Gallery: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom New Art And Screenshots Revealed By Nintendo

It looks so great. They look like LEGO. Can't wait to play!

They've found something magic with this art style.

Yup, I still like this art style. It's charming and appealing and I still don't understand the Wind Waker level aversion to it. I also think it's use here implies that there's going to be some major twist a la Link's Awakening.

I gotta say that this game's art style is really growing on me. So much that I might get this. Haven't bought a new Zelda games since Twilight Princess back in 2006 (for both Wii & GC).

I love how Zelda looks with a ponytail.

But can you pet the horse?

Really love the artstyle. Similar to Link’s Awakening but definitely improved, and reminds me of claymation.

I did not expect to see such a crazy cast of characters.

I always loved how the Link’s Awakening remake looked and they somehow made the art-style even better. Cute graphics but badass gameplay. Can’t wait to play it.

Can you guys stop spoiling what's in the article in the article title PLEASE?!?
Edit: Also THIS GAME, my dudes!

I’ve gotta hand it to them, I disliked this style because it wasn’t very expressive IMO, but they seem to have fixed that! Now you can see the fear, shock, abs excitement on every NPCs face. Can’t wait for this game!!

I'm finding myself really mixed on this game honestly. Like, on its own it looks super charming, but more and more it's giving me, "It's 2D TotK," vibes and seeing as I don't like TotK, well...

@LikelySatan yeah we gotta keep things vague for the mystery. The headline should be "game has visuals"

I am ready for the phone themes. 😊

Looks fantastic. Really happy they used this art style again.

Princess Zelda riding a horse looks like My Little Pony.

Honestly, I'm surprised no one's mentioned anything about the fact that Male gerudo exist in this game.

@Lizuka I agree. Weary that this may be another sandbox game with boundless freedom. It seems like it'll handle systems better than TotK- but I genuinely don't know if I should get my hopes up or not.

Looks beautiful. Can’t wait for the adventure

@VoidofLight Majora's Mask is the only Zelda game where there are only female Gerudo. Every other game they appear in has one, or more male Gerudo.

I love Gorons!

@LXP8 No I mean there's a male Gerudo that isn't Ganondorf- which is genuinely rare. Lore-wise, only one Male is born every 100 years. Usually that male is Ganondorf himself. The guy in the trailer isn't Ganondorf at all, which is the first time in series history that this happened.

Definitely looking forward to this! Preordered two copies, one for myself, and one for my girlfriend. Also preordered the Switch Lite.

@VoidofLight Yeah I know that but you just said "Male gerudo" in your first comment, so of course I'm gonna count the only character in the series we know for sure is that. I like to consider Groose the other male Gerudo based on his personality & physical traits, but I guess the tribe hadn't formed at that point in Hyrule's history.

Maybe those purple cracks opening all over Hyrule in Echoes of Wisdom could be time gates. I'm guessing the young male-looking Gerudo in the screenshot could be child Ganondorf who travelled through one to exist at the same time as his older self. Perhaps the evil intentions of Demise that live within him haven't awoken yet and he's a good-hearted child who wants to help the kingdom stop his future self.

@LXP8 Ehh, Demise's curse isn't really a thing that causes Ganondorf to have no control over his own actions. Demise's curse is just a dying curse. Effectively just the man making it clear that if he's to be struck down, the demon tribe would end up rising up in kind in order to make life in Hyrule a living hell.

Given we see a shot of a Male Gerudo with facial hair in the trailer- my guess is just that these guys are probably just men who were kicked from their tribe due to being associated with the whole "Ganondorf was also a male Gerudo" thing.

@VoidofLight I didn't mean it takes over him completely, more that it's a representation of the evil in his heart that hasn't grown strong yet. Personally, I believe Demise's final words indicate the reason for Ganondorf's never ending evil. He says "I will rise again" and "An incarnation of my hatred...", not to mention how Ganondorf physically ends up resembling Demise in many ways. In the Japanese version he says that his own hatred and his tribe of demons will curse Zelda's descendants and future heroes forever. Given that Ganondorf had already returned to destroy Hyrule in so many Zelda games by 2011, it's clear that Nintendo was laying the origins of that aspect of the series.

I didn't see the bearded Gerudo in the trailer, so gonna check that out again. Hopefully it's not just a Hylian disguised as a Gerudo male like in BotW lol

@LXP8 Nah, I think it might actually be a Gerudo male given the red hair and such. I think the "male" in the screenshots is probably a woman that just has similar hair to the other Male, given the other Male actually has facial hair.

I’m not really into dressing up characters but I really want to make Zelda a bit more adventurous. Bow, ToK or sheik outfits.

My only complaint is that there's no Collector's edition. The one for Link's Awakening remake had an art book. I would have loved to see a more in-depth look at the concepts and iterations they went through. But who knows? Maybe there will be a dedicated art book if the game turns out to be wildly successful beyond expectations.

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@VoidofLight Where is the male Gerudo shown?

Looks adorable. Really hoping they still go BIG on music, cinematography, and effects. :v

Old Spice, the princess your princess could smell like. She's on a horse! Lol

I thought I saw a megmat on the vid.

I want a colorful 3 layer smoothie.

Not sold yet cuz i haven't made my mind about the art style and the whole aid summoning mechanic, but who am I kidding, its Zelda so i will end up buying it regardless

@PikaPhantom One of the screenshots here and 5:25 in the trailer. Of course the more I look at it, the less likely it is that this is a male Gerudo. I'm mixed on it.

@VoidofLight I think what you thought was facial hair is just the Gerudo's hand raised to her face

@PikaPhantom Yeah, that's why I'm doubting my claims now. It could still be that this is a Gerudo male, but I feel like the chances are lesser given the lack of facial hair, and the lack of green skin.