Echoes of Wisdom x Tetris 99

The 44th Maximus Cup is currently a thing in Tetris 99 and finally you can unlock a new Zelda theme, based on the most recent game in the series – The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. That's only the third Zelda theme in the game and the second Maximus Cup for a new Zelda title. The other was Skyward Sword HD in 2021, over three years ago...

While I'm still salty that they haven't done anything for Tears of the Kingdom, where the Zonai stuff would have been fantastic as a theme, the new one for Echoes of Wisdom is certainly nice. It plays the lovely overworld music in the beginning, then it goes into the Swordfighter form, and for the last 10 you will hear the dungeon battle music, which is also used in the Slumber Dojo. The game even ends on the same jingle.

So, the Echoes of Wisdom theme is worth it for the music alone and it's also a neat detail how it targets other players with Tri, or how the incoming garbage blocks have little Moblin icons. The only complaint is that your blocks looks completely generic, but at least it's easy to read.

This might become one of my favorite themes to use, the others being Game Boy, Ring Fit Adventure (no kidding) and Fire Emblem Engage. If you also want it, then you should hurry, because today is the last day to get this. And it generally takes very long until you are able to purchase old Special Themes with tickets, some have never even returned.