The developers of the newest game in the Legend of Zelda series give a behind-the-scenes look at Echoes of Wisdom and its development.

Nintendo tried making the historically quiet Link talk in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom but ultimately decided against it because it "felt really wrong." In an interview with Famitsu translated by Automaton,

However, because Zelda is the protagonist in Echoes of Wisdom, the idea was originally that she would be the only character with no dialogue, allowing Link to have lines for the first time. “Actually, Link was speaking at first,” Aonuma confirmed.

Echoes of Wisdom may have broken several franchise traditions, but it also revived a tradition that the last two mainline installments largely forewent: classic dungeons. Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom's dungeons are very similar to how they used to be in Zelda's heyday,

Woot! (owned by Amazon) has just dropped the price of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom for Nintendo Switch to only $44.99. That's already the best price we've seen for the latest Zelda game for the Switch,

While the game has now proven to be a hit with fans, 'The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom' director Eiji Aonuma thought it "might be close to impossible" to successfully revive the traditional top-down style for the title.

At one point, Nintendo's famously silent lead Link was going to have lines of dialogue in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.