The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords
North American box art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)
Producer(s)
Designer(s)
  • Hidemaro Fujibayashi
  • Su Chol Lee
  • Mitsuaki Araki
  • Joko Kazuki
Artist(s)Haruki Suetsugu
Writer(s)Kensuke Tanabe
Composer(s)
Yuko Takehara
SeriesThe Legend of Zelda
Platform(s)
Release
December 2, 2002
  • Game Boy Advance
    • NA: December 2, 2002
    • JP: March 14, 2003
    • EU: March 28, 2003
  • DSiWare (Four Swords Anniv. Ed.)
    • WW: September 28, 2011
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords[a] is a compilation of two action-adventure games co-developed by Nintendo R&D2 and Capcom and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The game was released in December 2002 in North America and in March 2003 in Japan and Europe. The cartridge contains a modified port of A Link to the Past, originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991, and an original multiplayer-only game titled Four Swords, which serves as the 9th installment in The Legend of Zelda series.

A stand-alone port of Four Swords was released for a limited time on Nintendo's DSiWare service as The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition[b] on September 28, 2011, which includes new content, such as a single-player mode and additional areas.[1][2] It was re-released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop for a limited time from January 31 to February 2, 2014, in celebration of their then latest released game, A Link Between Worlds.[3][4]


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  1. ^ Holmes, Jonathan (June 9, 2011). "E3: Four Swords DSiWare is a GBA port, online in question". Destructoid. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  2. ^ Davison, Pete (September 13, 2011). "The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition Available for Free from September 28". GamePro. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Tach, Dave (January 30, 2014). "Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition free on 3DS through Feb. 2". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "Nintendo of America on Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2018.