily creating things, using enemies in your side in fights, there's dungeons too thank god, you can climb with a spider, fly with a bird and ride with a horse and the dark magic's Link looks interesting can't wait i'm so freaking excited for the BIGGEST Nintendo game of the year before Mario & Luigi Brothership: Here we GOO WAHOO! 🎉😊

[@aweawertable]

This is what i want to know he is honest about performance of the game

[@Tallnhairy]

I keep saying it, that item menu has me worried. Its like equipping and un-equipping the iron boots in OOT or the item slider in TOTK I think it’s going to get old super quick. I’m hoping it’s not the impeding. Other than that, game looks great.

[@brianclarke8503]

This along with Mario Jamboree and Brothership, it seems to me like Nintendo saved the best of the 1st party games until the bitter end.

[@FruityKoala]

15:32 same Alex… same

[@shadowoflugia]

I’ll come back to this video later cause it feels a little too spoilery for me lol

[@darkdragonmedeus705]

This most definitely seems like another 10/10 game; not surprising given it is Zelda. But this does look like GotY compared to other games out the year. Brothership looks amazing though, and TTYD was a remake (Which I usually try to avoid giving GOTY awards to; since it's technically just an improved 2004 game rather than a 2024 game). Black Wukong is also what's probably going to get Game Awards choice though (Which is an amazing game for what it is, but GA has hardly really been very reliable, though that still certainly deserves mention) But either way, Tears of the Kingdom was Game of 2023 and no other game even came close despite it being the year that consistently laid out amazing games since the 90's. Surpassing even 2011. And yes, I played BG3 and finished my 3rd time 100% the quests in that game. And finishing the game in Honour Mode is my only achievement left. But it is still a no brainer for me. And even Octopath Traveler 2 was another game I consider favoring on similar levels to BG3. But all in all, Echoes of Wisdom looks like a master-piece and a candidate for top 5 LoZ titles.

[@javiervasquez625]

Pretty sure BMW is gonna win GOTY after all the massive possitive reviews it's recieved since release. Echoes will nonetheless sell millions of copies and be a huge success though.

[@darkdragonmedeus705]

@@javiervasquez625 Yeah I got no issues with that given how popular and mainstream. Plus, it's mainly because GA doesn't really care much for nostalgia and fan votes only make up about 10% of the deciding factor; various Journalists who aren't really gamers themselves mainly just the story and not much objective game quality. They do judge innovation to an extent; but if a game is known for being covered head to toe with glitches and there is known that some controls or in game AIs are dumb, they tend to leave those facts out when analyzing facts about the game. But yeah, EoW should sell at least 3 million copies and that's lowballing it. It could get similar if not better sales than Link's Awakening HD long term.

[@PieMAx]

I’m just now learning from this video that you can ultra-hand the Flux Constructs in totk…

[@RyanLongArt]

Excited.

[@chrystalblack]

Lol that scene where zelda spawns a meat echo to distract moblins and then spawns a moblin echo to attack... only to have it also distracted by the meat lol.... On another note... CAN WE NOT PET THE KITTIES??!!! 😢😢😢

[@2011supergamer]

17:05 and that's my primary concern about it, that by endgame you'll have the same solution to everything like TotK. That doesn't really fill me with a lot of confidence tbh.

[@chrisjohnson9542]

Sometimes openness breeds genericity. In the opposite way that limitations breed creativity.

[@jadusiv]

Oh come on, it’s a Zelda game try to be excited. It’s probably going to be awesome. *summons baby spider to bite you* That being said, I beat botw like 20 times (no joke) and never actually finished totk.

[@elsamarks8477]

@@chrisjohnson9542this is the Scribblenauts… knot? If you have too much freedom you just use the same thing to solve a problem

[@erkantiryaki5542]

A mean you can finish TotK like that that is true. But if a game has to make a new solution mandatory in order to make you solve a puzzle differently that just mean that Tear of the Kingdom game wasn't meant for you. The game is just not like that. It gives you the freedom to just skip almost everything since it fits its design philosophy. Why not try something else? Something that is more enjoyable for you? It is your choise. So why not choose a different option?

[@gigastrike2]

How "real" Zelda fans think: Understanding that a bed is a long platform and stacking them in an intelligent way to bridge a gap? I sleep. Shooting a hookshot at the designated hookshot panel on the wall? REAL SHIT

[@someoneout-there2165]

What I'm curious about is how on Earth does Link's Awakening and this one have more slowdown than TOTK? Makes no sense to me considering the top down view is so limited and you can see for what seems likes miles in TOTK without the frame rate dropping.

[@phongle1772]

It’s almost like if Zelda was a cozy game

[@mosquitopyjamas9048]

It would be so funny if the answer was "ehhhhh its complicated" Haha Alex even said its the usual as I typed that implying it rocks

[@theSweetLou]

Eternal Darkness on the shelf is so based lol