Ever since Nintendo unveiled The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom yesterday, the community has been speculating about where this game sits in the series’ timeline, discussing trailer details and, importantly, sharing fan art.
Echoes of Wisdom will be the first mainline Zelda game that features the titular princess in a playable role. Rather than a sword like Link, Zelda will make her way through Hyrule with a new item known as the Tri Rod, which allows her to copy and paste items she finds in the world. She can also pick up and throw rocks at enemies, and copy enemies to do battle for her.
But, where does Echoes of Wisdom fall in Zelda’s expansive timeline? While there has been nothing definitive shared as yet (and, let’s be honest, there likely never will be), there are some theories out there.
Soon after the game’s trailer went live yesterday, many noted Echoes of Wisdom’s map was similar to A Link to the Past’s. A post on the Zelda reddit highlighted several repeating landmarks. Poster Ryon21 believed this new map could be an “expansion of the original A Link to the Past Hyrule with the addition of a new volcano northwest of Hyrule Castle and more areas to the west as well”. They also noted that the “river courses and roads… are almost the same as in [A Link to the Past]”.