Game Art Styles

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

Nintendo EAD · 2004

Three-quarter · Action · Adventure · Console

Dimension
2D
Rendering
Pixel art
Colors
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Linework
Colored outlines
Shading
Baked lighting, Soft gradient
Pixel details
16-bit
Palette
Vibrant
Proportions
Chibi
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About

An action-adventure set in Hyrule, where the Four Sword splits Link into four heroes who confront Shadow Link and Vaati. Its campaign supports one to four players, with multiplayer using Game Boy Advance systems linked to the GameCube.

Art style

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004, Nintendo EAD) is a 2D pixel art game played from a three-quarter view. Its look is built from colored outlines, baked lighting and soft gradient shading. The palette is vibrant.

Palette 12 colors

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Details

Release
Original release · GameCube
Developer
Nintendo EAD
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
2004-03-18 Japan, GameCube
2004-06-07 North America, GameCube
2005-01-07 Europe, GameCube
2005-04-07 Australia, GameCube
Platforms
GameCube
Also known as
ゼルダの伝説 4つの剣+ (Japan)
Zeruda no Densetsu: Yottsu no Tsurugi+ (Japan)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords+ (Japan)
Credits
Masanao Arimoto Design Manager
Yasuyo Yamamoto Character Design
Akiko Hirono Character Design
Miki Watanabe Character Design
Kanae Kobata Screen Design
Yusuke Akifusa Effect Design
Takumi Kawagoe Demo Design
Hiroyasu Kuwabara Demo Design
Toshiaki Suzuki Director
Shigeru Miyamoto Producer
Eiji Aonuma Producer
Links
official · wikipedia

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The Legend of Zelda series 24 games

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