Underplayed Gems

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004)

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures cover
Developer
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3
Publisher
Nintendo
Platforms
Nintendo GameCube
Genres
Puzzle, Adventure
Rating
3.5 of 5, 75 player ratings
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

How it feels

A uniquely multiplayer Zelda that tasks you with coordinating multiple Links across bite-sized fantasy stages.

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About

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is the only console Zelda title to date to incorporate multiplayer elements into its main campaign. Because of its single-player elements, Four Swords Adventures is also the first game in the series to allow a single player to control more than one Link at once, and it utilizes various methods to allow the player to make use of the four Links, such as formations. Also it is the only title to break locations and temples up into succinct, separate stages and levels which can be replayed even after beating them once. The game itself, though an innovation in Zelda gameplay, is heavily inspired by the music, graphics, and locations of A Link to the Past.

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