When The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was initially revealed, there was a fair bit of speculation about the new overworld and how it possibly linked up with the map in previous entries. Now, just a week after the latest entry’s release, this has seemingly been confirmed.
As highlighted on social media and elsewhere online by Zelda enthusiasts, it appears the new adventure does actually have some connections to the Super Nintendo classic A Link to the Past. This doesn’t look to be a coincidence either, with many landmarks visibly lining up with the older game’s map.
IGN apparently called on its in-house Zelda expert and reviewer Tom Marks – confirming various landmarks such as the “graveyard and church” were all in the right spots as well, and the house where Link lived in A Link to the Past is there, even though he resides in Suthorn Village in the latest top-down entry.
Some theories (as you can see in the social post below) also suggest Gorons, Gerudo, Zora and Deku could have lived in this same world, but just weren’t accessible in A Link to the Past.
There are all sorts of other similarities between the two games, which seemingly confirms the link. These connections appear to be fueling speculation about the Zelda timeline as well and how it fits in with A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds.
