A cooperative-multiplayer dungeon crawler in which Link draws the Four Sword and splits into four colored copies of himself to stop Vaati, who has escaped his imprisonment and kidnapped Princess Zelda.
Notable & Interesting
- Originally bundled as a pack-in with the GBA re-release of A Link to the Past, requiring a Game Boy Advance link cable for its multiplayer.
- Establishes the Four Sword's shrine-sealing role, referenced again in Four Swords Adventures on the Child Timeline.
Connections
- Direct sequel to
The Minish Cap - Direct prequel to
Four Swords AdventuresVaati escapes again a branch later.
Also on the Shared Trunk (Before the Split)
Skyward Sword
The chronological origin point of the entire series: the goddess Hylia seals Demise's malice beneath the floating island of Skyloft, and the first Link and Zelda forge the bond — and the Master Sword's earliest form — that echoes through every era that follows.
The Minish Cap
Link teams up with a sentient talking hat, Ezlo, and gains the ability to shrink to the size of the tiny Minish people to stop Vaati, the wind mage whose rise here sets in motion conflicts referenced throughout the pre-split era.
Ocarina of Time
Link travels between childhood and adulthood to stop Ganondorf from seizing the Triforce. Its ending is the single fork point of the entire official timeline: depending on how it's interpreted, three different futures branch out from here.