Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords as part of the Game Boy Advance game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords compilation in North America, introducing multiplayer gameplay to the series.
Ganon, the dark sorcerer, is resurrected and takes over the Dark World, plunging Hyrule into darkness.
A young hero named Link begins his quest to rescue Princess Zelda and restore peace to Hyrule by retrieving the Master Sword and collecting the Pendants of Virtue.
Link discovers the Master Sword, the legendary blade capable of defeating evil and necessary to confront Ganon.
Link collects the three Pendants of Virtue and uses the Master Sword to banish Ganon from the Light World and seal him away in the Dark World.
The ancient Four Swords are discovered, granting the power to split Link into four separate embodiments to face new challenges.
Using the Four Swords, Link is split into four versions of himself to overcome obstacles and defeat evil force invading the land.
Link, empowered by the Four Swords, defeats the wind mage Vaati and restores peace to the land around Hyrule Castle and the Faron Woods.
