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Echoes of Wisdom’s Swordless Zelda Is Not about What’s Canon — It’s about Good Gameplay

Author:
Hannah, Zoë
Publication:
Polygon
Year:
2024

It’s big, big news that in the Zelda game announced during Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct — The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom — players will assume control of Princess Zelda rather than Link. It’s the first time in history you’ll be able to play a full game as the title character (unless you count the notably terrible CD-i games, which director Eiji Aonuma doesn’t consider canon). But there’s one key point of intrigue: In Echoes, Aonuma said Zelda doesn’t fight with a sword — ever...