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| name		= ''Four Swords Adventures''
| logo		= [[File:Fsalogo.png]]
| boxart	= [[File:Four-Swords-Adventures-Cover.jpg]]
| related	= ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords|Four Swords]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Minish Cap]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes|Tri Force Heroes]]''
| release [[Nintendo GameCube]]	= 
{{Region|jp|y=2004|m=3|d=18}}
{{Region|us|y=2004|m=6|d=7}}
{{Region|eu|y=2005|m=1|d=7}}
{{Region|au|y=2005|m=4|d=7}}
{{Region|kr|y=2004}}
| developer	= [[Nintendo EAD]]
| producer	= [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]<br/>[[Eiji Aonuma]]
| director	= [[Toshiaki Suzuki]]
| walkthrough	= [[zdphp:four-swords-adventures-walkthrough|''Four Swords Adventures'' Walkthrough]]
| guides	= 
| gallery	= 
[[zdgallery:20|Image Gallery]]
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[[zdgallery:113|Sprites]]
}}<section end=infobox />

{{ZD|[[zdphp:four-swords-adventures-walkthrough|''Four Swords Adventures'' Walkthrough]]}}

'''''The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures''''' is a game for the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. It was released on March 18th, [[2004]] in Japan, June 7th, 2004 in North America, January 7th, [[2005]] in Europe, and April 7th, 2005 in Australia. ''Four Swords Adventures'' is the tenth installment in [[The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''The Legend of Zelda'' series]], and the second new ''Zelda'' game released on the GameCube.

''Four Swords Adventures'' is unique for being one of only two games in the series to allow the player to control four separate Links at the same time. It is the second game in the series to have multiplayer. Each player (excluding during one player mode) is required to use a [[Game Boy Advance]] and link cable to connect to the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. During one player mode, the player can use a Game Boy Advance, or just a GameCube controller can be used and the Game Boy Advance screen will be displayed on the main television. There are two separate ways to play ''Four Swords Adventures'': Hyrulean Adventure and Shadow Battle. Hyrulean Adventure will take the player through the main storyline and can be played by one player or by up to four players. Shadow Battle is a free-for-all multiplayer.

Along with using four different Links to complete the storyline, ''Four Swords Adventures'' changed many things in the typical ''Zelda'' formula. Each area of the game is separated into different levels. Levels do not connect with each other, and the player will have to leave the level to move to another area. Each level is then separated into three stages. Upon completing a stage, the player will then move to the next stage in the level. After completing the third stage and rescuing the Maiden trapped there, the player will then move to the next level. All levels are also able to be replayed as many times as needed, allowing the player to travel back and play through any stage or level they have completed.

==Story==
{{Main|Four Swords Adventures Story}}
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==Stages==
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==Characters==
{{Galbox|Four Swords Adventures Characters}}

==Items==
{{Galbox|Four Swords Adventures Items}}

==Enemies==
{{Galbox|Four Swords Adventures Enemies}}

==Bosses==
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==Graphics and Sound==
The game's graphics style and music are directly based on the graphics and music of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''. The graphics received enhancements in the form of overlaid 3D effects, other advanced 2D effects such as ripples, and a fluid, dynamic camera that could zoom in and out of the 2D image. The music, for the most part, is untouched - most of the music was directly taken from ''A Link to the Past'', with a few different MIDI instruments; the new music created for ''Four Swords Adventures'' uses the same instruments. However, the graphics displayed on the Game Boy Advance use the same style as ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords|Four Swords]]'', whose graphics style is partly based on that of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]''.

==Gallery==
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File:Four-Swords-Adventures-Art.png|Four Links surrounded by enemies
File:FSA-Tingle.png|[[Tingle]]
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===Screenshots===
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===Videos===
{{Youtube|7IH00f_a7SI|270|''Four Swords Adventures'' Trailer}}
{{Youtube|mg_ezlNdw2s|270|American Commercial}}
{{Youtube|WXVFhMPhE4A|270|Japanese Commercial}}
{{Youtube|J19Bl8IBmSg|270|Japanese Commercial}}

==Trivia==
*On the game disc of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]'', there is a file called smw.ast, which is a music file of the Special World theme from ''Super Mario World''. The theme itself is a 16-bit remix of the original ''Super Mario Bros.'' theme. As the game in its current state exclusively uses MIDIs for music, it is unknown what smw.ast was going to be used for.
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]'' was [[Nintendo]]'s last top-down [[The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''Zelda'' game]] for home consoles for fifteen years, until the release of the [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|''Link's Awakening'' remake]] for [[Nintendo Switch]] in [[2019]].

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