The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is, of course, published by Nintendo, but the Japanese gaming giant has been characteristically quiet about who's developing it. Luckily, it looks like some Zelda fans have uncovered the truth.
As noted by Eurogamer, players who have pre-ordered Echoes of Wisdom ahead of its release next week have spotted what appears to be the game's developer contained within the copyright information in the game's eShop listing.
Honestly, the developer behind Echoes of Wisdom probably shouldn't come as a surprise; it looks like it's Grezzo, the studio responsible for the 2019 Link's Awakening remake. The two games have virtually identical visual styles, after all.
Nowadays, Nintendo is notoriously secretive about who's developing its games. Princess Peach: Showtime!, which was released earlier this year, was developed by Yoshi's Crafted World studio Good-Feel, but Nintendo wasn't exactly enthusiastic to reveal that information.
Similarly, we still don't know exactly who's going to be developing the upcoming RPG Mario & Luigi: Brothership, which was revealed during a Nintendo Direct earlier this year. One thing's for sure, though: it won't be longtime developer AlphaDream, which declared bankruptcy in 2019.
Clearly, Nintendo doesn't feel like it's under any obligation to reveal the developer of the new Zelda game as part of its pre-release marketing blitz, but the absence of Grezzo's name from marketing materials is pretty disappointing, to say the least.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the latest in the long-running The Legend of Zelda series. It combines the top-down perspective of classic Zelda games with the experimental gameplay of more recent entries like Tears of the Kingdom.
In a break from tradition, you'll play as Princess Zelda, who must save Link after he disappears into one of a number of rifts that suddenly appear around Hyrule.
Unlike Link, Zelda's not much of a direct fighter, so she'll fight indirectly by controlling enemies and using her Swordfighter Form. She can also conjure up objects to help her explore the world, and Echoes of Wisdom takes a pretty freeform approach when it comes to where you can place those objects.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom launches for Nintendo Switch on September 26th. You can check out our preview here to find out how the latest Zelda game is shaping up.
