Hyrule Warriors
A hack-and-slash crossover that drops The Legend of Zelda's heroes into the massed-battle combat of Dynasty Warriors — Hyrule, but with a thousand enemies between you and the next keep.
About
Hyrule Warriors is an action game in which the world of The Legend of Zelda is recast as a battlefield of crowds. Developed by Omega Force and Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo and Nintendo, it released for the Wii U in 2014, later reaching the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. Its shape comes from the Dynasty Warriors tradition: a chosen warrior wades through ranks of foes, seizes keeps, and turns the tide of a sprawling map.
It is best known for the collision itself — Zelda’s swords, boomerangs and songs of storms placed against the endless armies of a musou game. Beloved heroes and villains alike are made playable, each carrying the weapons and abilities of their own legend. A series followed, and the formula has since been applied to other Nintendo worlds.
- Genre
- Action game, Hack and slash
- Developer
- Team Ninja, Omega Force
- Publisher
- Koei Tecmo (JP), Nintendo
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Releases
| Platform | Release date | Region | Edition | Media |
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| Wii U | August 14, 2014 | JP | Digital (Nintendo eShop) |
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| Nintendo 3DS | January 21, 2016 | JP | Digital (Nintendo eShop) |
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| Nintendo Switch | March 22, 2018 | JP | — |
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