The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom just came out and is already breaking records! Speedrunners are finding some truly creative ways to blaze through this game, especially thanks to Zelda’s new Echo ability!
Echo Ability and Speedruns
This game is different. It encourages players to use the environment and the new Echo ability in exciting ways. This Echo power allows Zelda to use a variety of objects from her kingdom for creative problem-solving and traversal! This opens up amazing possibilities for speedrunners who can exploit them to complete levels super fast.
A Genius Tactic
One speedrunner, marumottii on X (formerly Twitter), found a truly genius way to skip massive parts of the game! By combining the Old Bed Echo with the Tornado Echo, they launched Zelda’s bed way up in the air and even from one zone to another, crossing huge areas much, much faster!
- Using these Echoes they got from the beginning, they were able to fly from the bottom of Eldin Volcano all the way up to Goron City. This takes only seconds compared to what is usually done which can be several minutes!
This makes the game a whole lot easier and opens a wide range of other possibilities that only more time can reveal!
Why This Works
The cool part? This speedrunning strategy isn’t some glitchy exploit; it’s completely in line with how Nintendo designed the Echo ability! Echoes of Wisdom is all about experimenting and trying out many, many combinations, unlike previous Zelda games! Each Echo acts as a mini puzzle, so gamers must have this mind set for trying many approaches and think through many, many solutions! That is exactly what this amazing technique did! It’s a testament to Nintendo’s creativity that a fan was able to find and demonstrate it using two items.
Experimentation and Speedrunning
The game gives players a whole lot to work with as there are over 127 Echoes that can be used in any order to complete different parts! This leads to an endless combination of possibilities and solutions for speedruns, providing endless amounts of creativity! And this is only one set of objects that gamers may experiment with!
Even if you aren’t interested in speedrunning, the amount of creativity required to beat Echoes of Wisdom is noteworthy. Dungeons no longer feature linear paths, but puzzles that can be solved in multiple ways using several, various tools that may need to work in unison to help progress through these obstacles.
Impact of This Strategy
This unique speedrun strategy is definitely going to make an impact for players! Gamers love finding creative solutions! This helps increase their gaming skill and will likely result in several other methods popping up! This speedrun will make the gameplay exciting!
There is just so much to explore. For everyone who has never explored this world. Now is a great opportunity to see what Zelda’s Echo ability offers, making the eXperience that much better! Fans can experience it themselves, to get ready for something fresh and exciting.
