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Echoes of Wisdom’s swordless Zelda is not about what’s canon — it’s about good gameplay
It’s big, big news that in the Zelda game announced during Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct— The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom — players will assume control of Princess Zelda rather than Link. It’s the first time in history you’ll be able to play a full game as the title character (unless you count the notably terrible CD-i games, which director Eiji Aonuma doesn’t consider canon). But there’s one key point of intrigue: In Echoes, Aonuma said Zelda doesn’t fight with a sword — ever.