The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom: Nintendo Switch Review

Developed by Nintendo and Grezzo
Published by Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo Switch

Princess Zelda gets her time to shine in this game.

After Link saves Zelda from Ganon, a rift in time opens up and Link's swallowed. Escaping from the castle, Zelda discovers these portals are opening up around the kingdom of Hyrule and depositing evil versions of their victims.

So, she sets out to heal the rifts and try to save the day.

Along with little floating fairy friend Tri, Zelda's foray into a lead role is particularly successful in parts. Using echoes to create versions of creatures to fight on her side, Zelda's got plenty of options for combat rather than just the usual swinging the sword affair.

But more than that, allowing Zelda to bind with objects means it can be used to access higher levels, to platform your way around the world and to do what's necessary to save the day. Accessing these through a menu is initially fine, but once the game builds to a certain point, the list becomes unnecessarily long, creating issues for scrolling through when you're just trying to get on with it.

Where The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom excels is in its innovation for the world of Hyrule and how Zelda interacts with it.

It's clear the game simply isn't set on just doing one thing and leaving it at that - and as a result, it's probably one of the more original games in the series, and well worth investing in.