You can see the influence of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom in Echoes of Wisdom, Nintendo’s latest top-down Zelda game for the Nintendo Switch. But for all of the new game’s openness and emphasis on playing how you want,

Zelda may be the leading protagonist of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, but she hasn't been able to overshadow Link entirely due to one of the game's most powerful mechanics. Specifically, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom 's Swordfighter Form effectively brings Link into the picture, despite attempts by Grezzo and Nintendo to leave him out.