Issue 1
Hello. Welcome to The Adventurer’s Journal, a new bi-weekly newsletter for fans of The Legend of Zelda.
Every two weeks, the journal will highlight the work of Zelda fans from around our community. It is too easy for the works of fans to be missed among the flood of social media posts. I hope that this journal can help shine more light on everything happening.
Expect this journal to include a variety of Zelda content including articles, videos, art, music, games, and more – but always shared or reported by fans.
The first journal entry is putting the spotlight on Echoes of Wisdom, the newest Zelda game that recently marked two months since its release.
This issue includes a fun fan creation, confirmation about timeline placement, and final thoughts being shared throughout the community.
For my part, I enjoyed the game and I’m still planning to reach 100% eventually. I have been distracted by other games (and this new endeavor), but I’ll get it done eventually.
~An Adventurer
Enabling a variety of play styles
A new entry in the Realm of Memories series at Zelda Universe explores how Echoes of Wisdom enables everyone to have their own experience and how some players may feel that the game wants them to cheat to win.
I enjoyed cheating to win. Give me a few old beds, water blocks, and flying tiles, and I’ll make magic happen.
Echoes of Wisdom timeline placement
Nintendo has confirmed that Echoes of Wisdom takes place after Tri Force Heroes and before The Legend of Zelda on the official Zelda timeline. This is the first time a new game’s placement has been confirmed in almost a decade and has renewed debate about the timeline as a whole.
Zeltik shared the news on Bluesky and published a video primer on the history of the timeline In the video, he makes a case for why you should care about the timeline.
A real-life Zelda sidekick
I love seeing these types of creative art projects and thought this was an excellent first pick for the journal.
This fan creation caught my attention for being so unusual. A Zelda fan has made a pair of Nintendo-inspired wind chimes, and one of them is designed to look like Tri!
There’s a video embedded in the replies if you want to see the wind chime in action.
The best sidequests in Echoes of Wisdom
The Zelda Cast podcast at Zelda Dungeon discussed their favorite sidequests in Echoes of Wisdom in a recent episode.
Personally, I’m pretty fond of hunting down the Pieces of Heart. I’m glad they returned after not appearing in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. But I also like the other classic collectible fetch-quests like the Gold Skulltulas, and the stamp collection in Echoes of Widsom fits right in.
Our favoite sidequests in Echoes of Wisdom! The Zelda Cast episode 434, Zelda Dungeon
Need some help?
If you are still working your way through Echoes of Wisdom or are finishing up sidequests and hunting down the last echoes, there is plenty of help available online.
It seems like every website is publishing video game guides these days, so I’m listing a few trusted fan created resources for guides as well as a Let’s Play series by ZeldaMaster.