Echoes of Wisdom puts a big twist on The Legend of Zelda’s formula, letting players summon dozens of items out of thin air to help solve puzzles and navigate the world. But that fascinating idea started out as something much different, it started out as a game where players built their own dungeons to share with others. That’s an idea that fans have wanted for years, ever since Nintendo released Super Mario Maker in 2015. But considering the form Echoes of Wisdom has now taken, it feels unlikely we’ll ever see that Zelda Maker.
Ahead of Echoes of Wisdom’s release, Nintendo has published an “Ask the Developer” interview, featuring the game’s directors from Grezzo, Tomomi Sano and Satoshi Terada, as well as The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma. While Echoes of Wisdom is the first new Zelda game developed by Grezzo, the studio has been creating the series’ remaster for over a decade, including Link’s Awakening, Majora’s Mask, and Ocarina of Time 3D.
