In fact, that seems to be all you play.
For the first time that Nintendo will acknowledge, Zelda is playable outside of a musou game.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a new 2D Zelda game announced today in the Nintendo Direct for a September 26 launch. A branded Switch Lite system in gold will be sold the same day, which will also come with a year of an individual plan for the Switch Online Expansion Pack.
Rather than a sword, Zelda will use a "TriRod" to create "echoes" of items and enemies for both world navigation and combat.
I've wanted a playable Zelda with magic Zelda game for over 15 years now. But the nagging thought in the back of my head was how to make the magic actually interesting and distinct from non-magical Link's items. The chemistry/physics engine of BotW seems to be their solution. While magic could break the game and make it too easy like Kirby, they can make it more limited and situational based to make it challenging. They haven't said anything about how you select summons so you might be limited to a set of local ones to find a winning combinations. I don't think they're going TotK building path (at least for the 1st game) and probably closer to great plateau BotW experience where you can rush enemies with spamming summons or you can find ways to exploit the environment + magic.
The only downside is they used the remake LA toy-like models, I rather something closer to the old artwork or anime. I get it that it makes the magic less jarring and out of place looking if everything has a toybox appearance but still...
