Now that The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is out , more and more players are fully exploring its top-down, toy-like, open world. And they've gradually been discovering a pretty cool secret about its map: it "links" up almost perfectly with the map from A Link to the Past . More and more players have been sharing posts on social media comparing the maps of Echoes of Wisdom and A Link to the Past, and have figured out that Echoes of Wisdom basically uses the same map from A Link to the Past.
.. just expanded .
A number of major landmarks can still be found in the same spots as in Link to the Past, though they've changed or aged seemingly with the passage of time. What's more, most of Echoes of Wisdom's brand new locations exist outside the boundaries where Link to the Past's map stopped, implying that civilizations like the Goron and Gerudo could have always existed in Link to the Past, they just weren't accessible in that particular game. It’s truly amazing how Grezzo made the Echoes of Wisdom map with such care.
It lines up with A Link to the Past’s Hyrule in a way that maybe the Gorons, Gerudo, Zora, and Dekus DID live there, just outside where we could explore. And it explains why they don’t know Zelda/Hyrule. https://t.
co/MANVHl5S97 — Rebecca Stone (Taylor’s Version) (@forestminish) October 4, 2024 We chatted with our own reviewer, Tom Marks , about this phenomenon, who agreed with the parallels. He pointed out to us that landmarks especially around Hyrule Ca.