Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom may have given players some exciting tools to mess around with, but because of that, the next Zelda may be in a tough spot.

You can see the influence of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom in Echoes of Wisdom, Nintendo’s latest top-down Zelda game for the Nintendo Switch. But for all of the new game’s openness and emphasis on playing how you want,

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 11 years since Nintendo released a 2D Zelda that wasn’t either a remake (Link’s Awakening HD) or designed around multiplayer (Tri Force Heroes). Despite following in the footsteps of A Link Between Worlds,

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom introduces players to the fairy Tri, and although they may feel similar to past fairies, there are a few surprises in store.

As we noted in last week’s return installment of Best, Worst, Weirdest , Zelda broke with that basic tradition with 2013’s A Link Between Worlds, which dropped the whole idea of a steadily growing roster of tools,

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has gone far down the road of innovation, to the point that its Tri Rod and echoes system makes it feel like a Pokemon game.

Echoes of Wisdom sports an enormous toolkit. Using the Tri Rod, players can summon copies of more than 100 world items and beasts called “echoes.” With the flick of a wand, Zelda can spawn anything from a bed to an Octorok.

If you get annoyed by enemies that are flying or too far for your usual echoes to reach, boomerang boarblins are the way to go. Even better, this one is the stronger version, which you can find in the western Gerudo Desert, so they’ll make quick work of any flying enemies giving you grief.

Legend of Zelda speedrunners have discovered a glitch in Echoes of Wisdom that allows you to play the game as Link instead of its titular princess - and it's genius. Speedrunners have been hard at work discovering exploits and glitches since Nintendo's big Echoes of Wisdom launch just eight days ago.