The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Trailer Explores the Spooky Still World and Link-Like Combat

Nintendo has shared another lengthy trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, this time focusing on the spooky Still World and Link-like combat.The trailer lasts around five minutes and outlines the purple voids shown in the reveal trailer for Echoes of Wisdom, in which both Zelda’s father the King of Hyrule and the usual hero Link get trapped. This place is called the Still World and players must navigate it as Zelda to save Hyrule.The levels here have Zelda traversing over destroyed land floating in space and exploring more dangerous dungeons. Nasty bosses are usually at the end of these, and the trailer shows Zelda fighting them in different ways with her Echoes, which are recreations of objects and creatures encountered on the adventure. Myriad different biomes are available in the Still World, including lava zones, underwater areas, and more.Zelda also has access to something called Sword Fighter Form, which essentially turns her into usual The Legend of Zelda protagonist Link. She can only enter this form for a short amount of time, but doing so sees her don a sword and shield and even a little hat.The trailer also shows off someone called Dampè, a Hyrule residents who makes clockwork gizmos called automatons. These metal beasties can be summoned by Zelda and wound up to be used in combat and many other situations in the game.Echoes of Wisdom was revealed on June 18, 2024 with a release date just a few months later: September 26. It features brand new gameplay styles using Zelda’s skillset and promises huge levels of variance between playthroughs.The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Traversing the Still World Trailer StillsFans quickly began working out when and where in the Zelda timeline it takes place, but fan theories reached new heights when Echoes of Wisdom’s ESRB rating revealed Link as a playable character after all.Nintendo released another lengthy trailer earlier in August, focusing on the overworld of Hyrule and how players can navigate it.Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.



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