The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

Story (Spoilers)

This game features Link and Zelda going to visit the four sword, an ancient blade said to split its user into four beings. It was used to defeat an ancient evil wind mage known as Vaati, and trap him inside with a seal. Zelda suspects that the seal is within breaking, which will release the fiend. After a bit of pointless dialogue, Vaati appears, and kidnaps the princess in traditional video game stereotypical fashion. He tells Link that he shall marry the maiden Zelda, and flees to his palace. Link is then knocked unconscious by some sort of odd phenomena. When he wakes, there are three fairies over where the princess had stood. They tell Link that he must save the princess, and that it's dangerous to go alone. So he takes the four sword, and splits in to four different clones of himself. Green, red, blue, and purple Link. After being transformed, the hero heads off to save the princess. The temples in the game can be done in any order, and contain no plot. However, at the end of each, a great fairy of the area gives him (or them) a silver or gold key to get into Vaati's palace. After finishing the three required levels (Sea of Trees, Death Mountain, and Talus Cave)the Links head to Vaati's palace in the sky. After finishing the level, and defeating the villain, the heroes return to the shrine with Zelda, and put the four sword back in its resting spot, with Vaati once more trapped inside. Link returns back to being one individual, and the two youth walk away from the shrine. And so ends the game. (Well, except for the hidden last level, but that's for a different time.)

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition

On September 28, 2011, Nintendo released an updated version of Four Swords on DSiWare, as part of Zelda's 25th Anniversary. The game is currently available as a free download, but according to some sources Nintendo will begin charging for it some time in the near future. This version of Four Swords contains a new one player mode in which you can control 2 Links. It also features 3 new stages, based on The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and Link's Awakening.

Levels

There are a number of levels in Four Swords, especially the Anniversary Edition. They are listed below.

There are four levels to choose from at the start of the game. They are: Chambers of Insight, Sea of Trees, Death Mountain, and Talus Cave. Chambers of Insight is a tutorial level, and it isn't necessary to complete it to finish the game. At the end of each of the other three, you will be granted a Silver Key, providing you have gained as a team a total of at least 1 000 rupees. After you have collected the three Silver Keys, Vaati's palace will appear. You will only be able to go through the first door, however.

After you have finished the first door in Vaati's Palace, you will unlock the Realm of Memories. This has three levels, each one unlocking the next. The first one is based on A Link to the Past, the second is based on Link's Awakening, and the third on the original Zelda. After you complete these three, you will receive the Master Sword.

When you have received a total of 30 000 rupees, you will unlock the Hero's Trial. These levels are hard and have more enemies than any other level in Four Swords. The Hero's Trial has three levels again, each unlocking the next.

The only other two levels, the other two doors in Vaati's Palace, are unlocked by getting the Gold Keys and the Hero's Keys from the first three levels. To get the Gold Keys, you must receive 3 000 rupees in those levels, and the Hero's Keys require a total of 5 000 rupees.