Hyrule Warriors Legends

Hyrule Warriors Legends (ゼルダ無双 ハイラルオールスターズ, Zelda Musou: Hyrule All-Stars) is a 3DS port of Hyrule Warriors. The director is Kouya Usuda.

Buy the game new to receive a limited edition 3DS theme. The Premium Box edition has Linkle's compass pendant modified into a working watch and a materials book. The Treasure Box edition includes these, a talking Proxy doll and a working ocarina replica with sheet music for the same tunes in the game.

Changes
Gameplay is the same with the following inclusions:
 * A character switch mechanic similar to the Samurai Warriors Chronicles titles. The enemy AI has been altered to be more aggressive to accommodate this feature.
 * Characters can play the ocarina to summon a bird and warp to a previously visited Owl Statue on the map by tapping the bottom screen.
 * During a giant boss fight, "Smash Boost Power" can be used by bringing four playable characters together. This action grants beneficial effects to the party such as instantly filling their magic gauges.
 * Wind Waker and Linkle's stories are added in Legend Mode. These scenarios canonically take place after the events of the original game. Unlike characters, these additions cannot be transfered to the Wii U. Toon Link is playable in every mode except Legend Mode.
 * Most of the DLC from the first game is included in this port except for Challenge Mode.
 * New items have been introduced:
 * Hammer
 * amiibo support shall continue in this title.

Characters
The entire cast returns; downloadable characters are available from the start. New additions in this game are:


 * Playable
 * Linkle
 * Skull Kid
 * Toon Link
 * Tetra
 * King of Hyrule


 * Bosses
 * Helmaroc King
 * Phantom Ganon

Playable characters can be played in Hyrule Warriors via a registry code provided with this game's purchase.

Stages
Stages from Wind Waker have been added.
 * Demon Beast Island
 * United Temple

Related Media
This is one of the titles that was shown during the E3 2015 Nintendo Digital Event. The game was one of the titles featured in the November 12, 2015 Nintendo Direct.

It was presented with a playable demo at Koei-Tecmo's booth in Tokyo Game Show 2015 and given a staged introduction September 17 and September 19 (JST). One fan who attended the September 19 event in person won a badge and a free copy of the game for beating Hayashi at rock-paper-scissors. Attendees can purchase character badges at Tokyo Game Show 2015.

Takara-Tomy created stand figurines of these characters with limited weapons and movable parts.

A limited Hyrule Edition New Nintendo 3DS LL model will be for sale in Japan on January 21, 2016. It will include a special bonus with this game.