Nintendo has avoided sharing the spotlight with all the other gaming companies in the world Summer Games Festival last week, and promised her own live broadcast later in June. And it happened yesterday, as a lot of new games were announced along with Nintendo favorites. Mario games yes. Zelda games have been confirmed, and even a new Metroid game. (More on that below).
The funny thing is that the new Zelda game is about… Zelda. You play the role of the princess in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. It begins where most Zelda games end, with Link defeating Ganon. But when he frees Princess Zelda, our usual hero is sucked into an alternate dimension. The game is played top-down and borrows the art style of the game Link’s awakening remake. However, Zelda’s main weapon and tool are the trio. It can thus copy many objects and use these “echoes” to move around the world. You can also create monster echoes to fight for Zelda.
Nintendo’s 40-minute update also includes release dates for the upcoming release Dragon Adventure remake, New title for Mario Party And cat adventure news Reckless Coming to switch.
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