Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom doesn’t test your intelligence enough

Zelda’s first solo adventure plays to her strengths, but even in her own game, she feels underutilized.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and writing about the intersection of video games and sex.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, launching September 26th, is Princess Zelda’s first standalone adventure. Her debut solo outing does an excellent job of establishing Zelda as a protagonist that’s unique and separate from that green guy. But the game’s sparse environments, formulaic dungeons, and simplistic platforming and puzzles ultimately swallow her up, making Zelda feel underutilized, even in her own

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