There is a time limit when it reaches zero, the game is tied. There are many special objects in each stage, which can be used to the player's advantage. In each stage, items randomly appear, and are usually similar to the items in Hyrulean Adventure. Five bonus maps are unlocked upon completion of Hyrulean Adventure (these 'dark stages' are almost the same as the first five maps, but portals to the dark world appear and the player has limited vision). Initially, there are five stages which players can choose as the battle's arena.

Each player uses a different-colored Link character and wields various tools to attack the other Links.

In Shadow Battle, two or more players battle each other until only one is left standing. Screenshot depicting the GBA-link feature The minigames include horse racing, hammer tag, monster hunting and five others. These eight games are earned by playing though certain stages in multiplayer mode. Players can play minigames in multiplayer mode at Tingle's Tower, which appears in every world, to gain extra multiplayer lives. However, once the requisite gems are collected, players are automatically transported to the dark barrier and therefore do not have to repeat the entire stage. Players are encouraged to work together to gather enough Force Gems to empower the Four Sword, and failing to do so by the time the boss is defeated or the dark barrier is reached results in having to go back to the beginning of the stage to collect more. These techniques are required to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. Normally, the extra Links follow the player, but players can separate an individual Link and control independently, or put the four Links into formations. There are always four Link characters (differentiated by different colors: green, red, blue and purple) in play, regardless of the number of people playing 'extra' Links are attached to those directly controlled and positioned around the controlling character. The multiplayer version requires each player to have a GBA, which is used as a controller and to which the action transfers when that player's character goes off the main screen, but the single-player game may be played with either a GameCube controller or a GBA. In Hyrulean Adventure, most of the same mechanics as Four Swords are used. Music is based on that of A Link to the Past, but is rearranged in places. The graphics include enhanced atmospheric effects such as cloud shadows that slowly move across the ground, heat shimmer, dust storms, and fog. The graphics are similar to that of the previously released Four Swords for the Game Boy Advance (GBA), but the maps are static rather than randomly generated, the top-down view is taken from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and gameplay includes effects from The Wind Waker. It consists of eight worlds, each with three stages and a boss battle. Hyrulean Adventure is the main campaign of Four Swords Adventures, and can be played by one to four players. Screenshot depicting the diamond formation during single-player play Hyrulean Adventure It was the third best-selling game of June 2004 in North America, with 155,000 units, and has since sold 250,000 copies it has sold 127,000 units in Japan. Four Swords Adventures was considered the 48th-best game made for a Nintendo system by Nintendo Power, and received an aggregated 86 out of 100 from Metacritic.

The game takes Link and his three clones created by the magic вЂњFour SwordвЂќ on an adventure to restore peace to Hyrule after learning that an evil counterpart of himself, Shadow Link, has been created. The Game Boy Advance handheld game console can be used as a controller when using the GameCubeВ вЂ“ Game Boy Advance link cable bundled with the game in North America and Europe. It was released for the GameCube home video game console in Japan on Main North America on Jin Europe on Januand in Australia on April 7, 2005. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is the eleventh installment in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series.

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