The biggest announcements from the Nintendo Direct

Nintendo avoided sharing the spotlight with every other gaming company at Summer game Fest last week, promising its own Direct later in June. And it happened yesterday, teasing many new games along with Nintendo favorites. Mario games, yes. Zelda games, yes, and even a new Metroid game, confirmed. (More on this below the fold).

The funny thing is that the new Zelda game is all about…Zelda. You play the princess in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. It opens where most Zelda games end, with Link defeating Ganon. But just as he frees Princess Zelda, our usual hero is sucked into an alternate dimension. The game is played top-down and borrows the artistic style of Link’s Awakening redo. However, Zelda’s primary weapon and tool is the trirod. With this, she can copy many items and use these “echoes” to navigate the world. You can even create monster echoes to fight for Zelda.

Nintendo’s 40-minute update also included release dates for the upcoming Dragon Quest remake, a new Mario Party title, and feline adventure news. Wander is coming to Switch.

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