Fans are already coming up with wild theories about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

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For some fans of The Legend of Zelda, there’s just as much fun in theorizing and analyzing the world as there is in playing the games. So, when Nintendo released the first trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, YouTubers and other fans didn’t waste time getting to work analyzing the trailer and dissecting its every detail.

There’s a lot to dive into this time around. Princess Zelda will be the playable hero of the story for the first time and wields an entirely new weapon, the Tri Rod — and the fact that Echoes of Wisdom could have connections to previous versions of Hyrule and the series at large has already introduced ample opportunities for people to theorize. There are loads of posts on Reddit with observations, and YouTube is filled with videos analyzing the trailer. It can all be a lot, so Polygon rounded up some of the best theories we’ve seen about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

A Reddit post that sparked a conversation on a Zelda subreddit made a convincing argument that the world in Echoes of Wisdom could be connected to A Link to the Past. The post includes a screenshot from the trailer, which shows a panoramic vista of Hyrule in Echoes of Wisdom. In it, you can see environments like a forest in the northwestern corner of the map, mountains in the north, and Hyrule Castle in the center. The user argues these locations and the arrangement look similar to those in A Link to the Past, so it could mean it takes place in the same or a similar version of Hyrule.

Zeltik, a popular theory crafter within the Zelda community, highlighted a moment where the Sheikah appear to return in Echoes of Wisdom in two separate instances. The first shows a clip where a character resembling Impa, Zelda’s Sheikah nursemaid in other games, like Ocarina of Time and Oracle of Seasons, attacks soldiers in Hyrule Castle. The appearance of Impa wouldn’t be all that remarkable given she’s in so many games, but then there’s another fun treat: The trailer shows a