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The new year is approaching! For Nintendo fans, 2025 will almost certainly see the curtain being pulled back on the highly anticipated Switch successor. A new console is certainly exciting, but no matter how hyped a console is, or what unique features it offers, there will be some people who will hold off on buying the console on day one unless it launches with a game they really want. The Switch was fortunate enough to release with Breath of the…

One of the mini-games you can play in Echoes of Wisdom is the Flag Race at Lon Lon… I mean Hyrule Ranch (but I know what you really call it). The player is given three race options: a short course, a medium course, and a long course. Beating each course in a short enough time can nab you rewards for completion and mastery. So, which Flag Race did you find most difficult? For me, that honor goes to the short…

Update: Nintendo released another Echoes of Wisdom animated short to its social media accounts today. This animation, titled “Fighting off monsters,” presents a standoff between Princess Zelda and a Spear Moblin. You can watch the short right here. Original: Just in time to kick off the holiday season, an exceptionally charming Echoes of Wisdom animated short film graced Nintendo’s various social media accounts this week. The short, titled “The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – Climb That Tree,” presents our favorite…

The Stamina Wheel was introduced in Skyward Sword; prior to this, as long as Link had the relevant accessory, like the Climbing Bracelet or Grip Ring, there was no limit to the duration of a climb and certainly no limitation on the number of sword slashes Link could perform in a battle. Skyward Sword changed this, and I know I felt this made some of the fights more challenging; I certainly hadn’t envisaged Link would run out of energy part…

I recently finished my first ever playthrough of Ages of Calamity, and I found it an enjoyable experience. I much preferred it to the original Hyrule Warriors as Age of Calamity felt more forgiving to newer players. I often got bogged down in the original Hyrule Warriors keeping all of my warriors healthy and attacks on the allied bases in check while also chipping away at the main objectives and boss battles. Age of Calamity seemed to let you focus…

Bandai Candy will be releasing a range of collectible The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom cards in Japan on December 23rd, 2024, with pre-orders going on now at a variety of Japanese retailers. The cards will be available in a package containing twin chocolate wafers and a single card.

Happy Holidays, Zelda fans! After another month away, the Zelda Dungeon Caption Contest is back again to hopefully kick off a regular weekly schedule. I don’t know about your part of the world, but I can say that it’s been getting pretty cold where I live lately. Luckily, that means I can just pop on the heater in my house and get toasty under a blanket. Princess Zelda on the other hand has to get creative when the weather outside…

Now that everyone has had a good two months to play Echoes of Wisdom, we’ve had a lot of time to experiment with echoes. Of course, part of the gameplay itself is experimenting and trying different combinations of echoes to complete the quests. Still, I’ve run into some unusual properties of certain echoes that do not necessarily affect gameplay. For example, Zelda can lift quite a few of the enemy echoes. In the early part of the game, it’s easier to…

We are finally taking all of your Echoes of Wisdom questions this week, and you guys didn’t disappoint! We’re covering a wide variety of topics, including: do we want to see more games where you play as Zelda? Specifically, do we want to see a direct sequel to Echoes? Should Zelda games reuse/reimagine the same overworld more often? Is Echoes more of a kid-friendly game than Tears of the Kingdom? Who’s our favorite new character in the latest Zelda game?…

Breath of the Wild made Hyrule more beautiful than we could ever imagine. The rolling hills, the stunning sunsets, the rivers glinting in the distance, it’s all just so gorgeous. I often found myself just stopping to look at Death Mountain’s silhouette against the sky, or even just admiring the wild flowers growing near broken buildings. Each detail was and is literally perfection, in my opinion. There are, of course, certain spots that really capture Hyrule’s beauty and leave an…