History VideoGame / TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures

---> ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e6mMaXFRFg North American ad campaign]]''

* NoExportForYou: The "Navi Trackers" mini-game is only available in Japan and Korea, though the Korean version is just a repackaging of the Japanese version.
** A localized version was shown at the E3, with English voice acting. In case you were wondering, Tetra would [[MadLibsDialogue spell the player noun one letter at a time, instead of pronounce it like in the Japanese and Korean version]] (which would be very complicated). In fact, the Korean version keeps the Japanese voices. The actual reason for its cancellation that [[RevenueEnhancingDevices NOA planned to release the three-mode japanese game as two separate games, with the second being the stand-alone "Tetra Trackers"]] (they planned Shadow Battle mode to be the second game at one point). Of course we ended up only with the first outing...
** It would also explain why absolutely none of the data for the third game survived the overseas transition. Usually, it would just be DummiedOut...

* NoExportForYou: The "Navi Trackers" mini-game is only available in Japan and, as of 2010, Korea.

* ContinuityPorn: Averted. Deleted text found on the game disc indicates that this game was supposed to retell the BackStory of ''A Link to the Past,'' as items like the Master Sword would have shown up, but you wouldn't be able to use them. ShigeruMiyamoto [[ExecutiveVeto nixed]] this idea late in development because it would have distracted from the straightforwardness of the gameplay. [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]] still abound, though. for example, the existence of the DarkWorld and the Trident of Power still manage to make this a very likely BackStory for ''A Link To The Past''.

* ButThouMust[=/=]CutsceneIncompetence: '''Zelda''', who goes from [[BadassDamsel genuinely helpful]] to grabbing the mother of all [[IdiotBall Idiot Balls]] in half an hour. During the escape from the CollapsingLair in the last stage of the game, Zelda repeatedly stops moving to... ''[[TooDumbToLive talk to you]]'', and will not budge from that spot unless you go up to her so she can speak. She does it no less than ''three times'' at the end, the last of which is pretty much her saying "There's the exit!" just in time for '''the floor to collapse under everyone''' when they realistically could've just bolted for the door several times over. It becomes blatantly obvious that [[spoiler:the dev team couldn't come up with a better way to throw you into the FinalBoss fight.]]

* BigBulkyBomb: [[OneHitKill Instantly kills]] any player(s) stupid enough to not take cover in a cave/hole/room when it goes off ([[TooDumbToLive The game freaking TELLS you to GTFO or die]])? In some levels can be found in innocent looking [[PoisonMushroom chests]]? And in many others, are repetitively tossed around in specific rooms by Dark Link? 'Kay... That's just not fair...

* ButThouMust[=/=]CutsceneIncompetence: This game has one of the worst examples of these tropes by far. During the escape from the CollapsingLair in the last stage of the game, Zelda repeatedly stops moving to... ''[[TooDumbToLive talk to you]]'', and will not budge unless you go up to her so she can speak. She does it no less than ''three times'' at the end, the last of which is pretty much her saying "There's the exit!" just in time for '''the floor to collapse under everyone''' when they realistically could've just bolted for the door several times over. It becomes blatantly obvious that [[spoiler:the dev team couldn't come up with a better way to throw you into the FinalBoss fight.]]

* [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo One Game's Multiplayer For The Price Of Three To Five Systems]]: To play with more than one person, and access things like the Tingle Tower minigames, you need a Game Boy Advance for each player.

** Fixed; it's been confirmed in [[AllThereInTheManual Hyrule Historia]] that this is the ''reincarnated'' Ganondorf, coming back after his death in ''Twilight Princess'' and regaining his dark powers via the Trident. So in a way, he's the same Ganon yet ''isn't'' at the same time.

** As well as one by SuperJeenius, PCull44444, NintendoCapriSun and JoshJepson.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience

* CutAndPasteEnvironments: Most of the sprites were taken from ''ALinkToThePast''.

* {{Homage}}: With the exception of the character sprites and special effects, which draw from the toon-style, nearly all the sprites draw heavily from ''Link to the Past'', complete with music. Parts of this game are bound to drop a nostalgia bomb on fans of [=LttP=].

* NoExportForYou: The "Navi Trackers" mini-game was only available in Japan.
** A localized version was shown at the E3, with english voice acting. In case you were wondering, Tetra would spell the player noun one letter at a time, instead of pronounce it like in the Japanese version (which would be very complicated). The actual reason for its cancellation that [[RevenueEnhancingDevices NOA planned to release the three-mode japanese game as two separate games, with the second being the stand-alone "Tetra Trackers"]] (they planned Shadow Battle mode to be the second game at one point). Of course we ended up only with the first outing...

* SuddenlyVoiced: In the Japan-only "Navi Trackers" mini-game, Tetra and her pirates are featured with ''full Japanese voice-acting''. This is the only example of full voice-acting in the ''entire'' history of the series ([[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames no, the CDi games don't count]]).

* SealedEvilInACan: Vaati, [[spoiler: Ganon gets sealed in the ending.]]

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: In the ending, one of the other Link's can do this if they kill Ganon in multiplayer. Shown hilariously in the LetsPlay]]

* LetsPlay: There's one by shadowMarioXLI. What makes it the best one? It's a 4 player Let's Play!
**And now pokecapn has started a 4 player Let's Play of this too!

* LetsPlay: There's one by shadowMarioXLI. What makes it the best one? It's a 4 player Let's Play! And now pokecapn has started a 4 player Let's Play of this too!

* LetsPlay: There's one by shadowMarioXLI. What makes it the best one? It's a 4 player Let's Play!
And now pokecapn has started a 4 player Let's Play of this too!

The eleventh game in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series was a sequel to the earlier ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]'' and was released in 2004. Like its predecessor, it focused on multiplayer gaming for up to four players, and was much more linear in design than the average ''Zelda'' title (though the areas themselves had room to explore). A key component of the gameplay was the use of the GCN-GBA link cable which was required for multiplayer (though single player mode did not require it, instead putting an emulated GBA screen on the TV itself). The action of the game was split between the TV screen for the main areas, where all players could see what was going on, and the GBA screens, which represented indoor areas as well as the Dark World, where each player could only see their immediate surroundings. Unlike the previous game, all four Links were always present no matter how many actual players there were- the excess Links would follow the players and could be placed into formations.

The story is a sequel to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]'' and features the return of Vaati. According to ''[[AllThereInTheManual Hyrule Historia]]'', this is the final game in the "child" timeline, following ''MajorasMask'' and ''TwilightPrincess.'' While attempting to strengthen the seal on Vaati, Shadow Link kidnaps Zelda and the six shrine maidens, forcing Link to pull the Four Sword from its pedestal and release Vaati once more. Over the course of the game, it's revealed that Shadow Link was actually a minion of [[HijackedByGanon Ganon]], who is attempting to cover the land in darkness with Vaati's help.

** Also, the Dark Mirror, which seems to be the remnant of [[TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess a certain other mirror....]]

* ContinuityNod: Tons, mostly to ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]''.

* StartOfDarkness: Another origin story for Ganon, separate from the one already in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]].''

* SuddenlyVoiced: In the Japan-only "Navi Trackers" mini-game, Tetra and her pirates are featured with ''full Japanese voice-acting''. This is the only example of full voice-acting in the ''entire'' history of the series ([[TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames no, the CDi games don't count]]).

The eleventh game in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series was a sequel to the earlier ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]'' and was released in 2004. Like its predecessor, it focused on multiplayer gaming for up to four players, and was much more linear in design than the average ''Zelda'' title (though the areas themselves had room to explore). A key component of the gameplay was the use of the GCN-GBA link cable which was required for multiplayer (though single player mode did not require it, instead putting an emulated GBA screen on the TV itself). The action of the game was split between the TV screen for the main areas, where all players could see what was going on, and the GBA screens, which represented indoor areas as well as the Dark World, where each player could only see their immediate surroundings. Unlike the previous game, all four Links were always present no matter how many actual players there were- the excess Links would follow the players and could be placed into formations.

The story is a sequel to ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]'' and features the return of Vaati. According to ''[[AllThereInTheManual Hyrule Historia]]'', this is the final game in the "child" timeline, following ''MajorasMask'' and ''TwilightPrincess.'' While attempting to strengthen the seal on Vaati, Shadow Link kidnaps Zelda and the six shrine maidens, forcing Link to pull the Four Sword from its pedestal and release Vaati once more. Over the course of the game, it's revealed that Shadow Link was actually a minion of [[HijackedByGanon Ganon]], who is attempting to cover the land in darkness with Vaati's help.