After Echoes of Wisdom, Zelda actor says having the princess as the playable character in a Breath of the Wild-style open-world game would be 'amazing'

Zelda's voice actor expresses excitement for a future open-world Zelda game where the princess is the main playable character, following the positive reception of 'Echoes of Wisdom', the first mainline Zelda game to feature Zelda as the protagonist.

After The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom made series history by making the titular princess the main playable protagonist for the first time ever in a mainline game, Zelda voice actor Patricia Summersett says it'd be "amazing" to see her become the protagonist in a Breath of the Wild-style game, too.

Summersett voiced Zelda in Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and speaking to GamesRadar+ at the Golden Joystick Awards last week, we asked how she'd feel about the princess being the sole playable character in an open world-style game like we saw in 2017 and 2023, respectively. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she's very keen about the idea: "I mean, that'd be amazing, wouldn't it?"

Continuing, she notes: "I'm so happy for the fandom that they got Echoes of Wisdom, of course, but I mean, yeah, there can always be more playable Zelda as far as I'm concerned."

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was very positively received when it launched earlier this year – we gave it four stars out of five in our own Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom review. It also saw the return of the more traditional 2D-style Zelda games, with an adorable art style like the 2019 Link's Awakening remake.

All in all, it was a fantastic time, but there's no doubt that many Zelda fans out there are hoping for it to mark the start of more princess-focused games, thank you very much. Here's hoping that Nintendo is taking notes – considering that the series is over 38 years old and so little of it has featured playable Zelda in any capacity, it's definitely about time she got a bit more spotlight, right?

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