When playing Four Swords Adventures with friends, we quickly discovered that there was a lot of fun to be found in messing around. Certainly, co-operation was key to completing each level, but it was impossible to resist picking each other up and throwing each other around, especially into hazards. While the banter it generated was already…
Multiplayer Zelda. It was a very exciting time back in 2004. Of course, fans who picked up the Game Boy Advance port of A Link to the Past in 2002 had already been treated to the original Four Swords. I know I had, but it was more of an added bonus than a full game, which meant it was…
Just like the lambasted Zelda II before it, Four Sword Adventures is without a doubt the other black sheep of the Zelda series. It has a solid idea and the gameplay is very sound, but getting it set up for four-player multiplayer is a bit unintuitive and, more importantly, very costly. In the game, there…
Princess Zelda has had many different incarnations and appearances throughout the Legend of Zelda series, and one particular design of hers that I often find overlooked is that of Four Swords Adventures. It is rather unfortunate seeing as it is quite a delightful look for the Princess (at least in my eyes), which is why…
When Tri Force Heroes first came out, a lot of us questioned: “What ever happened to Purple Link?” There are supposed to be four Link’s, right? Alas, he never made his way into the game, and we can only speculate where Purple may have wandered. I suppose he went off to a distant land on…
Four Swords Adventures was the least successful Zelda game, selling less than half a million copies, but it was also my first ever Zelda game. So this little video made by Beta64, a YouTube user dedicated to finding information on beta versions of popular games, was a very fun and informative video for me. Beta64 covers potential…
The craze for amiibo has proven to be so powerful it has even spawned its own hashtag, titled #amiibogeddon. Besides the obvious rare ones to find, such as Marth or Villager, collectors have also looked for amiibo that have a ‘disformity’ such as the infamous one-legged Peach which sold for $25,000. Others have customized their…
Last time on Mysteries of Hyrule, we talked about the first of two major mysteries pushed deep underwater when goddesses flooded the entire land of Hyrule. Specifically, I mentioned that it seemed entirely uncharacteristic for the goddesses to intervene in the fate of Hyrule given that their Triforce doesn’t seem to play favorites when it…
Some of Hyrule’s mysteries are veritable founts of secret knowledge, partial truths, and manifold quotes that, while they don’t entirely spell out Nintendo’s hidden secrets, at least point in the general direction of the creators’ thought processes. Others are much more subtle and vaguely mentioned, and such conjectures require deep dives into context and some…
It’s usually Ganondorf that gets the spotlight as Zelda’s iconic antagonist, but as we all know, there are many other evil villains that enjoy terrorising Link and the land of Hyrule. Animator Alex allowed the Wind Mage Vaati to take centre stage in his recent animated GIF on his Alex Draws Tumblr. The Minish sorcerer…
The world of Hyrule is, all and all, an amazing place. Over the various games, I’ve fallen in love with so many characters, places, and legends. It was the stuff that much of my adolescent and young adult dreams were made of. Hyrule, to me, wasn’t one of those things that I was content to…
“I am not Link, but I do know him! Even after 18 years, the Legend of Zelda never stops changing and this game is no different. We are now taking you to a world where Link has grown up – a world where he will act different and look different. In order to grow, Link…
