Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom gets 2 more Japanese commercials

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom launched at the tail-end of September, which might seem like ages ago by now. Nintendo is keen on reminding Switch owners the world over about this game, as the holiday season is right around the corner. Tis the season of gift-giving, and Nintendo is hoping their pair of new Japanese commercials will lead to Zelda appearing in some stockings and under trees in a few weeks! You can see both new spots in this post.

In this latest adventure, the people of Hyrule are being stolen away inside strange rifts appearing throughout the land. With the help of an ethereal creature called Tri and the powerful Tri Rod, Princess Zelda boldly takes on a quest to save her kingdom. This latest Legend of Zelda adventure includes new features such as:

Using the Tri Rod, Zelda can create echoes – imitations of things found in the environment. Echoes can then be recreated to help solve puzzles and can be combined for creative problem-solving, such as using water blocks to reach new heights, making bridges out of old beds, throwing rocks at foes and more. Zelda can even create echoes of monsters to fight by her side in combat!

When creating echoes isn’t enough, Tri can lend Zelda a peculiar power called Bind, which makes objects follow Zelda’s movements. Alternatively, Reverse Bond allows Zelda to follow an object’s movements. Using these abilities, players can find multiple ways to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles.

To rescue those stolen away by the rifts, Zelda and Tri must enter the Still World – a strange, distorted landscape. Each entry point leads to a distinctive area with unique terrains. In some locations, they’ll even find dungeons to conquer featuring challenging bosses who await their arrival.

While exploring the Still World, Zelda will find a mysterious sword allowing her to transform into a powerful swordfighter form. The sword’s gauge can be replenished by collecting energy found in the Still World. When or where you choose to wield this power is up to you. With its mighty power, she can forge ahead when her path is blocked, strike down enemies on her own, and even battle alongside echoes.

Hyrule is also home to many quirky characters and some of them will be of great help – including, Dampé, an engineer of clockwork gizmos, has a knack for creating automatons. These unusual creations can aid Zelda with surprisingly powerful abilities that differentiate them from echoes. But be careful as they’ll break apart if they take too much damage.

Additional features include waypoints to make traveling across Hyrule even faster, an Adventure Log to track quests, Smoothies with different effects (including restoring health) as well as outfits and accessories that can enhance certain abilities! Scan any The Legend of Zelda™ themed amiibo™ figures to get in-game rewards like smoothie ingredients and certain outfits in alternate colors.