History VideoGame / HyruleConquest

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''. For the author's other project, see ''VideoGame/StarfoxEventHorizon''.

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''. For the author's other project, see [[VideoGame/StarfoxEventHorizon Star Fox: Event Horizon]].

** Darknut Legion: Giant horses, [[RussianReversal Horseheads]].

** Ancient Hylians used [[MoodyMount Loftwings]] to [[HorseArcher ferry mages around]].
** Ordonians, the best riders of the game, use horses as light cavalry and goats as heavy cavalry.
** Lanayru Zora ride prawns, Arurodas and Battlecrabs.
** Zora ride Hydrophants, Moblins ride boars, Kokiri ride deer, wolfos and Deku Trees, Lizalfos ride Helmasaurs, River Zora ride Bigoctos, Subrosians ride Moldorms, Deku Scrubs ride Orhats, Hiploops and Gekkos, Labrynnians ride Blue Bears, Ocean Blins ride Kargaroks and Anouki ride Pengator chariots and Gyorg Rays.
** Averted with modern Hylians, Gerudo and Ikanians, who only mount horses, and other factions which have no mounts.

''Hyrule Conquest'' (formerly known as ''Hyrule: Total War''), is a [[GameMod fan total overhaul mod]] for the free RealTimeStrategy game ''VideoGame/ZeroAD'' based on the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Created by modder Ice Cream Man (formerly known as [=UndyingNephalim=], also known for his work on the fan game ''VideoGame/StarFoxEventHorizon Star Fox: Event Horizon''), it allows players to take command of many iconic characters and races from the series in a real-time strategy format.

''Hyrule Conquest'' (formerly known as ''Hyrule: Total War''), is a [[GameMod fan total overhaul mod]] for the free RealTimeStrategy game ''VideoGame/ZeroAD'' based on the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Created by modder Ice Cream Man (formerly known as [=UndyingNephalim=], also known for his work on the fan game ''Star Fox: Event Horizon''), it allows players to take command of many iconic characters and races from the series in a real-time strategy format.

Formerly a mod for ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'' started in 2011, the game was ported to 0 A.D.'s Pyrogenesis engine in 2017, due to the former's engine limitations, with regular updates adding in more characters and playable factions. Sweetening the deal in the porting is that, while ''Medieval II'' costs $19.99 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, ''0 AD'' is 100% free, meaning more people will have access to the mod, and is also 100% open-source, meaning the creator has free rein to make the game however he wants.

* TheBadGuyWins: The first ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' game where Princess Zelda herself can be brutally assaulted and killed by Ganon.

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''.

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->''We'll not be remembered as just fairy tales anymore... we'll be remembered as a Legend that will echo through all time.''
-->-- '''Princess Midna'''

''Hyrule Conquest'' (formerly known as ''Hyrule: Total War''), is a [[GameMod fan total overhaul mod]] for the free RealTimeStrategy game ''VideoGame/ZeroAD'' based on the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Created by modder Ice Cream Man (formerly known as [=UndyingNephalim=]), it allows players to take command of many iconic characters and races from the series in a real-time strategy format.

* BladeOnAStick: Spears are one of the most common weapons in the game due to their effectiveness against cavalry.

''Hyrule Conquest'' (formerly known as ''Hyrule: Total War''), is a [[GameMod fan total overhaul mod]] for the free RealTimeStrategy game ''VideoGame/ZeroAD'' based on the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. Created by modder [=UndyingNephalim=], it allows players to take command of many iconic characters and races from the series in a real-time strategy format.

* RainOfArrows: Like all Videogame/TotalWar games. They're especially deadly against boss units.

* TakeThat: [=UndyingNephalim=] has taken numerous jabs at the direction that Creator/{{Nintendo}} has taken with the official games. The original intro encourages the player to "welcome back the lost grandness that was once ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''." The author seems to claim that his remarks are not intended to show any malicious intent towards Nintendo, rather they are more in line with YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe.

* YourWorstNightmare: What Dethl uses to create the [=ReDeads=] out of the Shadow Temple's prisoners.

Badass: Without Link around, the [[EasilyConqueredWorld usually conquered peoples]] have not only become [[DarkerAndEdgier less pleasant]], but also far more capable of defending themselves against the likes of the Moblin and Gerudo. Particularly [[LadyOfWar Princess Zelda]], who finally dons armor, dual wields swords, and actually engages in battle after years of being kidnapped, firing arrows sporadically from a distance, or surrendering to Zant before lifting her sword in ''Twilight Princess''.

* PsychoForHire: Some mercenaries, like Yooks Smashers and Deku Monkeys, are more than glad to get paid for hitting people with sticks.
* PsychopathicManchild: Lord Akazoo Vapith, who has become a psychopathic-undead-skeletal-magician-SmugSnake that paints his own flesh ridden skull with clown makeup. Yikes.

* RapePillageAndBurn: The fate of Hyrule Castle when conquered by Ganon.

* RisingEmpire: The Labrynna Regime, who suddenly enters an industrial revolution and starts massive invasions on neightbouring races.

* SchizoTech: In a primarily medieval world, there are the Labrynnians, who have hydraulics, hand cannons and steam tanks, the Fairies, whose 'magic' is implied to be simply very advanced technology, Aunomouzan's army of machine brain squid, and the Oocca who look outright sci-fi.
* ScienceIsBad: Compare the Labrynna Regime, the most advanced faction in the game, to the rural farming nation of Ordona. While the Regime ([[TheEmpire as its name implies]]) needs to [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman enslave other races]] and [[PollutedWasteland exploit their resources]], Ordona [[ALighterShadeOfGrey is one of the most sympathetic factions of the game]], just wanting to protect its people from Moblin and Lizalfos attacks.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere:
** Senturon decides to rebel to Vaati's guide after the MacGuffin they were after ascended along its creators to the Heavens, with [[ResignationsNotAccepted predictable]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath results]].
** Not only their leader, the whole Darknut army you were facing before started routing away from the battlefield at the first losses.
** Vaati does this as well, quitting the VillainTeamUp with Dethl and Demise as soon as he can, suspecting something wants the three of them dead.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: The Rise of Ganon arc. Ganon is killed by Zelda and never accomplishes his dream; let's not even talk about the devastating consequencies of his campaign...]]

** Labrynna Pioneers seem to be a shout out to German Pioneers from ''Company of Heroes''

** The Labrynna Steamtank bears a massive resemblance to the Empire Steam Tank from {{TabletopGame/Warhammer}}.
* ShovelStrike: Labrynnian Pioneers, while supposed to deploy sharpened stakes and retreat, can join the fight with their spades, and they have a bonus against horses.

* ShutUpKirk: Ganon, provoked by King Daphnes' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech]], quickly grabs him by the foot and throws him across the room.
-->'''Ganon:''': [[BondOneLiner Your actions speak louder than your words]].

* SoundtrackDissonance: Hylia's approach to the Moblin capital is accompanied by her cheery {{Leitmotif}} from ''Skyward Sword'', nevermind that she came there to [[FinalSolution kill everyone]].

* SpoilerOpening: The intro cinematic of the game reveals Midna long before she physically appears in the storyline.
* StealthBasedMission: In the ninth mission, playing princess Zelda, you must evade the Moblin garrison and escape Hyrule Castle.
* StealthInsult: It could be argued the entire game is this in regards to the Toon Zelda games.
** Midna's commentary at the beginning of mission 69, about how {{Mega Corp}}s are treated as gods and how the games have declined because of this unconditional praise.
* StoryOverwrite: Sometimes the ending cutscenes play out as if the enemy general were still alive. On mission 3 King Igos stands in the colonnade of the palace in front of a sea of bodies, but it's rather unlikely for you to have fought there. On mission 4 during Hylia and Demise's showdown neither army is anywhere to be seen, [[FridgeHorror but if they were still there...]]

* TankGoodness: Zuna Ziggurats; they serve as mobile platforms for crossbowmen. Also Apparent with Labbryna's aptly named Steamtanks.
* TechnicolorDeath: Any poor soldier hit by the Essence of Tarm's pink laser beam of doom.
* TheTimeOfMyths: In primordial Hyrule, the Druthulidi fought with one another for control of the planet, their titanic conflict shaping and ravaging the world.
* TitleDrop: In the final cutscene of The Realm of Twilight arc, Minda narrates that Hyrule would be plunged into "Total War."
* TookALevelInBadass: Without Link around, the [[EasilyConqueredWorld usually conquered peoples]] have not only become [[DarkerAndEdgier less pleasant]], but also far more capable of defending themselves against the likes of the Moblin and Gerudo. Particularly [[LadyOfWar Princess Zelda]], who finally dons armor, dual wields swords, and actually engages in battle after years of being kidnapped, firing arrows sporadically from a distance, or surrendering to Zant before lifting her sword in ''Twilight Princess''.
** The expansion, ''Great Sea'', introduces the Anouki Natives who are an extraordinary far cry from their canon counterparts in ''Spirit Tracks''.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Every single character due to the DarkerAndEdgier shift, with the possible exception of [[WellIntentionedExtremist Ganon]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Ganondorf]]. The heroic factions however do claim to be humbled in the final mission, getting rid of the latter, but maintain the former by [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killing Majora]].

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9awswnrSwM Epic Trailer]] seemingly shows, among other things, Ganondorf killing Zelda and Link dying.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Ganon is first shown as a little boy witnessing his mother being killed and his mother being killed by Hylian Knights, then [[EvilMentor Demise]] approaches him.
* VainSorceress: Veran, who undergoes extraordinary pain to keep her body from collapsing into a pile of purple jello.
* VictoryPose: Most units in the game do this after they slaughter a particularly large batch of enemy soldiers.

* VillainProtagonist: A good chunk of the Hyrule Historia campaign focuses on [[WellIntentionedExtremist Princess Zelda I]], [[EntitledBastard Zant]], [[PsychopathicManchild Akazoo]], [[DemonicPossession Ambi]], [[EvilMatriarch Nardu]] and [[AGodAmI Hylia]].
* VillainsActHeroesReact: In Hyrule Historia, invading factions are usually the "villainous" ones, while Hyrule and other "heroic" factions are usually on the defense. Given how the Kingdom of Hyrule is the keeper of the Triforce, this is justified.
* VillainTeamUp: [[spoiler: Demise, Dethl, and Vaati]] with their respective faction to conquer [[spoiler: Hyrule Castle]].
* VisionaryVillain: [[spoiler: Ganon, who dreamed of achieving peaceful coexistence between Hylians and Moblins.]]