Echoes of Hyrule announced: Zelda book about Ocarina of Time characters

• The project focuses on lesser-known characters from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and tells their stories in chronological order.
• The author is Anna-Victòria Teixidó, who publishes under the name Kurusonna; a release date and official licensing status have not yet been confirmed.

What happened

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Hyrule has been announced as a book project centered on characters from Ocarina of Time. Based on the available description, it focuses on supporting characters who appeared in the game but did not get much attention. That means the book is not being positioned as a retelling of Link’s main story, but as a collection of stories about characters who stayed in the background in the original game.

The stories are told chronologically. The description says the book begins before the events of Ocarina of Time and later extends beyond Hyrule. That gives the project a structure that uses the game’s events as a starting point, while not staying strictly tied to them. The available information also says Link appears in the stories, but not as the main character.

The author is Anna-Victòria Teixidó, who publishes under the name Kurusonna. That is currently the only confirmed name attached to the project. Other details are still unknown. No fixed release date has been announced, and information about format, edition contents, and distribution is still missing. It has also not been confirmed whether the project is officially licensed by Nintendo.

For now, the available information mainly shows what Echoes of Hyrule aims to be: a Zelda book that shifts the focus to lesser-known Ocarina of Time characters and presents their stories in a set order. Which specific characters will be featured has not yet been revealed in the available description.

Background

Ocarina of Time remains one of the best-known Zelda games, and Echoes of Hyrule appears to take a different angle than the usual focus on Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf. The emphasis is on characters who were present in the game but rarely placed at the center. That makes the project different from a standard game adaptation, since it does not only follow the familiar leads, but also gives room to supporting roles from the same world.

The reference to The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom in the source provides context for that storytelling approach. For Echoes of Hyrule itself, the core idea remains a chronological collection centered on supporting characters from Ocarina of Time. The available description also explicitly says the stories are not limited to Hyrule, but continue beyond that setting. That detail matters because it suggests the book aims for a broader world-building scope than just the game’s familiar locations.

There is still no confirmation of an official Nintendo license. It is also not known which publisher, edition, or publication format is attached to the project. As a result, Echoes of Hyrule currently remains limited to what has been stated in the announcement and its summary. The only solid details are the title, the author, the focus on Ocarina of Time characters, and the chronological structure of the stories.

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Sources

• Gamerant: article about the announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Hyrule.