Nintendo has dropped a lengthy new overview trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which runs for nearly six minutes and goes deep into just about everything the game has to offer ahead of its September 26th launch.
The trailer starts with a “Tour of Hyrule” where we see iconic locations like the Central Plateau and Hyrule Castle Town, all the way out to the Gerudo Desert, Jabul Waters, the Eldin Volcano region and the Faron Wetlands.
There’s also a look at a heap of the new game’s mechanics and features, including the Adventure Log, which is where you’ll keep track of all the quests and errands you pick up throughout your adventure, the ability to fast travel between waypoints around the map, and horse riding anywhere in the world just by laying down a Carrot Echo.
To help her along on her journey, Zelda will also be able to equip different outfits and accessories to improve things like her jumping ability, drop rates of items and hearts, swimming speed and more. She can also blend up smoothies at special stands around the map for added buffs.
Of course, the trailer highlights that Zelda will be able to create “Echoes” of objects to help her solve puzzles and get through tricky encounters, but we also get a first look at another major ability called Bind. This allows Zelda to essentially link an object to herself so that it follows her movements, like a very simple version of Tears of the Kingdom’s Ultrahand/Breath of the Wild’s Magnesis.
Zelda can also use “Reverse Bond” to link herself to something that moves, like an automated platform or even a flying creature, to automatically follow along its path. The puzzle solutions shown in the trailer actually look quite neat, so I’m excited to see more of it.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom launches on DATE exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. Amazon currently has the best pre-order price at $68 with free release day delivery for Prime members.
