10 Secrets And Easter Eggs In Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

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00:00Welcome to Mojo Plays and today we are looking at easter eggs and references to past Zelda titles

00:11that can be found in Echoes of Wisdom. Beware, there are some light spoilers ahead.

00:23But before we begin, we publish new content all week long, so be sure to subscribe and

00:28ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos. The Goddess Statue

00:42We'll start with an easter egg that's seen during the intro, and one that points towards

00:47the greater lore of the series. After Zelda is framed for creating the rifts around Hyrule

00:52and imprisoned, she must make her escape from the dungeons with the help of Tri.

00:56Along the way, she runs into Impa, who believes her innocence, and gives her a disguise to change

01:02into. Zelda does so behind a statue of the goddess Hylia, for which the kingdom and its people are

01:08named for. Hylia was first introduced in Skyward Sword, and has since played a major role in the

01:20overall mythos of Zelda. Loftwings in Hyrule

01:36Of course, Hylia isn't the only nod to Skyward Sword found in Hyrule Castle. Along the walls,

01:43next to the kingdom's crest, you can find imagery of loftwings carved into the stone.

01:48The royal crest features the Triforce above a bird with its wings spread,

01:52and has been used as far back as Ocarina of Time with the Hylian Shield.

01:57But what exactly this bird was, wasn't explained until Skyward Sword. The now iconic shield

02:04specifically uses a red bird, a reference to Link's crimson loftwing in the chronologically

02:09first game in the franchise. Pole's Voice Plushie

02:24There are a few more easter eggs to be found in Hyrule's Castle Town. You may have noticed a few

02:29Scottish Terriers running around, just as they did in Ocarina of Time. However, a more obscure

02:35reference is found inside one of the houses. One citizen has a plushie of a Pole's Voice

02:41sitting on their shelf. This enemy debuted in the original game, but has since only appeared

02:46in a handful of handheld entries, with its last appearance being in Phantom Hourglass.

02:52In the first game, the manual stated they hate loud noises,

02:56hinting to use the Famicom controller's built-in microphone, which the NES didn't have.

03:01Alternate ways of defeating them in future games still called back to this,

03:05like playing instruments or, in the case of Phantom Hourglass, blowing into the handheld's mic.

03:15A Wanted Princess

03:21Shown in some of the trailers, there are Wanted posters of Zelda found all across Hyrule.

03:26After forcing her to become a woman on the run, the Imposter King has them set up,

03:31which is why Zelda spends the first part of the game in disguise. They aren't exactly the most

03:36flattering pictures, giving her an overly large nose, and this is a callback to A Link to the

03:42Past. After Link rescues Zelda from Agahnim's clutches at the start of that game, the villain

03:47has Wanted posters of him placed in various parts of the kingdom that claim he kidnapped the

03:52princess, and just like Zelda's, his humorously give him a huge nose.

04:01The Sign Echo is Actually Useful

04:11Right outside of Southern Village, the second area of the game, Zelda can learn the Sign Echo.

04:16If you're like me and assumed you'd never use it and just let it get lost in the shuffle of

04:21every other trick in Zelda's bag, you missed a few small easter eggs. When Zelda reproduces a

04:27sign, it cycles between five statements. Two are useless, arrows that point this away and that

04:34away, as well as telling you the text is faded and hard to make out. But the other three give

04:39you early game hints, that beds will make you feel better, or peel you, that the sign is flammable,

04:45and that it could act as a one-use shield, so could be used strategically.

04:52A Horse of the Same Color

05:04With the exception of Tears of the Kingdom's golden horse, each steed linked to Zelda is

05:09usually of the same variety, a white stallion. Through a side quest in Breath of the Wild,

05:15Link could gain access to the special breed. Even back in Ocarina of Time, we see her and

05:20Impa flee on one following Ganondorf's coup. Echoes of Wisdom keeps this theme,

05:25again linked to the princess's caretaker. At the game's midpoint, Zelda rescues her home

05:31and frees Impa, who gives her a side quest at Hyrule's ranch. This leads to her getting her

05:36own horse, as well as the Carrot Echo, to summon it wherever she desires, which is, of course,

05:42also white. The Return of the Guardians

05:51Ocarina of Time features three mighty creatures linked to the three main regions. The Kokiri

06:00Forest has the Great Deku Tree, Zora's Domain has Lord Jabu Jabu, while Death Mountain,

06:05home to the Gorons, has Volvagia the Dragon, though it has been corrupted by Ganondorf.

06:11All three had descendants that popped up in Wind Waker, and while the Great Deku Tree has been in

06:16multiple installments since, the other two haven't been as frequent. In fact,

06:21Volvagia only appeared in Ocarina of Time. Echoes of Wisdom brings them all back, though, keeping

06:27the Deku Tree and Lord Jabu Jabu as guardian deities, while making Volvagia a boss once again.

06:33The Evolution of Yetis

06:47Later in the game, Zelda can head to the Hebra Mountain area, which seems to hold the return

06:52of a long-forgotten race in the series. Here, she'll meet Kanda, who seems to be a Yeti.

06:58The only other game to feature them was Twilight Princess. The Snowpeak Ruins

07:02Dungeon is a fan favorite and home to the couple of Yetto and Yetta.

07:18However, some have pointed out the characters' antlers, which are reminiscent of the cute and

07:23cuddly Anuki race that debuted in Phantom Hourglass. Kanda's brother, on the other hand,

07:28is a bit more ferocious, resembling a yook from the same game, who are enemies of the Anuki.

07:34Perhaps there's some sort of hidden evolution here.

07:37Blueberry's Callbacks

07:51One of the game's new characters is Blueberry, Impa's brother. Zelda meets him after completing

07:56the first dungeon, and his house holds several great easter eggs. First, there's his name,

08:02a play on the fruit Blueberry, just like Paya with Papaya and Dorian with Durian in Breath of

08:09the Wild. Speaking of that game, you can also spot hats worn by the Sheikah race, as well as one of

08:15their lanterns. And in his basement, you can see an eye with several arrows sticking out, which

08:20hangs above Kakariko Village and hides a Korok seed. A bit more obscure, though, is the cow

08:31to the left of it. These can be found all over Clock Town in Majora's Mask.

08:39Link's House

08:45An even greater source of easter eggs than Blueberry's house is Link's in Southern Village.

08:50The extra hat on his bed is easy to spot, but directly to the left of it are three books,

08:55colored red, green, and blue, the same as the three goddesses that created the world

09:01in Zelda lore. There's also the wooden carving of an owl,

09:04a helpful creature across several of the hero's adventures.

09:16The rolled up red rug is the exact same as the one in his house in A Link Between Worlds,

09:21while the one on the floor can also be found inside his house in Minish Cap.

09:25Outside is an axe embedded in a tree stump, just like it is outside his home in Minish Cap.

09:36What are some other hidden details or easter eggs you've noticed in Echoes of Wisdom?

09:40Share them with us in the comments,

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