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  Four Swords | About This Game
 

 
 
 

In 2003, Nintendo released a port of the SNES classic A Link to the Past on Game Boy Advance. As with their Super Mario Advance ports, they felt the need to add value to the cartridge by adding a multiplayer component, but unlike the Mario ports, this game was original, with new assets and game-styles. Four Swords was developed by Capcom development team Flagship who had previously created the Oracle games for Game Boy Color.

In Four Swords, an ancient wizard named Vaati has returned after being banished centuries ago by the Hero (using the conveniently-named Four Sword). This sword has the power to split its bearer into four, and this translates into a four-player Zelda quest where players cooperate to kill enemies and compete to gain rupees, making for a frantic love-hate experience. The game's graphical style is based on that of The Wind Waker, trying to emulate its super-deformed cel-shaded style using sprites.

Achievements in A Link to the Past will translate into powers gained in Four Swords, and if you finish both games a new dungeon opens in A Link to the Past.
 

 
 
 



 
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