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Bring it back, Nintendo<\/h2>

With a full suite of\u00a0Super Mario<\/em> Game Boy Advance<\/a> titles hitting the Nintendo Switch, it’s really easy to perk up and go “but what about that [X] other GBA thing I liked?” That system had so many bangers it’s nearly impossible to keep track of them all, but one that really wormed its way into my heart forevermore is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords<\/em>: emphasis on the\u00a0Four Swords<\/em> bit<\/strong>.<\/p>

This little sub-franchise ended up having a relatively long (albeit niche) lifespan, as it was brought back in anniversary form on the DS and the 3DS for a limited time. But what about the still-trapped-on-GameCube classic Zelda: Four Swords Adventures?<\/em> Well, we might be waiting a bit longer for that one, which is a shame.<\/p>

Watch our video on why\u00a0Zelda: Four Swords Adventures<\/em> is so special<\/h2>

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So what’s the impetus for all this Four Swords<\/em> talk (besides, I don’t know, a massive Zelda<\/em> release)<\/a>?<\/p>

Well, the Destructoid video team has cooked up a wonderful little retrospective on\u00a0Four Swords Adventures<\/em><\/a>, and it’s definitely worth a watch. I have\u00a0a lot<\/strong> of personal experience with this oddball project, complete with the full setup of the GameCube hub + Game Boy Advance controllers. At launch, I spent the entire weekend at my friend’s house playing it, hosting various other people who dropped in and dropped out as we continued to forge onward. Years later we reunited for\u00a0Four Swords Anniversary<\/em> on the DS, and it felt so good.<\/p>

Given that\u00a0Four Swords Adventures<\/em> came out in 2004 and has never seen the light of day on another system; it makes sense that a lot of people likely wouldn’t have played it, or only heard its name in whispers. If you can’t get a copy of it, at least you can relive those glory days by proxy with the video above!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":380593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[137],"tags":[19110,254,228,19108],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":8,"display_name":"Chris Carter","user_login":"Chris Carter","user_nicename":"chris-carter"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHave you ever played Zelda: Four Swords Adventures? 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