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

==Story==

===Intro===

One night, an ominous cloud covers Hyrule, throwing fear into the people.<ref>{{Cite|…dark clouds covered all of Hyrule. Ominous clouds that filled all those who saw them with fear... A sense of dread swept across the land.|N/A|FSA}}</ref> [[Princess Zelda]] calls upon her most trusted childhood friend, [[Link]]. She wants to check up on the [[Four Sword]], fearing that the seal that imprisoned the evil wind sorcerer [[Vaati]] inside of it at the end of {{FS}} might have weakened. Inside the castle they meet up with the gathered six [[Maiden]]s, whose purpose is to protect Hyrule as well as the [[Four Sword Sanctuary]].<ref>{{Cite|The six maidens who guard Hyrule are gathered here in the castle… I'm worried about the seal that binds the wind sorcerer Vaati.|Princess Zelda|FSA}}</ref> With the help of the maidens Zelda summons a portal to the sanctuary.  

After rescuing the {{Term|FSA|Green Maiden|link}}, she tells the four Links about the four [[Royal Jewels]] which is needed to reach the in [[Realm of the Heavens]], where Zelda is being held. They were divided among four [[Knights of Hyrule]], known to have valiantly defended Hyrule, but they have mysteriously disappeared.<ref>{{Cite|In Hyrule, four sacred jewels can open the path to the Realm of the Heavens. The safety of these jewels has for ages been entrusted to the Knights of Hyrule. And yet, in these dark times, the knights are nowhere to be seen...|Green Maiden|FSA}}</ref> The four Links eventually find them, who reveal they have been cursed and thrown in the Dark World.

It is revealed that the one who is ultimately behind everything is a mighty foe who is not Vaati, but rather, someone using him.<ref>{{Cite|Yet the one who enshrouded me in darkness was not Vaati! It was... Ah! If the one who enchanted me and turned the jewel into a dark portal wanted Vaati restored... His goal must be to use Vaati to remake Hyrule into a land of darkness.|Green Knight|FSA}}</ref> Once the four Links reach the part of Hyrule which has been transformed into the [[Dark World]], they discover from the White Maiden that there was once a [[Dark Mirror]] in which an ancient tribe was sealed. The mirror was being kept away from the world in a "[[Temple of Darkness|forest temple]]".<ref>{{Cite|Long ago, a dark tribe invaded Hyrule. They were defeated and imprisoned within the mirror. The tribe's mirror prison was then secreted away and hidden in the forest temple to sever its connection to this world.|White Maiden|FSA}}</ref> They believe the mirror to be the source of the Shadow Links. Rumors also reach them of a King of Darkness named [[Ganon]].  

===Graphics===

Graphically, the title incorporates a mixture between {{ALttP|-}} and {{TWW}}: cel-shading and realistic elements from the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] game that are more advanced in {{FSA|-}}, such as the area's textures and colors. {{FSA|-}} features the sprites of Link from {{FS}}, although the animations were modified to mimic those of Link's sprite in {{ALttP|-}}.

** {{Plural|FSA|Power Bracelet|link}} and {{Plural|FSA|Heart Container|link}} are only used for one {{Term|FSA|Stage|link}}.

* Hidden in the game's files is a streaming audio file named "smw.ast". Playing it with the appropriate Winamp plugins (vgmstream) will reveal that the file is actually the ''{{Smw|Super Mario Bros.}}'' theme, specifically the {{Smw|Special World|secret theme}} found in ''{{Smw|Super Mario World}}''.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote= |author=|published= |retrieved= |url= http://youtu.be/Josy_91xBIg|title= Secret Music in Zelda: Four Swords Adventures Disc|site= Youtube|type=}}</ref>

==Nomenclature==

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