In the end, Echoes of Wisdom is fine — good, even — but it’s not the game that Zelda deserves. It’s unlikely that we’ll ever see the princess ever get a game with the level of ambition and care that defines the best of the series that bears her name.

Even if it wasn’t those things, it would still be rad just to finally play as Zelda for a full game. Mysterious purple rifts have begun opening up around Hyrule, sucking any nearby terrain, buildings,

Princess Zelda’s magic wand can make a copy of nearly everything in the game, offering inventive solutions to enemy encounters and environmental puzzles.