The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures: Difference between revisions

|name= ''The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures''

|image= [[File:FSA English Logo.png|250px]]<br/>[[File:FourSwordsA Box.jpg|250px]]

|designer= Toshiaki Suzuki (director)<br/>[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] (producer)<br/>[[Eiji Aonuma]] (producer)<br/>[[Takashi Tezuka]] (supervisor)<br/>Toshihiko Nakago (supervisor)<br/>[[Koji Kondo]] (sound composer)<br/>{{nw|Asuka Ohta}} (sound composer)<br/>Akito Nakatsuka (Navi Trackers sound composer)<br/>[[Kenta Nagata]] (Navi Trackers sound composer)<br/>Masami Yone (Navi Trackers sound composer)<br/>Tomokazu Abe (Navi Trackers sound composer)<br/>Takuya Maekawa (Navi Trackers sound composer)

|released= {{release|en= June 7, 2004<ref name="E 7">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 7}}</ref>|jp= March 18, 2004<ref name="E 7"/>|uk= January 7, 2005<ref>{{Cite Web|retrieved=July 12, 2013 |url=http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Four-Swords-Adventures-269028.html |title=<nowiki>The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures | Nintendo GameCube | Games | Nintendo</nowiki> |site=Nintendo}}</ref>|au=April 7, 2005|ko= 2004{{Fact}}}}

|modes= Single player, Multiplayer

|ratings={{List

  |{{Game Rating|ESRB|E}}

  |{{Game Rating|PEGI|3}}

  |{{Game Rating|CERO|All}}

  |{{Game Rating|ACB|G8+}}

  |{{Game Rating|USK|0}}

|platforms= [[Nintendo GameCube]]

[[File:Maidens.png|thumb|250px|left|The Maidens opening a portal to the [[Four Sword Sanctuary]]]]

[[File:Fsa map.png|thumb|right|250px|Hyrule as seen from the stage selection]]

{{FSA|-}} is the second of the three games (and the third chronologically) in the so-called ''"Four Swords'' Trilogy".<ref>{{Cite|Long ago, in the kingdom of Hyrule, a wind sorcerer named Vaati appeared. Vaati terrorized the people of Hyrule and kidnapped many beautiful girls from their homes. When all hope seemed lost, a young boy carrying little more than a sword appeared. According to the legends, when the boy drew his sword, he split into four, the four-who-are-one worked together to vanquish Vaati. The hero used his sword to bind Vaati in a remote area of Hyrule. The people christened the blade the Four Sword and built a shrine around it. There it remained undisturbed for many years. Ages flowed by... The wind sorcerer Vaati broke free of his prison and kidnapped Zelda, the princess of Hyrule. Princess Zelda's childhood friend Link used the power of the Four Sword to defeat Vaati and seal him away once again. And, for a time, the people of Hyrule believed that their land was safe. Until...|N/A|FSA}}</ref> It was long assumed to be a [[Timeline Glossary#Direct Sequel|direct sequel]] to {{FS}}, one reason being that the {{FSA|-}} intro does not refer to the hero of the {{FS|-}} backstory by name, whereas the heroes of {{FS|-}} and {{FSA|-}} are both referred to as Link, giving the impression that the games feature the same hero. However, the official timeline revealed in {{HH}} shows that {{FSA|-}} takes place much later, hundreds of years after {{TP}} in the "Child Timeline."<ref name=HH>{{Cite Book|quote=Several hundred years after Ganondorf's defeat, relations between Gerudo Village and Hyrule had become friendly once more, and peace had been restored to the land. However, one day a new Ganondorf was born into the world. He violated the laws of the town, trespassing into an ancient pyramid and taking possession of the Trident. He also stole the Dark Mirror from the Temple of Darkness in the forest in order to turn Hyrule into a place of darkness.|book=HH|page=119}}</ref>

''Hyrule Historia'' describes the Ganondorf of this game to be a different Ganondorf from the one appearing in {{OoT}} and {{TP|-}}, having been reincarnated after being defeated by the [[Link#Twilight Princess|Hero Chosen by the Gods]],<ref name=HH/> similar to how multiple incarnations of Link and Zelda have appeared throughout ''The Legend of Zelda'' series.

This title is unique in having two main styles of gameplay: Single Player ({{Term|FSA|Single-Player Game|link}}) and [[Multiplayer]] ({{Term|FSA|Two-Player Game|link}}, {{Term|FSA|Three-Player Game|link}}, and {{Term|FSA|Four-Player Game|link}}). Regardless of the number of players, there will be four Links to control. The game mechanics ease this feat by having four set [[Battle Formations]] for the Links to battle with. When not in formation, one can choose to have the remaining Links follow him or stay seated until switching between them. As a multiplayer with four players, each player will control their own Link. A competitive atmosphere is achieved by the stages ranking and rewarding everyone upon completion, as well as the ability to attack one another. With fewer than four players, one may pick up an extra Link to control.  

The game was designed in 2D using the graphic style of {{FS|-}} in order to add continuity to its Game Boy Advance prequel. A top-down view was also used to make the four player action easier to understand.<ref>{{Cite Person|quote= There were two main reasons that we went with the 2D graphics for the GameCube Four Swords. One was that it was a sequel to the Game Boy Advance Four Swords game and so for continuity we chose to retain the same graphic style. The second reason was that as a connectivity game with four players, we found that it would be a lot easier to understand what's going on with all four players on one screen and being able to look at it from a top-down point of view. That obviously had a big impact in choosing that direction as well.|name= Eiji Aonuma|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100224055215/uk.cube.ign.com/articles/517/517033p1.html|title= The Legend of Zelda producer talks about the game, the franchise, the past and the future.}}</ref> {{FSA|-}} originally featured graphics and sprites based on {{ALttP}}. The game also featured a [[Magic Meter]],<ref>{{Cite Web|quote= You don't have enough magic power to use this item!|author= |published= |retrieved= July 16, 2015|url= https://tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Four_Swords_Adventures/Unused_Text_From_French_Translation|title= Unused Text From French Translation|site= The Cutting Room Floor|type=}}</ref> no item slots, and no numbers indicating in which ranking each Link is. Instead of collecting [[Force Gem]]s, the [[Links]] originally collected [[Rupee]]s.<ref name= "E3 2003"/> {{FSA|-}} also had considerably more story than the final release, but [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] thought that the game should have a stronger focus on gameplay and the story was simplified.<ref>{{Cite Person|quote= In an example with Four Swords Adventures, I was the producer on that game, so I didn't actually put the story for that game together—that would be put together by the director of the game. And in the end on that game, as we got closer to finishing it, of course, Mr. Miyamoto then came in and upended the tea table, and we changed the story around quite a bit at the end with Four Swords Adventures. And what Mr. Miyamoto pointed out in the case of that game was that the storyline shouldn’t be something complicated that confuses the player. It should really be kind of a guideline that helps ease the player through the gameplay process and helps them understand what it is that they’re doing. So that was one example of how the gameplay was there first, and the storyline changed all the way up until the very end.|name= Eiji Aonuma|url= http://web.archive.org/web/20070322073751/http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200405/N04.0517.1915.59084.htm|title= A Legend Of Zelda: The Eiji Aonuma Interview}}</ref>

[[File:FSA Tower of Flames.png|thumb|right|215px|The graphics portray a cross between {{ALttP|-}} and {{TWW|-}}]]

The game received generally positive reviews from critics.  GameSpot applauded the game's story and integration of the GameBoy Advance connectivity feature <ref>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-legend-of-zelda-four-swords-adventures-review/1900-6100049/</ref>. Game Revolution was more critical of the game, citing the mix of sprites and particle effects as feeling inconsistent and the requirement of the GBA and the link cable for multiplayer.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060822031549/http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/gamecube/rpg/legend_of_zelda_four_swords.htm</ref> The game currently holds a Metascore of 86 and a User Score of 7.4 on Metacritic.<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/the-legend-of-zelda-four-swords-adventures</ref>  However, Four Swords Adventures is the least successful game in the series, only selling around 937,000 copies in its lifetime.<ref>https://www.vgchartz.com/game/2397/the-legend-of-zelda-four-swords-adventures/?region=All</ref>

* Contrary to popular belief, the {{NT}} mode was, in fact, released outside of Japan, but only in South Korea. This is because the Korean version was a repackaging of the Japanese version, with only the region coding changed and the outer boxart and a card explaining controls translated.

 

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