The Development of Four Swords

Season 8 Episode 4

 

This week on Legendary Adventures Podcast we’re talking about sparsely documented development of the first ever Zelda multiplayer game – The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. 

 

Legendary Adventures is a Legend of Zelda playthrough podcast. I’m exploring the evolution of the Zelda game series by playing through each game in release order, excluding spin-off releases.

 

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