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The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is the direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. The game is similar to the Four Swords games in which Link is accompanied by two other Links in the…

72 22 October 2015

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is an adventure developed by Grezzo, released 22 October 2015 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 17.3 hrs to finish.

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What The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is an adventure game developed by Grezzo and released in 2015. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story takes place in Hytopia, a kingdom whose citizens are obsessed with fashion. The princess of the kingdom Styla is adored by all except the witch Lady Maud who despises the princess' fashion sense. She decides to put a curse on her that forces her to wear a hideous jumpsuit at all times. As a result, the citizens are afraid to show their own fashion sense fearing that the witch will curse them too. To solve this problem, king Tuft calls for a hero who can lift the curse. Link, answering the king's call, travels to the castle to fight alongside other heroes to defeat the witch and bring peace to Hytopia.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is the 83rd of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. It arrived 6 months after Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits. The next entry was Hyrule Warriors: Legends in 2016. Its critic score of 72 is 14 points below the series average of 86. The highest-rated entry is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past at 100.

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How it was received

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 17.3 hrs.

What it launched against

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes launched on 22 October 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes — frequently asked questions

When did The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes come out?
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes was released on 22 October 2015 for Nintendo 3DS.
How long does it take to beat The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes?
The main story of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes takes around 17.3 hrs.

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