Important takeaways
- Fans are disappointed by the lack of a hoodless Zelda outfit option in Echoes of Wisdom.
- Despite being featured in key art promoting Echoes of Wisdom, players can only briefly wear the Disguise outfit with the hood down.
- The Bread Pirate and other fans are pushing for a hoodless outfit variant to be added to the game.
While The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has been well received, some fans are disappointed by the lack of the ability to use the hoodless outfit variant for Zelda. This complaint is minor in the grand scheme of things, but players are questioning why developer Grezzo chose not to make it available to more of Echo of wisdoms playing time.
Among the features included in the Echo of wisdom is the option to change Zelda's appearance. Throughout the game, players can unlock different outfits for the character, including some unique ones like Cat Clothes. In addition to changing the character's appearance, some of these outfits even provide bonus effects. Recently, a player pointed out a missed opportunity for the developer to give players another outfit variant to use during the game.
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As highlighted in a new video, a YouTuber known as The Bread Pirate revealed a strange limitation they noticed regarding the clothing in Echo of wisdom. Specifically, players can only wear the Disguise outfit with the hood not covering Zelda for a few minutes of the game. The player pointed out how the lack of a hoodless option for the outfit was even weirder given the marketing for the game; the box art of Echo of wisdom shows the character with the hood down. Understandably, this official artwork may lead some to believe that the look was an option available for most of the game.
Fans want Zelda's Hoodless Outfit variant playable through Echoes of Wisdom
As it turns out, many fans on the internet agreed with The Bread Pirate regarding the lack of a hoodless outfit variant for Zelda. While players are disappointed with this missing outfit option in Echo of wisdomThe Bread Pirate and others try to do something about it. By using the hashtag #HoodlessZelda, The Legend of Zelda community wants to get the developer's attention to see if the outfit variant can be added to the game in the coming months.
Although it would be nice to see this variant become available to more of Echo of wisdomonly time will tell if it was ever added by the developer. Regardless, many fans have enjoyed the latest top-down perspective Zelda games from Grezzo and Nintendo despite some frame rate issues. After its release, Echo of wisdom has had impressive sales success, with better initial sales than Link's Awakening remake in Japan. As Nintendo fans await the eventual official reveal of the Switch's successor console, it will be interesting to see if Echo of wisdom can maintain its sales momentum on current generation hardware.
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