Released on September 26, 2024, the video game The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the unexpected new game from the cult Japanese video game license. Today we learned that it is possible to play as Link throughout the game. We’ll explain!
The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom: a glitch that completely changes the game
Last June, barely a year after the excellent The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023), which followed Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has announced a brand new game in the license: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. No one expected it, and the news caused quite a stir. Especially since for the first time (if we exclude the CD-i games), the player is called upon to embody Princess Zelda, who becomes the true heroine of her own legend. Released September 26, 2024, Echoes of Wisdom is an excellent game, whose aesthetic is a continuation of the remake of Link’s Awakening (2019) and whose dungeons evoke those of A Link to the Past (1991).
If you play as Princess Zelda, the player wields Link at the very beginning of the game during his fight against Ganon. Subsequently, the Princess of the Kingdom of Hyrule will be able to use Swordsman mode, after having collected the knight’s legendary sword. But we learn, however, thanks to IGN that it is possible to play as Link throughout the game. Speedrunner ZeldaMaster has just revealed the existence of a glitch allowing it, and explains the procedure to follow. (Be careful, the glitch “broken“a bit of a game.)
First of all, it is necessary to make a manual save during the prologue with Link; then don’t save again until the open world and exploration phase opens. Save the echo from the road sign and head to the Everforest. Just before the forest takes you back to the start, plant a sign. At the exact moment Zelda finishes reading the sign and begins to be transported, pause the game and open the save screen. Despite the save screen displayed, Zelda should still be free to move. Let her die thanks to the monsters nearby. The appearance of the menu at the time of his death and the appearance of Game Over crashes the game and it is now possible, thanks to manual saving of the prologue, to make Link appear in the forest.
Obviously, this glitch poses minor difficulties, since Link is not in possession of the Scepter of Tri and therefore cannot save the echoes. In other words, Link is not suited to the gameplay and world design of the game. The fact remains that this bug will undoubtedly delight those most reluctant to play Princess Zelda.
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