Echoes of Wisdom marks many firsts for the almost 40-year-old Legend of Zelda series - one of which is the director herself. As discussed in Nintendo's recent Ask the Developer volume featuring the new game's leads,

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom didn't start out its development as one might expect, with a very different direction initially planned for the title.

Nintendo at one point toyed with the idea of letting players design their own dungeons in the new Zelda game.