Zelda looks on as Link defeats a shadowy Ganon in the opening act to Echoes of Wisdom. Nintendo
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Link’s got 20 hearts and a full arsenal — I steer him through the dungeon and tear into Ganon. Minutes into the latest Legend of Zelda game, I’m already slashing through to the classic conclusion I’ve played more times than I could count.
But this time, after beating the familiar archenemy, a purple rift starts to swallow Link whole. He fires his bow as he sinks, the arrow cracking the crystal trapping Zelda. Within seconds, he’s subsumed entirely, but the camera