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- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the spiritual sequel to the remake of Link’s Awakening, featuring Zelda as a playable main character.
- The game features several classic Zelda locations, including the Gerudo Desert and the Faron Wetlands.
- Lon Lon Ranch, known for Lon Lon Milk, may appear in Echoes of Wisdom, based on recent footage.
Fans think they saw Lon Lon Ranch in a recent Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom promotional clip. A new entry in the iconic Legend of Zelda series is now just a few weeks away, with Echoes of Wisdom as a spiritual sequel to the 2019 Nintendo Switch remake The Legend of Zelda: Link’s AwakeningThe classic top-down perspective and toy-like visual style of that game return in Echoes of Wisdombut now, for the first time, Zelda herself will be the main playable protagonist in the mainline Zelda series.
Of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomWith the September 26th launch date fast approaching, Nintendo has shown off its upcoming dungeon crawler in action. This includes showing off how Echoes of Wisdom references past Zelda games featuring classic locations and characters, with previous trailers including glimpses of the Gerudo Desert, Faron Wetlands, and Eldin Volcano. Zelda Fans have also spotted the engineer Dampe from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the Business Scrubs, which are not in a Zelda game since The Minish Cap back in 2004.
Now players think they’ve seen another classic element from the previous version Zelda mentions in a short The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom video shared to the Nintendo UK Twitter account. In the said video, Zelda explores various areas on horseback, and one of them appears to be the Lon Lon Ranch that first appeared in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It appears toward the end of the video, with Zelda jumping her horse over a brown wooden fence to the famous farm. As noted by Nintendo Life, this location was previously featured in a previous Echoes of Wisdom trailer back in August.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom May Incline Lon Lon Ranch
Lon Lon Ranch has appeared in several previous films Legend of Zelda games, including the aforementioned Ocarina of Time And The Minish Cap as well as the 2004 multiplayer GameCube version Four Swords Adventures. The Lon Lon Ranch, run by Malon and her father Talon, is known for selling the health-restoring Lon Lon Milk, a valuable product for Link during his many dangerous adventures. Both the milk and the farm it comes from are popular among Zelda fans, who have made their own real Lon Lon Milk bottles and modified Lon Lon Ranch into games that didn’t feature it, such as Breath of the Wilderness.
It looks like Princess Zelda will be visiting Lon Lon Ranch in the near future for some of the famous milk. Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomwhich is set to launch on Nintendo Switch later this month. It’s still unclear whether the farm spotted in the recent videos is indeed Lon Lon Ranch, but it would certainly be a fun nod to the franchise’s past for players who’ve ever traveled to the famous farmland in Ocarina of Time and other classics Zelda mentions.
