"They say a hero will rise to fight the darkness.
But as time ticks down to zero, the aching for a hero slowly grows."
But as time ticks down to zero, the aching for a hero slowly grows."
— Vio Link, "How It Ends"
Life is finally following the rules, here in Hyrule.
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is the worst-selling Legend of Zelda game. That's just a fact. The manga adaptation, however, found its own niche in online circles as its own entity. With so many people raving about this manga, it was only a matter of time until somebody took it to the proverbial stage!
With a 2018 conception, "Four Swords: A Musical Adventure" was one blogger's attempt at telling this story through twenty original songs. Although this project is unlikely to ever see itself fully realized (due to its aforementioned Acclaimed Flop nature), it still found an audience all its own in its Tumblr circles.
Four Swords: A Musical Adventure contains examples of:
- Adaptation Distillation: The entirety of the Village of the Blue Maiden subplot was cut, along with most of the maidens and the dark pearl altogether. The scene with Red and Blue fighting the Poe in the temple is also gone, and Miss Fairy is nowhere to be seen.
- All Musicals Are Adaptations: Remember that super obscure Zelda spinoff manga that got written about the Gamecube game nobody played? It has songs now!
- Counterpoint Duet: A few.
- Blue and Green share "Time To Be Brave" in the first act, which sees them bickering over what qualifies each of them to lead the group of Links.
- "Take My Hand" then sees Red trying to convince Blue that he'd be a useful addition to his one-man team, all while Blue is vehemently denying the idea.
- While cut from the show, "The Guy I Thought I Knew" would have been this for Vio and Shadow, each of them cursing the fact that they never really got to know the other at all.
- Mood Whiplash: The show takes us from the upbeat "Time To Be Brave" to Shadow Link's villain song, "The Darkness Inside" — before heading right back into Green's pop-rock anthem, "Being Enough".
