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Four Swords FAQ

Posted by VicHD - July 25th, 2008


I figured I write this down for those those who are new to this series:

Q:What is FSM all about?
A:It's your typical Zelda parody, but focused on the four swords concept.

Q:Where did you get the Idea?

A: It all started in late 2002 when I read about the multiplayer Zelda game that was being bundled with the GBA Version of A Link To the Past. Later that year I bumped into Newgrounds and was introduced to a bunch of flashes and one of the many that caught my eye was the flash version of 8-Bit Theater. This later introduced me to the concept of webcomics and found a few based on Zelda:

-Hyrularity: An original hand drawn (yet short-lived) Zelda Universe comic loosely based on The Wind Waker)
-Zelda Comic: A sprite Webcomic loosely based on Zelda II with a few crossover characters.
After reading these webcomics I was interested in making my own webcomic based on Four swords, but that eventually became a Flash series instead because I had more experience with the program during mid 2004.

Q: Apart from flashes and webcomics, what other things influenced you to make it?
A: Apart from those things, anime has been influential for me during the last few years. South Park has been for a long time too. I sometimes picture my series to be a Zelda version of South park since the characters do and say things that's usually considered taboo in the games. I'm also influenced by sci fi, action, & fantasy movies and TV shows like Whose Line is it anyway, WWE Friends among many others.

Q:Why do the Links talk and argue most of the time?
A: I wanted to ignore the fact that Link is considered as a "silent protagonist" by many. This way, I can express each Link's personality through dialogue and voice acting instead . Let's face it, if there was no dialogue in FSM, there wouldn't be much of a script. I also wanted to give the impression that it's not always easy to work as a team.

Q:What are the personalities chosen for each link?

A:Green- Normal, brave, with the most common sense.
Red-Arrogant, Perverted, has more "bark" than "bite"
Blue-Braniac, Sarcastic, Voice of reason.
Purple-Noobish, a bit clumsy, sometimes greedy

Q:Why Does each Link have a different voice actor?

A: Fans requested different voice actors for each Link simply to tell them apart. I originally Voiced all 4 Links during he original version of ep.1 (the pilot version). It didn't turn out so well because I was new to VA back then.

Q:Who are the main voice actors and where are they from?
A: Green--Me (Venezuela)
Blue--Martin Kemp (Canada)
Red--SpikeDaPenguin (California) ep. 1-3. Richard Fincher(Canada) ep 4-present.
Purple-- Mario Simic (Sweden)
Zelda-- Rina-chan (California)
Uncle Alfon--Jon Houser (Indiana)
Vaati--Kenkaku (Michigan)

There will be some occasional extras later on.

Q: Why does Red Link Sound so different?
A: 1.Red was played by 2 different VAs during the series. I had to replace Spikedapenguin because, according to his youtube page, he signed a 2 year contract to work on the Carson Daly show. I haven't heard from him since. Richard Fincher took over For him in ep. 4

2. If you're referring to drunken Red Link in Ep.5, It was Richard's idea to give his character a slurred southern accent. This is a drunken side effect that varies depending on the person. We're just fooling around with the idea and playing along with it.

Q: Why isn't this series completely based on the FS games or the FS manga?

A: It isn't based on the manga because I came up with the idea before I realized the manga itself even existed. Plus, I don't consider the manga itself as 100% canonical to the games.
My series is loosely based on the FS games because I had very little knowledge of the game back then. I only Played the GBA version through emulation (it's very tricky though). Instead I decided to create my own world based on ALTTP sprites and backgrounds.

Q: How come I don't get most of your Jokes?
A: I'm known for adding inside jokes in this series for those people who know exactly what I'm talking about. I'm not aiming for a young audience here. I was intentionally aiming for an "Adult Swim" type of audience, in other words, users who are at least 16 or older. Think about it, this series contains profainty, drug references, alcohol references,sexual innuendo,and bad double puns that only adult zelda fans would understand.

Q: How did you get Rina Chan to play Zelda?
A:Ever since I started asking around in the NG forums one day for Voice Actors back in 2005, she was the first one that popped up and asked me if she could play Zelda. By that time I was halfway finished with episode 2 and decided to save her talents for another episode. When I started working on the script for Ep. 3, I was about to email her about it, but she emailed me first! I just couldn't say no. XD

Q:How many episodes are you going to make?
A: As many as I can,I don't have a planned amount like TV shows do. I'll keep this series going as long as I have Ideas to work with.

Q:Why do you take so long with each episode?

A: Because I have a life. Flash is simply a hobby for me. I'm not making any money out of it, not yet anyway.

Q:When is the next one coming out?
A: I don't give out release dates because I refuse to make false promises. I've discussed this many times in the past. I don't want fans to get pissed off at me over something that's beyond my control. This is why I prefer to keep it a surprise.

Q:Can I be a VA in your series?

A: I'm normally looking for experienced actors over 16 and with some knowlege about audio programs. I'm not accepting users who "think" they can act, but don't know how an audio program works. I've seen this happen a lot in the past.

I believe this sums up most of the questions based on this series. If I have anymore, I'll post them some other time.


Comments

I am now Enlightened by this FAQ. I thank thee.

always been a non complaining watcher of loz 4swords mis
keep ups the gd works

FUCK YOU BITCH

well this is good to know. but the only thing left. what about the marioz thing. i need answer. but it still good to know the te four dude are still alive and kikcing

Well that kept me entertained for 10 minutes, thanks!

well all i can say is thank you for leaving this FAQ i had questions about it and i was about to message you about them but this sums at all up so thank you for putting this up and thank you for explaining why some of the jokes i understood while my little brother stood there with a puzzled look and game me the "youre suh a loser" look which happens when i laugh at something he doesnt get =]

i just cant wait until the next episode. plz pm me on new and you ok.

I alrdy knew most of those things u wrote in there,but u rly dont make money of makin flash!? thats new (joking). but that FAQ is pretty usefull still tho so gl & hf doin things,im off.

ok, first, Link is not mute, because if anybody has a chance to read the oot manga, link actually speaks, why do i know this, i have the full manga

im 12.... andi ahhve understoo literally everything in this show and im sure peole whogo on newgrounds that are yougethan me even understand it.... thast just todays youth. we watch south park and adult sim eberyight. its just what u do now wdays... so ur technicaly aiming for an audience of 13 year olds.

It's today's youth, huh? OK then, what's the point of having TV parental Guidelines these days when kids find a way to watch adult content?

I personally believe that when underage users view adult content here in newgrounds, us authors get the blamed unfairly even though we too have a rating system. For example: "The torture game 2" being exploited on the news a few weeks back when it clearly states that it's for a MATURE audience.

Plus, about your manga question, I'm not answering that. This is one of the many questions I want to prevent you kids from asking me all the time. You have internet, look it up in Wikipedia. I can't answer everything for you.

Do some research for once kids...

oh and srry about the dubble post (its a bad habbit) but wha the heck is manga???

Man, you are so freakin awesome! I'm trying to learn how to make sprite animations in flash (i got the CS3 version) so far i havent been able to make any backgrounds so all of them are in a void. I use paint and stuff and i copy and paste them into flash (weird enough they appear upside down) and if i try to make a background around for example a Link sprite u see a white-ness around the sprite kinda killing the background. I have no idea how you do it! Plus ur animations and story line and everything is awesome in your 4 Sword series (looking forward to more).

You spelled Sweden wrong. :P

I fixed it. sorry about that. thanks for telling me.

Yeah, I have no idea how to make flash movies and I would probably never ask anyone to use my voice because I don't like it very much =/
O yeah... Love the series and I don't care how long it takes you to make another episode because its AWESOME.

im 13 and a half, and i started watching this in late october. i DID understand everything in this series back then. i was 12 then. and most of the fans over 16 or 18 prefer the old link in the early 8-but zelda games. most of them haven't finished OoT, and that's a problem, since most of the jokes in you're series are based on OoT. like (i'll use your BUTT as the next pedestal of time), or (Dude, she waited 7 years for you to rescue her in your LAST adventure). away from that, the series ownz, and you should decrease the "over 16 years" thingy, since few of them understand it. like my brother. he's not that much fan of OoT and TP.
GREAT SERIES! keep it UP!!

yeah i saw the comment below but im 13 and i watch adult swim its great and the series is awesome im trying to make a online series called Mirage its a series with action and powers thats all ill say for now if anyone wants a voice part cause i can do voice-acting so just letting everyone including you leave me a message if you want a part

this is an add-on to my previous comment the first 20 people that email my yahoo aboyce994@yahoo.com with there voice have a chance of getting the part cause i need more people this series will have many people in it

you are the best i am ready for fsm6. i dont really care how long it is as long as it gets on newgrounds its great so is your other flashes

Ooh, darn. Shoulda read this first before sending that message. Sorry if it's a bother to you.