Summary
- In Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, players can glitch the game to play as Link instead of Princess Zelda, using a specific sequence of actions.
- This glitch allows players to control Link and access his weapons, but not the Tri Rod abilities, offering a unique gameplay experience.
- Other glitches, like fast travel to skip dungeons, have also been discovered in the game, showcasing the community's creativity with finding exploits.
A player found a neat trick in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom that allows players to take on the role of Link instead of the game's main character, Zelda. Released on September 26, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom marks the first main game with the princess as the playable character rather than Link, who has been in every mainline installment since the series' 1987 origin.
In a visual setting similar to the 2019 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, players control Princess Zelda, whose main quest is to save Link and take back Hyrule by using the Tri Rod, a magical artifact provided by Zelda's fairy companion called Tri. Even though the game has only been out a short time, its community is discovering unique glitches, and one of those is a bug that turns Zelda: Echos of Wisdom completely on its head.
Posting their discovery on YouTube, content creator alyo has unveiled a strange glitch that allowed them to replace Princess Zelda as Echoes of Wisdom's main protagonist and step inside the shoes of Link instead. Alyo states that they were able to play as a cloaked Link by starting a new file and then manipulating the game by placing a sign echo on top of a tree near Kakariko Village. While hitting the sign, reading it, and opening the game's menu, alyo could play in the minimap to kill an enemy, which then sent them to the game over screen, and load the previous save file to play as Link.
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Fan Finds Playable Link Glitch
Although the glitch doesn't let players complete the entirety of the game and will likely get patched at some point soon, alyo can be seen happily running around the Hyrule Field as Link while killing enemies in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom's swordfighter form, which is obtained early in the game from the "Mysterious Rifts" quest. In the bug, the YouTuber still has access to Link’s weapons, including arrows and bombs, but is unable to use the Tri Rod abilities.
Alyo's glitch isn't the only one players have found in the past week since the game's release. Talented speedrunners have already figured out how to beat The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom in under one hour by utilizing a bug that allows players to fast travel and skip straight to Echoes of Wisdom’s final dungeon.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 85 /100 Critics Rec: 93%
- Released
- September 26, 2024
- ESRB
- E10+ For Everyone 10+
- Developer(s)
- Nintendo, Grezzo
- Publisher(s)
- Nintendo
- Engine
- Havok
- Franchise
- The Legend of Zelda
WHERE TO PLAY
Save Hyrule—this time with the wisdom of Princess Zelda!
The people of Hyrule are being stolen away by strange rifts—and with a certain swordsman among the missing, it’s up to Princess Zelda to save her kingdom in the latest adventure in The Legend of Zelda™ series!
Team up with the ethereal creature Tri and use the Tri Rod to create “echoes,” which are imitations of things you find in the environment—then recreate those echoes whenever you like to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. Use echoes like water blocks to reach new heights, make bridges out of old beds, throw rocks at foes, or find your own combination of echoes to do things your way. You can even make echoes of monsters to fight at your side in combat!
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch
- Genre(s)
- Adventure
- How Long To Beat
- 20 Hours
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
