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The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords is a multiplayer game in the Zelda series originally released together with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Game Boy Advance. The game has many features not…

2 December 2002

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords is an adventure developed by Capcom Production Studio 1, released 2 December 2002 on Game Boy Advance.

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What The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords is

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords is an adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 1 and released in 2002. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A long time ago in Hyrule, there was a hero who used a legendary sword called the Four Sword to defeat the sorcerer Vaati and trapped him into the sword. After the battle, people built a shrine to protect it. Several years later, princess Zelda noticed that Vaati might have escaped from the blade of the Four Sword and asked Link to come to the Four Sword shrine to check with her. As soon as they came there, Vaati captured Zelda and carried her away. Some little fairies later told Link that princess Zelda was at Vaati's palace up on the sky. In an attempt to recuse Zelda, Link dragged the Four Sword and it created three more Links! The Links then began their adventure to save Zelda.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords is the 27th of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. The next entry was The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords in 2002.

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What it launched against

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords launched on 2 December 2002, within three weeks of Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Metroid Fusion.

Released around the same time: Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion.

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The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords — frequently asked questions

When did The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords come out?
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords was released on 2 December 2002 for Game Boy Advance.
Does The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords have multiplayer?
Yes. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords supports multiplayer, including co-op.

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