The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: FOUR SWORDS

Today, we're technically only covering half a game. Four Swords was released as a bonus story for the Link to the Past Game Boy Advance re-release that featured its own story of Zelda leading Link to help her reseal a shrine where an ancient evil named Vaati was kept sealed, only to find that Vaati had already started to break free. Drawing the sword there to fight Vaati, Link finds himself split into four by the sword's magic, creating a fun multiplayer adventure within the world of Legend of Zelda.

Link is our protagonist, but this time, the gameplay is built heavily around two to four of the Links working as a team. He brings with him his sword, shield, bow and arrows, boomerang, bombs, as well as items such as the Pegasus shoes, the Roc's cape, and the magnetic glove. With the other three Links, he can also spark his swords together, pull something apart, pick up and throw himself, push his companions into position, and push things together. Zelda and the Great Fairy are the only real secondary characters of note, as it's not a very deep story.

Our main villain on the other hand is Vaati, a wind demon sealed away a long time before. He is shown to fly, attack with tentacles, create cyclones, throw lightning balls and differently colored energy balls, and grow giant claws to attack with. Outside of Vaati, the only bosses are a giant Manhandla, a large sluglike Zol called Dera Zol, and a living ball of fire called Gouen. Most of our enemies are pretty standard fare, like Ropes, Ball-and-Chain Soldiers, Eyegors, Helmasaurs, Like Likes, Wizzrobes, Moblins armed with bows, Tektites, Octoroks, Ghinis, Stalfos, Moldorms, and Bob-Ombs, with newcomers like the Hikkun and Nokkun who have to be pulled apart to be defeated, and the Rupee Wraiths that steal Rupees from our hero.

This game had more of the episodic level design that Mario is more known for than Zelda, being mostly split up into five areas: the Chamber of Insight (a tutorial area), the Sea of Trees (a forest area), Talus Cave (an underground area), Death Mountain (a volcano), and the Palace of Winds (Vaati's home base).

And that's really it. Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Link: sword, shield, bombs, bombchus, boomerang, flute, ember seeds, gale seeds, Pegasus seeds, slingshot, magnetic gloves, power bracelet, Roc's feather, shovel, rod of seasons, switch hook, Harp of Ages, Tune of Echoes, Tune of Currents, Tune of Ages.

Four Links: sword, shield, bow and arrows, boomerang, bombs, Pegasus shoes, Roc's cape, magnetic glove, spark his swords, pull apart, pick up and throw, push, push together

Zelda

Din: dance, seasons

Nayru: sing, harp of ages, echoes tune, currents tune, ages tune,  time portals, fireballs, warp

Ralph: sword, (maybe?) bombs, bombchus, boomerang, flute, ember seeds, gale seeds, Pegasus seeds, slingshot, magnetic gloves, power bracelet, Roc's feather, shovel, switch hook

Farore

Impa

Ricky: pouch, leap high, pair of gloves

Moosh: fly

Dimitri: swim

Malon

Talon

Tingle

Maple: broom, crash, potions

Subrosians: shovels, hammers, boomerangs, warp points, buckets, smelt ore

Tokay: steal, swim

Pirate Captain

Great Fairy

Ganon: disappear, trident, energy balls, slam

Onox: lightning, cyclones, mace, stomp to make rocks fall, blue flames, dragon form

Veran: possession, ghostly form, summon enemies, dark Links, dark energy balls, fairy, turtle, and spider forms, time warps

Vaati: fly, tentacles, cyclones, lightning balls, colored energy balls, claws

Twinrova: combine, fly, fire and ice, lava, glaciers

Vire: fireballs, shadow balls, fly, turn into keese

Armos

Hylian Soldiers

Wizzrobes

Deku Scrubs

Buzz Blobs

Darknuts

Keese

Gibdos

Lynels

Moblins

Octoroks

Goriyas

Zoras

Stalfos: scythe

Poes

Dodongo

Gohma

Eyegor

Helmasaur

Bosses:

Aquamentus

Dodongo

Mothula

Gohma

Digdogger

Manhandla

Gleeok

Medusa Head

Facade

Agunima

Frypolar

Pumpkin Head

Head Thwomp

Shadow Hag

Eyesoar

Smog

Octogon

Plasmarine

Ramrock

Swoop

Subterror

Smasher

Angler Fish

Dera Zol

Gouen

Stages:

Eastern Coast

Eyeglass Lake

Goron Mountain

Graveyard

Horon Village

Lost Woods

Moblin's Keep

Mt. Cucco

Natzu Prairie

Samasa Desert

Spool Swamp

Sunken City

Tarm Ruins

Woods of Winter

Temple Remains

Subrosia

Temple of Seasons

Gnarled Root Dungeon

Snake's Remains

Poison Moth's Lair

Dancing Dragon Dungeon

Unicorn's Cave

Ancient Ruins

Explorer's Crypt

Sword & Shield Maze

Onox's Castle

Labrynna

Cheval's Tomb

Crescent Island

Eyeglass Island Library

Fairies' Woods

Forest of Time

Jabu-Jabu's Shrine

Lynna City

Nuun Highlands

Rolling Ridge

Sea of Storms

Symmetry City

Talus Peaks

Yoll Graveyard

Zora Seas

Ambi's Palace

Coast of No Return

Deku Forest

Sea of No Return

Black Tower

Spirit's Grave

Wing Dungeon

Moonlit Grotto

Skull Dungeon

Crown Dungeon

Mermaid's Cave

Jabu-Jabu's Belly

Ancient Tomb

Room of Rites

Chamber of Insight

Sea of Trees

Talus Cave

Death Mountain

Palace of Winds

Thanks for reading! Next up, the general idea of this game brought to its full fruition!