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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is as familiar as it is fresh

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom flips the standard sword-and-shield formula for something both fresh and familiar.

My main quibble with this mode is that the energy meter only refills when you pick up little light crystals dropped by defeated enemies — but as far as I can tell, these only appear when you’re exploring the rifts around Hyrule or inside of a dungeon. It’s colorful and detailed, with houses, characters, enemies and environments that feel like tiny toys; the tilt-shift style blurring at the top and bottom of the display adds to that effect. Both games could easily be described as “cute, but not childish.” Echoes of Wisdom definitely skews “younger” in its presentation than any other Zelda short of Link’s Awakening, but the level of detail and polish is something adults will appreciate.

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