The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Long ago in the kingdom of Hyrule, an evil sorcerer began kidnapping young maidens. This sorcerer was known as Vaati, and it seemed that no one could stop him. Eventually, an adventurer appeared who carried with him the Four Sword, allowing him to split into four versions of himself. By working together, those four beings were able to defeat Vaati and seal him deep within the earth. But now Vaati has escaped, and the task of defeating him again has fallen to Link!

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is an action-adventure game played from a top-down perspective. There are a variety of often maze-like lands to explore (some above ground and others below) as well as many different enemies to defeat. Since Link is now in possession of the Four Sword, there are four Links on the screen. To complete the various stages, the four Links will often need to work together in order to solve puzzles and defeat the many enemies. The four Links are able to gather into several different formations, such as a line or a square, helping them perform actions that couldn't be done by one, like moving heavy objects or defeating several enemies at once. At the beginning of each stage, the Four Sword is weak in power and needs to be replenished by collecting force gems that can be found hidden in various locations or dropped from defeated enemies. At the end of each stage is a dark magic barrier, which can only be dispelled by the Four Sword at full power.

While the game can be played by one to four players, there is always four playable Links on the screen. In multiplayer games, each player controls one of the Links by connecting with a Game Boy Advance, which is used both to control their character as well as provide them with their own display when they go inside a house or a cave by themselves.

In addition to the adventure mode, a multiplayer battle mode is included where four Links fight until only one is left standing.