New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Trailer Confirms The Return Of The Best Ocarina Of Time Feature

Summary Princess Zelda takes the lead in Echoes of Wisdom, showcasing her traversal skills and interaction with Hyrule's tribes.

Horseback riding returns as a key mechanic, allowing Zelda to easily navigate and defeat enemies in the game.

The game may offer horse customization options, hinted at by the different appearances of Zelda's trusted steed in the trailer.

A new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has confirmed the return of one of Ocarina of Time's best features, along with another look at some of the tribes Zelda will be interacting with, and her traversal methods as she ventures across Hyrule. The game was announced at the June 2024 Nintendo Direct showcase and sees Princess Zelda in the lead role - rather than the series' usual playable protagonist, Link - and features an art style similar to that of the 2019 remake of Link's Awakening.

A new post on the official Nintendo of America X account accompanied this trailer, reiterating some of its highlights: from the different regions of Hyrule players will be able to explore, new powers Zelda will be able to wield, and the fact that she will be able to ride horses across the map when not using waypoints for fast travel. Horse riding was first introduced to The Legend of Zelda series as a gameplay mechanic in Ocarina of Time, but has appeared several times since, most recently in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

Throughout the new footage, Zelda's horseback riding skills seem to make light work of weaker enemies, as she can gallop straight over them to send them flying. It also makes getting across the map far easier, as Zelda's horse can jump over small obstacles with ease.

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Zelda's Horse May Also Be Customizable

There Were Two Different Appearances Shown In The Trailer

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In Breath of the Wild and its sequel, players had to tame and register their new horse and learn how to ride it without getting bucked off. There's no confirmation as to whether these additional steps will be returning in Echoes of Wisdom or not, or if Zelda will simply have a horse she has already trained from the start.

Once Zelda can make a carrot echo, she's able to call upon her horse at any time.

There is a hint that if there aren't multiple horses that Zelda can ride in Echoes of Wisdom, there may be some form of customization available for Zelda's trusty steed. There were two different appearances shown in the trailer, with the first being a brown horse with a darker brown saddle, and the second being a white horse with golden hair.

Either way, it's nice to see horse riding making a return in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom as a way of getting around Hyrule. As for the other potential features surrounding it, such as customization, players won't have to wait too much longer to see how these play out, as the game launches exclusively on Nintendo Switch on September 26th.

Source: Nintendo of America/X