15 years ago today, Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures in North America. An expanded take on a bonus mode offered in its GBA port of A Link to the Past, Adventures made liberal use of Nintendo's GBA Link Cable for GameCube. Four players with four Game Boy Advance systems could connect to the lunchbox and explore a new version of Hyrule together. Controlled entirely with the GBA, certain segments of the game would force players to look at their handhelds to
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I am a huge Zelda fan and love them all, but for me Ocarina Of Time is the greatest and my second all time favourite game after Final Fantasy VII.
You sir, have good taste in games :)
I also love all of the Zelda games but I adore Windwaker (Specifically the HD version on WiiU) most of all. It is a close run thing with Breath of the Wild though.
Special mention to Cadence of Hyrule too, what an awesome spin off title that was!
Cheers Spuds, yep i love Windwaker too, beautiful artstyle, and i loved sailing and finding all the secrets out there.
Agreed. For me top 3 of all time is.
1. ocarina of time
2. Final fantasy Vll
3. MGS1
Oh gee can't imagine what Number 1 is
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A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker etc is better than Breath of the Wild.
I think it really depends on what you're looking for. If you want a traditional Zelda game then OoT or WW would be better to you. But if you want a Zelda game that really leans into adventure and exploration, and if you want intelligent systems/logic, BotW would be the better game.
I enjoy both. I understand why some people aren't fond of it but for me it was a breath of fresh air that I really needed. I'd become so burnt out on unimaginative games and BotW sort of made me appreciate games again, as weird as that may sound.
Right...so let's pretend ocarina of time didnt have exploration, secret dungeons and other secrets. Complex boss mechanics and exploration rewards. At least a traditional Zelda has dungeons.
What point are you attempting to make? At no point did I say that OoT didn't have any of that. However, the level of exploration and sense of adventure are vastly different between OoT and BotW.
Majora's Mask still holds as my favorite to this day, despite being the black sheep of the series.
I love them all, but Wind Walker, Link to the Past and Minish Cap are my favorites
Consoles came and went, and while other Nintendo titles like Mario Kart allowed for a shared experience, it wasn’t until the release of Four Swords Adventures on the GameCube that we saw the first push for Zelda into the multiplayer realm.
The first multiplayer Zelda, Four Swords demanded players have at least one friend with their own GBA, copy of A Link to the Past, and Link Cable to actually play the ninth canonical installment in the franchise.
Had a lot of fun playing this with my little brother back then, particularly the gamecube version. Switching from the tv to my gameboy advance when entering caves/dungeons was a really neat feature.
Four Swords on Gamecube is still a great single player game as well.
This Four Swords concept really needs to be brought back. Even if it’s not another TLoZ game, I’d like to see an indie dev to make a similar spiritual successor