The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has arrived, bringing Zelda’s first starring role in a mainline entry to Nintendo Switch. This top-down Zelda experience isn’t as chunky as its open-world counterparts, but it still has plenty to see, including both main story quests and side activities. Echoes of Wisdom marks another first for the series as well, marking the first game in the franchise to have a female director. Here’s how long you can expect it to take to beat The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
How long to beat The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Echoes of Wisdom features an open-world map and its main story functions similarly to Tears of The Kingdom and Breath of the Wild in that you are given a few map markers to go to in your preferred order. While you can certainly complete these at your leisure, there aren’t as many side activities to get lost doing, although there are definitely some.
A typical playthrough for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom will take between 20 to 25 hours, depending on how much exploring and side quests you do. That said, if you were to focus only on the main quests, you could likely finish as quickly as 15 hours, and finding everything there is to offer will take you upwards of 30 hours. In terms of main objectives, there are a total of seven main dungeons to complete, along with side activities and areas.
Check out GameSpot’s The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom 9/10 review, with critic Steven Petite writing, “If Zelda’s debut in the spotlight is a one-off, at least it’s a memorable adventure. But hopefully this is the beginning of a new legend for the heroine. Echoes of Wisdom’s brilliantly integrated echoes system links two eras, proving that the freeform mechanics of the new age can coexist with the franchise’s classic formula. Don’t mistake this for a spin-off or minor entry between big ‘mainline’ games: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a major moment that shouldn’t be missed.”
