Daily Debate: What Zelda Game Would You Want to See Get the Hyrule Warriors Treatment Next?
Posted on May 06 2025 by Josh Wittmershaus
As we eagerly anticipate the release of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, there is discussion to be had on the presence of the Hyrule Warriors games and their association with the rest of the franchise. We’ve now seen two Warriors games follow up major Legend of Zelda releases, and the original Hyrule Warriors and its Definitive Edition cover a lot of the games prior to Breath of the Wild and its Warriors counterpart, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
Between these three titles, a large portion of the mainline Zelda games are covered, even if only in the form of character appearances, like Marin from Link’s Awakening or Ravio from A Link Between Worlds. However, there are still some games that don’t see themselves in the hack-and-slash series.
I naturally think of Echoes of Wisdom, the newest of the Zelda games. However, I have a hard time imagining this game converting to the style of Hyrule Warriors — it would certainly yield some creativity in move sets! Perhaps it would grant us some much-desired backstory to Null and Tri as well (noting fully that the canonical accuracy of the Hyrule Warriors games are suspect at best).
My personal choice, though, requires reaching back over twenty years, to the Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages games. There has always been talk of a third, missing game that would likely feature the goddess Farore. The games feature a variety of characters and areas, including the whole of Subrosia or Labrynna, and of course, Ricky the boxing kangaroo and Dimitri the swimming Dodongo.
Games like The Minish Cap, Spirit Tracks, and the first three of the franchise (The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and A Link to the Past) all lack the presence of a Hyrule Warriors component as well. Which game would you like to see get the hack-and-slash treatment next? Let us know in the comment section!
Josh Wittmershaus is a writer at Zelda Dungeon. Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, he now resides in Northern California. Aside from Zelda, Josh enjoys playing music, seeing live music, music history, and all other things music. He also enjoys skating, hockey, and the occasional political or philosophical thought exercise.
