Previously in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords,  Princess Zelda summoned our hero, Link, to the castle. A magical barrier on the castle is starting to weaken and Zelda and the Shrine Maidens are in danger. Link's job is to protect them while they are trying to open the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary. After the portal is open, a dark looking guy walks out, it’s the one, the only… Shadow Link. Before Link can apprehend the notorious Shadow Link, he gets away. Link’s effort to catch his shadow doppelganger isn’t completely in vain: inside the Four Sword Sanctuary Link finds the Four Sword, which, when taken, splits the wielder into four people. If fighting Shadow Link wasn’t enough Link also needs to defeat the evil tyrant Vaati.

Highlights
This book starts out with our heros, Red, Blue, Green, and Violet A.K.A. Vio, separated.  but within a few pages Red, Blue, and Green all get reunited. There was much rejoicing. Then, who is that in the distance on a throne? None other than Vio. Before there can be any more rejoicing, they notice that something is wrong with Vio. Shadow Link then steps out from behind the throne and- gasp! Are Vio and Shadow link in cahoots? It sure looks like it when Vio almost kills green in a sword fight.

Legend of Zelda: Four Swords is based off the the the 2003 Game Boy Advanced game A Link to the Past/Four Swords and the 2004 Gamecube game, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures. Both games require four players as they fight through Hyrule as a team. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is one of the best selling North America games of 2004 with 155,000 units sold and 127,000 units sold in Japan. The Four Swords part of A Link to the Past/Four Swords is the prequel to The 2005 game The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, and sold over 1.81 million units.

Overall
Being a fan of The Legend of Zelda games I was happy to see a manga for this game, because it is one of the harder games to play since you need 4 players. The Game Boy game is even harder to play than the Gamecube one because all four players need the game, and a game boy, and the link cable. I never really got to play the game, but I did want to know the story, since it seemed interesting… and it is, as one of the more complicated Legend of Zelda stories. There is also a little “bonus manga” in the back of the book that tells the story of a day at the amusement park and it’s full of laughs and giggles. This is definitely not a manga to start in the middle. Since it is only a two book series you would miss half of the series if you start on book 2, but this a awesome series that stays true to the game, that any Legend of Zelda fan will love.

ComicsOnline gives The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, Volume 2 5 out of 5 elfs named Link