Review: With ‘Echoes of Wisdom,’ Zelda finally gets the star treatment

One of the quirks about “The Legend of Zelda” franchise is that the protagonist’s name isn’t in the title. Princess Zelda is the damsel in distress, the person who has to be rescued, but over several iterations, Nintendo has fleshed out her character and she has undergone several transformations through the years.

Meanwhile, Link has mostly stayed the same. He’s the mostly silent hero who ventures through dungeons and overcomes adversity through courage and grit. In “The Legend of Zelda...