Hyrule Warriors

Hyrule Warriors (JP) is an hack and slash game from Nintendo and Tecmo Koei for Wii U. It combines The Legend of Zelda with Warriors gameplay featuring many characters and locales from across the Legend of Zelda games.

An updated port for the Nintendo 3DS, titled Hyrule Warriors Legends was released worldwide in March 2016. A Switch version, Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, is set to be released in Spring 2018.

Plot
The balance of the Triforce is disrupted. The sorceress Cia is trying to take over the lands of Hyrule. The Hyrule army, including many characters, such as Link, Zelda and Impa, attempt to stop her while fighting an array of enemies from throughout Hyrule's history.

Gameplay
The game features classic Dynasty Warriors styled gameplay, with the setting and characters of The Legend of Zelda. It shares very little with other Zelda games. The main gameplay seems to Link using the items from various Zelda games like Bombs and the Fire Rod in musou-style attacks.

Charging up a meter allows Link to do a special move. Filling up the magic bar allows a Focus mode where characters do a lot more damage. There is a map in the game to show the fighting with blue representing allies and red meaning enemies. The main goal is to control all the keeps but there are other temporary goals like defeating bosses and clearing passages.

Story Mode
The normal mode where the player encounters the characters in a story based manner. The player chooses the stage which they play with some split paths. Each stage is only playable with certain characters in this mode. Each stage has a few hidden treasures like the heart pieces and Gold Skultulas.

Adventure Mode
Traversing the original Legend of Zelda, except instead of playing the screens normally, each screen is a challenge in the Hyrule Warriors world. The goals consist of killing a certain number of enemies, capturing certain bases are more, but to get an A ranking, players will have to meet 3 requirements; being taking almost no damage, defeating above a threshold of enemies and completing the level in a certain amount of time. These requirements are told when the player tries the level again. Searching a screen will unlock items and weapons.

There are playable characters and weapons locked behind this mode.

Co-op
There is co-op in this game but, in stead of splitscreen, one player uses the gamepad while the other plays on the TV. This results in a slight resolution drop from the main game though.

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