Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition Twitch VOD [August 28th, 2020]
7No matter how long of a wait, I can always come back to this gem of a game.
My twitch channel to watch the playthrough live: https://www.twitch.tv/chaosinthesky
Hyrule Warriors is a hack and slash action video game developed by Omega Force and Team Ninja for the Wii U video game console. Hyrule Warriors was released in Japan in August 2014, and internationally the following month. The game is a collaboration between Koei Tecmo and Nintendo, and is part of both Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda and Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors series. It is one of the best-selling games on the Wii U. An updated port for the Nintendo 3DS, titled Hyrule Warriors Legends, was released in Japan in January 2016 and worldwide in March 2016. An enhanced port for Nintendo Switch, Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition was released in Japan in March 2018 and worldwide in May 2018.
Hyrule Warriors mixes the hack-and-slash gameplay of Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors series of video games with settings and characters from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series. Amongst many other characters, the player controls an original iteration of Link in melee combat to take on large numbers of enemies from the Legend of Zelda series. While there is a much stronger emphasis on combat than other games in the Legend of Zelda series, the player may use common weapons from prior games in the series, such as a sword, bombs, and Link's signature spin attack. Enemy targeting also returns, in combination with elements from the Dynasty Warriors combat system. Obtaining items through discovering and opening chests is retained as well.
The game has a context-based combat system, in which the player character's abilities change depending on the weapon chosen. Role-playing elements such as weapon and character leveling also appear. Defeating certain enemies gives players weapons bags, which will grant a random weapon to the character, and materials bags, which can be used to power up characters. "Sealed weapons" may also be found in treasure boxes, which increase the types of weapons randomly generated for the player in the field. The game supports an asymmetric local two-player mode with one player using the Wii U GamePad and another using a monitor. The game is also compatible with Amiibo figures, with figures based on The Legend of Zelda series unlocking additional content such as new weapons.
The main campaign of Hyrule Warriors, "Legend Mode", allows players to progress through the game's story; these story chapters can be replayed with any character in "Free Mode". Additionally, the game features an "Adventure Mode", in which players explore a map based on that of the original The Legend of Zelda and complete specific objectives, such as defeating a certain number of enemies within a time limit or completing a mission with a specific character and weapon. An update released on the game's launch date added "Challenge Mode", which encourages players to collect as many rupees as possible in a set scenario. The in-game Bazaar allows players to forge new weapons, spend rupees to raise characters' levels, create potions to temporarily boost a character's stats in battle, and exchange materials for badges that augment characters' abilities. The game also offers an additional quest to collect 100 Gold Skulltulas, tokens that appear in specific Legend Mode and Adventure Mode levels after defeating enough enemies, which will unlock illustration pieces of the several characters in the game and contribute to upgrading the in-game apothecary.