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The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Basic Information

Type(s)

Video Game

Status(es)

Released

Ratings

Main Credits

European Release

GameCube
January 7, 2005

North American Release

GameCube
March 18, 2004

Japanese Release

GameCube
June 7, 2004

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is a game in The Legend of Zelda series for the GameCube. It is one of the few games that utilizes the GBA-to-GameCube cable. As with any game that uses this cable, it is incompatible with the Nintendo DS.

Although it's gameplay focus is on multi-player, there is a single player campaign where one can use a normal GameCube controller to control the four Link's. In this mode, the player must control all Link's at once, ordering them into one of four formations.

Gameplay

Four Swords Adventures contains two games, except for the original Japanese version which includes 3. Hyrulean Adventure is a co-operative (though there are some competitive elements) multiplayer adaptation of the conventional Legend of Zelda gameplay. Shadow Battle is a competitive multi-player battle mode. Tetra's Trackers is a third game that was never included outside of Japan.

Hyrulean Adventure

Hyrulean Adventure (previously known as "Hyrule Adventure" and "Four Swords") uses most of the same mechanics as the previously-released Four Swords for the GBA, but unlike its predecessor has a single player mode available. The multi-player version requires each player to have a GBA, which is used as a controller and to which the action transfers when that player's character goes off the main screen, but the single player game may be played with either a GameCube controller or a GBA. There are always four Link characters (differentiated by tunic color) in play, regardless of the number of people playing; "extra" Links are attached to those directly controlled and positioned around the controlling character.

The graphics combine elements of A Link to the Past with the cel-shaded fluid style of The Wind Waker. There is a significant decrease in flair when the action is transferred to the GBA screen.

Story

Princess Zelda asks her childhood friend, Link, to accompany her to the shrine where the Four Sword rests, as she's sensed a growing evil there with her psychic powers. Dark Link appears and attacks them, Link, without a weapon, pulls the Four Sword from its pedastal, breaking the seal made by a different Link and Zelda at the end of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. The evil wind mage Vaati is released. When Link picks up the Sword, it's power is activated, and he is split into four people.

Zelda is kidnapped. She and Seven Maidens are trapped in crystals that are being guarded by monsters all across hyrule. The four Links now have to travel around Hyrule and rescue the maidens and Princess Zelda and use their power to defeat Vaati.

Vaati's plan was to actually resurrect the spirit Ganon. Ganon's human form, Ganondorf, the evil Guerdo king, was killed at the end of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. But the Guerdo tribe birth a new male Geurdo king every few centuries, and the most recent ruler had come of age and stolen a sacred Guerdo artifact: Ganon's trident. Apparently, the trident housed the power to awaken Ganon's spirit. Assisted by Vaati's magic, Ganon is brought back into Hyrule. Just as the Links and Zelda are escaping Vaati's crumbling tower the floor breaks away and they fall into Ganon's lair. Princess Zelda uses her magic to seal both Vaati and Ganon inside the Four Sword itself, and put it back on the pedestal. So far, no other game in the series has explained how or when they escape.

Shadow Battle

In Shadow Battle, two or more players battle each other until only one is left standing. As in Hyrulean Adventure, each player uses a different-colored Link character and wields various tools to attack the other Links. Five bonus maps for Shadow Battle are unlocked upon completion of Hyrulean Adventure (these maps are the same as the first five, but the player has limited vision).

Tetra's Trackers

Tetra's Trackers is only on the Japanese version of Four Swords Adventures (Four Swords +). In this game, multiple players, using a combination of the television screen and Game Boy Advances, search for members of Tetra's pirate gang (Tetra is a pirate captain in The Wind Waker) to gain stamps from them, as many as possible within a given time limit. All action takes place on the Game Boy Advance used by each player, with the television screen showing a basic map and Tetra narrating the action.

Unlike most other Zelda games, players could enter their name as well as choose their gender; however they played as one of the Links regardless of this choice.

Unique in the Zelda series, Tetra and her pirate crew have full voice-overs in place of text-only dialogue, with Tetra also synthesizing the two-character name that each player inputs at the beginning of the session, possibly why this game was not localized for the English release. In an early version of the game showed to review sites Tetra apparently spoke English reportedly, one line was something like "Let's hear it for Mrs. A!" and was able to pronounce at least some synthesized phonetic letters, A, B, C, and D, as shown in screenshots (it is to be assumed the full alphabet was available).

However, while the two-symbol rule worked fine for Japanese players, English is a phonetic language, not a syllabic language. For example, if a player's name was Sarah that is two syllables, so if a sound-alike equivalent of that name was entered via Japanese characters, Tetra could easily pronounce "Sar-ahh" as a fairly realistic representation of the player's name. But this would not work with the Japanese version's implementation of English characters. Each of the two permissible characters being pronounced, the aforementioned player's name could only be "SA". Since the English voice had already been added, this technical barrier is the likeliest reason for its omission.

A single player mode is also available, either collecting alone or in competition with Tingle, the aspiring fairy found also in Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages, The Wind Waker and The Minish Cap.

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-'''The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures''' is a game in [[The Legend of Zelda]] series for the [[GameCube]]. It is one of the few games that utilizes the [[GBA-to-GameCube cable]]. As with any game that uses this cable, it is incompatible with the [[Nintendo DS]].
+'''The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures''' is a game in [[The Legend of Zelda]] series for the [[GameCube]]. It is one of the few games that utilizes the [[Game Boy Advance to GameCube cable|GBA-to-GameCube cable]]. As with any game that uses this cable, it is incompatible with the [[Nintendo DS]].
-Although it's gameplay focus is on [[multiplayer]], there is a [[single player]] campaign where one can use a normal GameCube [[controller]] to control the four [[Link]]'s. In this mode, the player must control all Link's at once, ordering them into one of four formations.
+Although it's gameplay focus is on [[multi-player]], there is a [[single player]] campaign where one can use a normal GameCube [[controller]] to control the four [[Link]]'s. In this mode, the player must control all Link's at once, ordering them into one of four formations.
-==Gameplay==
+==Gameplay==
-''Four Swords Adventures'' contains two games, except for the original [[Japanese]] version which includes 3. Hyrulean Adventure is a [[co-operative]] (though there are some competitive elements) multiplayer adaptation of the conventional Legend of Zelda gameplay. Shadow Battle is a competitive multiplayer battle mode. Tetra's Trackers is a third game that was never included outside of [[Japan]].
+''Four Swords Adventures'' contains two games, except for the original [[Japanese]] version which includes 3. Hyrulean Adventure is a [[co-operative]] (though there are some competitive elements) multiplayer adaptation of the conventional Legend of Zelda gameplay. Shadow Battle is a competitive multi-player battle mode. Tetra's Trackers is a third game that was never included outside of [[Japan]].
 ===Hyrulean Adventure===
+[[Hyrule]]an Adventure (previously known as "Hyrule Adventure" and "Four Swords") uses most of the same mechanics as the previously-released Four Swords for the [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]], but unlike its predecessor has a [[single player]] mode available. The multi-player version requires each player to have a GBA, which is used as a controller and to which the action transfers when that player's character goes off the main screen, but the single player game may be played with either a GameCube controller or a GBA. There are always four [[Link]] characters (differentiated by tunic color) in play, regardless of the number of people playing; "extra" Links are attached to those directly controlled and positioned around the controlling character.
-[[Hyrule]]an Adventure (previously known as "Hyrule Adventure" and "Four Swords") uses most of the same mechanics as the previously-released Four Swords for the [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]], but unlike its predecessor has a [[single player]] mode available. The multiplayer version requires each player to have a GBA, which is used as a controller and to which the action transfers when that player's character goes off the main screen, but the single player game may be played with either a GameCube controller or a GBA. There are always four [[Link]] characters (differentiated by tunic color) in play, regardless of the number of people playing; "extra" Links are attached to those directly controlled and positioned around the controlling character.
 The [[graphics]] combine elements of [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]] with the [[cel-shaded]] fluid style of [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]. There is a significant decrease in flair when the action is transferred to the GBA screen.
 ====Story====
-[[Princess Zelda]] asks her childhood friend, [[Link]], to accompony her to the shrine where the [[Four Sword]] rests, as she's sensed a growing evil there with her psychic powers. [[Dark Link]] appears and attacks them, Link, without a weapon, pulls the Four Sword from its pedastal, breaking the seal made by a different Link and Zelda at the end of [[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords]]. The evil wind mage [[Vaati]] is released. When Link picks up the Sword, it's power is activated, and he is split into four people.
+[[Princess Zelda]] asks her childhood friend, [[Link]], to accompany her to the shrine where the [[Four Sword]] rests, as she's sensed a growing evil there with her psychic powers. [[Dark Link]] appears and attacks them, Link, without a weapon, pulls the Four Sword from its pedastal, breaking the seal made by a different Link and Zelda at the end of [[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords]]. The evil wind mage [[Vaati]] is released. When Link picks up the Sword, it's power is activated, and he is split into four people.
 Zelda is kidnapped. She and [[Seven Maidens]] are trapped in crystals that are being guarded by monsters all across hyrule. The four Links now have to travel around Hyrule and rescue the maidens and Princess Zelda and use their power to defeat Vaati.
-{{spoiler}}
+{{Spoilers}}
 Vaati's plan was to actually resurrect the spirit [[Ganon]]. Ganon's human form, Ganondorf, the evil [[Guerdo]] king, was killed at the end of [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]. But the Guerdo tribe birth a new male Geurdo king every few centuries, and the most recent ruler had come of age and stolen a sacred Guerdo artifact: Ganon's trident. Apparently, the trident housed the power to awaken Ganon's spirit. Assisted by Vaati's magic, Ganon is brought back into Hyrule. Just as the Links and Zelda are escaping Vaati's crumbling tower the floor breaks away and they fall into Ganon's lair. Princess Zelda uses her magic to seal both Vaati and Ganon inside the Four Sword itself, and put it back on the pedestal. So far, no other game in the series has explained how or when they escape.
 ===Shadow Battle===
 In Shadow Battle, two or more players battle each other until only one is left standing. As in Hyrulean Adventure, each player uses a different-colored Link character and wields various tools to attack the other Links. Five bonus maps for Shadow Battle are unlocked upon completion of Hyrulean Adventure (these maps are the same as the first five, but the player has limited vision).
 ===Tetra's Trackers===
 [[Tetra]]'s Trackers is only on the Japanese version of ''Four Swords Adventures'' (''Four Swords +''). In this game, multiple players, using a combination of the television screen and Game Boy Advances, search for members of Tetra's pirate gang (Tetra is a pirate captain in [[The Wind Waker]]) to gain stamps from them, as many as possible within a given time limit. All action takes place on the Game Boy Advance used by each player, with the television screen showing a basic map and Tetra narrating the action.
 Unlike most other Zelda games, players could enter their name as well as choose their gender; however they played as one of the Links regardless of this choice.
-Unique in the Zelda series, Tetra and her pirate crew have full voiceovers in place of text-only dialogue, with Tetra also synthesizing the two-character name that each player inputs at the beginning of the session, possibly why this game was not localized for the English release. In an early version of the game showed to review sites Tetra apparently spoke English reportedly, one line was something like "Let's hear it for Mrs. A!" and was able to pronounce at least some synthesized phonetic letters, A, B, C, and D, as shown in screenshots (it is to be assumed the full alphabet was available).
+Unique in the Zelda series, Tetra and her pirate crew have full voice-overs in place of text-only dialogue, with Tetra also synthesizing the two-character name that each player inputs at the beginning of the session, possibly why this game was not localized for the English release. In an early version of the game showed to review sites Tetra apparently spoke English reportedly, one line was something like "Let's hear it for Mrs. A!" and was able to pronounce at least some synthesized phonetic letters, A, B, C, and D, as shown in screenshots (it is to be assumed the full alphabet was available).
-However, while the two-symbol rule worked fine for Japanese players, English is a phonetic language, not a syllabic language. For example, if a player's name was Sarah that is two syllables, so if a soundalike equivalent of that name was entered via Japanese characters, Tetra could easily pronounce "Sar-ahh" as a fairly realistic representation of the player's name. But this would not work with the Japanese version's implementation of English characters. Each of the two permissible characters being pronounced, the aforementioned player's name could only be "SA". Since the English voice had already been added, this technical barrier is the likeliest reason for its omission.
+However, while the two-symbol rule worked fine for Japanese players, English is a phonetic language, not a syllabic language. For example, if a player's name was Sarah that is two syllables, so if a sound-alike equivalent of that name was entered via Japanese characters, Tetra could easily pronounce "Sar-ahh" as a fairly realistic representation of the player's name. But this would not work with the Japanese version's implementation of English characters. Each of the two permissible characters being pronounced, the aforementioned player's name could only be "SA". Since the English voice had already been added, this technical barrier is the likeliest reason for its omission.
 A single player mode is also available, either collecting alone or in competition with [[Tingle]], the aspiring fairy found also in [[Majora's Mask]], [[Oracle of Ages]], [[The Wind Waker]] and [[The Minish Cap]].
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.zelda.com/fourswords/prelaunch/index.html Official web site of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures ]
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Four_Swords_Adventures Four Swords Adventure on Wikipedia]
+{{The Legend of Zelda}}
-{{Zelda series}}

v t e The Legend of Zelda series
Main games	The Legend of Zelda · The Adventure of Link · A Link to the Past · Link's Awakening · Ocarina of Time · Majora's Mask · Oracle of Ages · Oracle of Seasons · Four Swords · The Wind Waker · Four Swords Adventures · The Minish Cap · Twilight Princess · Phantom Hourglass · Spirit Tracks · Skyward Sword · A Link Between Worlds · Tri Force Heroes · Breath of the Wild · Tears of the Kingdom
Spin-off games	LCD games · CD-i games · Satellaview games · Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland · Link's Crossbow Training · Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip
Other media	TV series · Comics · Gamebooks
Universe	Characters (Link · Princess Zelda · Ganon · Epona · Midna · Tingle) · Recurring enemies