Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
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Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Koei Tecmo Games, released 22 March 2018 on Nintendo Switch.
What Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Koei Tecmo Games and released in 2018. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game is set in Hyrule, outside of the official Zelda timeline. Long ago, Ganondorf was defeated and his soul splintered into four fragments. Three of them were sealed in different moments in time, while the Master Sword trapped the fourth. Ganondorf plots his resurrection through Cia, a sorceress who protects the balance of the Triforce. Cia becomes fascinated with the spirit of the hero of legend, with her romantic feelings for the hero providing Ganondorf an opportunity to purge her inner light. As a result, Cia becomes consumed in her desires, opening the Gate of Souls, a portal to different time-space realities of Hyrule, to amass an army of monsters. Seeking to unite the Triforce…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 1 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is the 105th of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. The next entry was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Starter Edition in 2018. Its critic score of 75 is 11 points below the series average of 86. The highest-rated entry is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past at 100.
How it was received
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 57% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition launched on 22 March 2018, within three weeks of Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out and Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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