On thursday just gone I was bored, I'd had enough of level grinding on Blue Dragon and I wasnt in the mood to do any work so what did I do? I went to my local games shop where I found The Legend of Zelda 4 Swords Adventures for £15 (and starfox assault but i'll save that for another day.) I'll be the first to say I'm not really a Zelda fan, yes i've played the games and found them enjoyable, some more than others but not 4 swords.

Being the skeptical so-'n-so I am I thought it best that if it were to be painful i shouldnt endure it alone, and enter my little brother, at 14 he plays 1st person shooters (mainly halo 3) all the time on XBL, ugh, I know.

The game, it begins with the 6 maidens and Zelda being captured, Link being the brave boy that he is withdraws a sword from a stone which splits him into 4 seperate Links, off to find the force gems to power up the 4 sword to make it powerful enough to thwart the evil at the end of each level.

I bought a GBA to GC connector a few years back and had never really used til this game but wow at first I found the whole go into a building, look at the GBA annoying but as soon as the shadow world stuff started it got really cool, unfortunatly I can't test the multiplayer yet as I only have 1 GBA to GC link cable, I know lame but alone the formation system offers a solid 1 player experience.

As for the graphics and sound, I found the sprites bright and colourful, The music is regular Zelda fair and the voices added life to the 2D sprites, I have found a few of the environments a little repetative but I'm sure if you were playing with friends it wouldn't be noticed, heck I didnt even notice when my bro was there shouting at me to collect more force gems and trying to nab my GBA from me.

Overall the game offers a solid if a little repetative single player option, but if you've got the friends, the GBA's and the GC link cables then have yourself a Zelda night in, this ones a keeper!

Side Note: My router broke so no more Halo 3 for my little bro for a while :D