A Zelda Game Starring Zelda!
It’s always been an odd, contentious thing in the Legend of Zelda fandom that the series is named after its titular princess but she rarely plays a starring role. There was hope up to the eleventh hour that Tears of the Kingdom would let players actually inhabit Princess Zelda as they explored its open world, but it wasn’t meant to be.
However, in 2024, we finally got a mainline Zelda game that lets you play as the leading lady.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is one of the last big hurrahs for the Switch as we head into next year and Nintendo releases the long-awaited successor. The game is a bit divisive, replacing protagonist Link’s typical sword-and-board gameplay for a magic-based “echoes” system used more for puzzle solving than scrapping it up. But hey, fans had been asking for a Zelda-led Zelda game for ages, and hopefully, this is a sign that more could come in the future. – Kenneth Shepard
