Nintendo avoided sharing the spotlight with all the other game companies Summer Games Festival last week, he promised his own Direct in June. And it happened yesterday, with Nintendo teasing a slew of new games alongside favorites. Mario games, yes. Zelda games, yes, even a new Metroid game have been confirmed. (More information about this is below the fold).
Funny thing is that the new Zelda game… Zelda. You play as a princess The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. It opens where most Zelda games end, with Link defeating Ganon. But as Princess Zelda sets free, our usual hero is blown into an alternate dimension. The game is played top-down and takes on an art style Link’s Awakening to do again. However, Zelda’s main weapon and tool is the trirod. With this, he can copy many items and use these “sounds” to travel the world. You can even create echoes of monsters for Zelda to fight.
Nintendo’s 40-minute update also includes upcoming release dates Dragon Quest redo, the name of the new Mario Party and news that cat adventure villain Coming to Switch.
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