Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom breaks tradition by redeeming a series-long antagonist, but the franchise could benefit from honoring this as a canon event.

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,

The Nintendo video game, a mainline entry in the long-running series, is the first one to focus on Zelda, allowing players to control the princess.

Echoes of Wisdom is doing quite well following its release on the Switch.

The Suthorn Ruins will be the first full dungeon players will tackle in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. After a brief visit to a rift, they will come to a fairly standard design revolving around old stonework and cave systems. It’s the perfect dungeon to make players more acquainted with the Echo system.

Nintendo's latest Ask the Developer interview shines a light on exactly why Princess Zelda is the protagonist of Echoes of Wisdom.

Echoes of Wisdom review and see why this game earned an "Amazing" 9/10 score. In it, writer Tom Marks states "The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is far greater than a gimmicky spinoff led by Zelda instead of Link.

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom may feature the titular princess as its playable protagonist, but her journey still largely revolves around Link's story.