Hyrule Warriors

Hyrule Warriors
North American Wii U box art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Masaki Furusawa
Producer(s)
  • Hisashi Koinuma
  • Yosuke Hayashi
Designer(s)Takahiro Kawai
Programmer(s)Takanori Goshima
Artist(s)Mariko Hirokane
Writer(s)
  • Hiroyuki Numoto
  • Junpei Imura
Composer(s)
  • Masato Koike
  • Yuki Matsumura
Series
Platform(s)
Release
    • JP: August 14, 2014
    • EU: September 19, 2014
    • AU: September 20, 2014
    • NA: September 26, 2014
  • List of re-releases
    • Nintendo 3DS:
      • JP: January 21, 2016[1]
      • EU: March 24, 2016
      • AU: March 24, 2016
      • NA: March 25, 2016
    • Nintendo Switch:
      • JP: March 22, 2018
      • WW: May 18, 2018
Genre(s)Hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Hyrule Warriors[a] is a hack and slash video game developed by Omega Force and Team Ninja for the Wii U video game console. The game is a collaboration between Koei Tecmo and Nintendo, mixing settings and characters from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda with the gameplay of Koei's Dynasty Warriors series. Hyrule Warriors was released in Japan in August 2014, and worldwide the following month. It became one of the best-selling games on the Wii U.[3] An updated port, Hyrule Warriors Legends,[b] was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in January 2016 and worldwide in March of the same year. A second enhanced port, Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition,[c] was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2018. A successor, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, was released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch in November 2020.

  1. ^ Te, Zorine (September 17, 2015). "Hyrule Warriors 3DS Launching January 2016 in Japan". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Ishaan (December 18, 2013). "Hyrule Warriors Is "Zelda Musou" In Japan". Siliconera. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Whitehead, Thomas (January 27, 2015). "Koei Tecmo Releases Awesome Hyrule Warriors Wallpapers to Celebrate One Million Units Shipped". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2021.


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