A three-player cooperative spin-off in which three Links, cursed alongside their kingdom's fashion-obsessed princess, must stack atop one another as a 'Totem' to solve puzzles and defeat the Drablands' witch sisters.
Placement Reasoning
Verified against a Game Informer interview in which Aonuma states Tri Force Heroes takes place a few years after A Link Between Worlds.
Notable & Interesting
- Producer Eiji Aonuma has placed it a few years after A Link Between Worlds, in a Game Informer interview, making it the direct successor on the Downfall Timeline.
- Built entirely around drop-in three-player co-op, with a single-player mode using AI doll companions.
Connections
- Direct sequel to
A Link Between WorldsThe same Link, a few years on (per Aonuma).
Part of these threads
Also on the Downfall Timeline
A Link to the Past
Set on the timeline where Link was defeated by Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time and the villain claimed the full Triforce, this SNES classic sends a new Link into the corrupted Dark World to rescue Princess Zelda and six maidens.
Link's Awakening
Shipwrecked on the dreamlike Koholint Island, Link must wake the Wind Fish by gathering eight musical instruments — only to discover the entire island may be nothing more than the Wind Fish's dream.
Oracle of Seasons
Link travels to Holodrum to stop General Onox from imprisoning the Oracle of Seasons, Din, using the Rod of Seasons to manipulate the land itself — one half of a pair of linked adventures developed alongside Oracle of Ages.
Oracle of Ages
Link's companion adventure to Oracle of Seasons sends him to Labrynna to rescue the Oracle of Ages, Nayru, from the sorceress Veran, using time-travel puzzles built around an ancient Harp.