Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom promises to be a unique experience for every player: this was its presentation event

During the recent press conference on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Nintendo has revealed that the game promises to be a unique and different experience for each player.

Echoes of Wisdom It mixes many elements of the saga, such as the artistic style of Link’s Awakening or the open world and the mission journal Breath of the Wild / Tears of the KingdomDungeons will be a key point where players will be able to solve puzzles in many different and creative ways.

Guests with great wisdom to solve problems

At the event they invited Monica Kurtis y Paul Diaz to tell us about the different possibilities that exist for resolver puzzles in Echoes of Wisdom.

Monica Kurtisneurologist, spoke about how The game challenges the minds of playersHe explained that when solving a problem, whether in real life or in a video game, we use the frontal lobe to contextualize it and make decisions in a matter of seconds, with their pros and cons. Then, the frontal lobe communicates with the motor cortex to press the buttons and give action to your character within the game.

Each puzzle in Echoes of Wisdom offers several ways to be solved, which requires both impulsive thinking as analytical

. Just as it happens in real life, the lateral thinking connect all these seemingly unrelated elements to find the answer. For this reason, each player will have their own way of living and solving problems during their adventure through the vast Kingdom of Hyrule.

For its part, Paul Diazmusician, teacher and stream the speedruns (and watch out, winner of Pasapalabra!), emphasized the use of memory and the number of items you have to remember each time you progress through the story. He compared the gaming experience to everyday life, mentioning that creative problem solving also requires enhancing your own skills.

As a player who is dedicated to doing speedruns of video games, he confessed that “To be the fastest, you must have been the slowest once“, since you must have previously explored everything in detail to memorize and discover all the shortcuts, movements and frames just to complete the game as quickly as possible.

To be the fastest, you must have been the slowest – Paul Diaz

Different experiences for each player

Both guests They also talked about the muscle memorywhere practice allows actions to be automated, improving performance. That is, those more experienced players They will know how to move and solve puzzles much faster than the new ones, but those who are introduced to the saga or video games For the first time they will be able to solve shape puzzles very creative because they will try out all the possibilities the game offers.

For example, when using the vasesthe experienced will feel the urge to break them, while those new to using them as a hiding place or shield. Also, the possibility of walk above the trees It opens up a new path that we could never have imagined in other games in the franchise.

Sometimes we are the ones who set our own limits, but Echoes of Wisdom invites us to break with everything established and try new options.

New mechanics in Echoes of Wisdom

In this new adventure we will put ourselves in the shoes of the Princess Zeldawhich will be accompanied by Trian ethereal and mysterious fairy that only she can see.

Among the new mechanics What the game offers is the possibility of clone objects and enemies, synchronize your movements with other elements or become swordswoman. In addition, we will be able to ride a horse for the first time in a game of this style.

In this release players will be able to confront enemies directly or summon other enemies to fight for them

which underlines what was mentioned above. The game is very flexible, designed for all types of players and adapts to offer fully personalized experiences.

Gameplay de Echoes of Wisdom

After listening to the speakers, we were invited to try the demo of the Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and explore the Cellar of Secrets of Madrid which they had completely decorated to turn it into a dungeon worthy of the games of Zelda.

After trying the demowe could see certain elements that are very reminiscent of Breath of the Wildsuch as the mission journal and the mapwhich looks really extensive. The mechanics are also a bit more complex, compared to Link’s Awakeningbut it is clear that this game is going to offer many hours of fun, especially if we want to explore everything.

Also, as we progress through the game We will record more and more copiesso it’s likely that we’ll end up using the same items or enemies. At iGamesNews, we encourage you to use as many copies as possible to solve the puzzles in the craziest ways!

Check out our review of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

Conclusions

In conclusion, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom promises to be not only an exciting adventure, but also a mental challenge that will test creativity and problem solving of each player. Nintendo has managed to create another unique experience that will be different for each user.

With this game they encourage us to squeeze the most out of our wisdom to solve the puzzles in the most creative.

Many thanks to the entire team at Nintendo and the Cellar of Secrets for managing and organizing this event and for inviting us to be part of the experience. We would also like to say that we found the hidden exit of the dungeon!