History VideoGame / HyruleWarriors

** Ravio was merely a traveling merchant back in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]''. In this game, he's using the stuff from his own shop against his enemies.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Stalmasters were dangerous EliteMooks. Here, they practically are PaletteSwaps of Darknuts.
* AdaptedOut: ''Legends'' removes some modes and graphical effects, including the Summon Gate summons, due to downscaling, while the Wii U mode never had the Fairy Mode and additional story mode chapters. Meanwhile, ''Definitive Edition'' on the Switch has ''nothing'' adapted out. It has everything the Wii U and 3DS versions have to offer.

* AmazonBrigade: [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Team Ninja]] is helping, so this is to be expected. Of the story mode's ten playable hero characters, eight of them are female. Impa, Zelda herself, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Midna]], Sheik, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Princess Ruto]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Agitha]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Fi]], and newcomer Lana. Updates add Cia, Twili Midna, Tetra, Linkle, Medli, Marin and Toon Zelda; though other male heroes are also added that even out the gender balance.

* OffModel:
** The costumes from ''Ocarina of Time'', ''Twilight Princess'', and ''Skyward Sword'' for Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf. The models are recycled from their original games (In the case of the [=OoT=] costumes, they come from the 3DS version), with the exception of the faces, which come from the regular model, and are resized to fit the ''Hyrule Warriors'' characters. The difference shows (for example; note that Ganondorf's [=OoT=] costume has no long nose).
** Meanwhile, regular mooks either lack walking animations or have incredibly simplistic ones. While it's not noticeable normally, try stopping just before you run into a mob of enemies and watch them stutter towards you.

* SuaveSabre: * When Tetra was added as a DLC character, she was actively wielding this cutlass in battle with many upgrades to enhance her fighting style compared to how she was only seen using this weapon in game art.

** Impa: [[{{BFS}} Giant Blade]] and [[BladeOnAStick Naginata]]

** Lana: [[SpellBook Book of Sorcery]], [[BladeOnAStick Spear]], and [[SummonMagic Summoning Gate]]

** Volga: [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]] [[BladeOnAStick Spear]]

* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: The Darkness element is represented by purple in attacks, status effects, the element's icon, etc. Some non-elemental attacks from darkness-aligned characters use black, often with orange mixed in, but anything having to do with actual darkness effects is represented by purple.

** One of the new items in ''Legends'' is the ocarina, the design of which is based on the Fairy Ocarina. Ganondorf being playable means that he can use this ocarina[[note]]although none of his Legend Mode chapters have owl statues to warp to[[/note]]. In [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime the manga for]] ''Ocarina of Time'', Ganondorf stole the Fairy Ocarina from Link, believing it to be the titular temporal instrument.

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: The majority of the female heroes of the Hyrulean Forces are sensibly dressed. The sole exceptions are Midna and Ruto, who are technically naked but get a pass since both [[NonHumansLackAttributes lack certain human attributes]] and the latter's ''Ocarina of Time [=3DS=]'' design makes her look like she's wearing a dress of sorts, and potentially Lana's BareYourMidriff outfit depending on one's values. On the dark forces' side, though, Cia is dressed in a ''very'' {{Stripperiffic}} outfit.

!!This article assumes you have played... [[ContinuityPorn almost every]] ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' game prior to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' and [[LateArrivalSpoiler spoilers are unmarked]] for those games.

** In French, Agitha is known as Machaon, in Japanese as Ageha, in Spanish as Maripola, and in Italia as Xenia.
** Cia is known as Cya in French.

** One of the new items in ''Legends'' is the ocarina, the design of which is based on the Fairy Ocarina. Ganondorf being playable means that he can use this ocarina[[note]]although none of his Legend Mode chapters have owl statues to warp to[[/note]]. In [[Manga/TheLegendOfZelda the manga for]] ''Ocarina of Time'', Ganondorf stole the Fairy Ocarina from Link, believing it to be the titular temporal instrument.

* JigglePhysics: Lana's and Ruto's chests [[{{Gainaxing}} bounce quite a bit]] in their idle animations, though for the former it's more noticeable in her Guardian of Time alternate costume. Cia's chest bounces a bit when she's in motion, as well.

* SchmuckBait: Some out-of-the-way keeps function as traps with no real way to tell them apart from the regular variety beforehand: if you clear them out in hopes of uncovering a treasure chest, you'll be trapped inside and need to kill off some {{Elite Mook}}s to open the doors. If you don't know about them beforehand and time it poorly, getting trapped inside one at a bad moment might cause you to lose the entire battle.

** Link: [[HeroesPreferSwords Hylian Sword]] / [[InfinityPlusOneSword The Master Sword]], [[MagicStaff Magic Rod]], [[PowerFist Gauntlets]], [[MountedCombat Epona]], [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning the Spinner]], and [[MechanicallyUnusualClass a Great Fairy]]

* WeaponOfChoice:

* MoneyIsExperiencePoints: You can spend Rupees to level up your warriors at the dojo. However, to keep players from relying on it too much, you can only level up to the highest level warrior.

* DeusExMachina: The Great Fairy's role within Legend Mode is to provide these to turn the tides in favor of the protagonists when they find it difficult to do so by themselves. In levels where you control the villains, they get GenreSavvy and you'll get missions where you have to prevent the heroes from getting to the level's Fairy Fountain.

* WorldOfChaos: Hyrule, after pieces of locations from other timelines have been materialized randomly into it. Noticable most in the Water Temple stage where Zora's Domain abruptly cuts off to Lake Hylia, and taken UpToEleven in the ''Wind Waker'' levels featuring battles on a stage where multiple islands from across the Great Sea are mashed into a single stage, and two dungeons on opposite sides of that era's Hyrule have been spliced together.

** In some Adventure Mode missions, a Mama Cucco and a Cucco Chick will appear, and you're asked to escort the Chick to its Mama. If the Chick gets killed, the Mama Cucco goes crazy, gets the highest powerup status possible, and starts attacking both sides (mostly yours).

!!This article assumes you have played... [[ContinuityPorn almost every]] ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' game prior to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' and [[LateArrivalSpoiler will unmarked spoilers]] for those games.

** Ganondorf: [[{{BFS}} Great]] [[DualWielding Swords]] and [[ProngsOfPoseidon Trident]]