Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
Koei Tecmo's musou retelling of the Imprisoning War from Tears of the Kingdom.
6 Nov 2025 · Paid
About Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is Koei Tecmo's musou set during the Imprisoning War era of Tears of the Kingdom, playable across Zelda, Rauru, Sonia and the Sages. Large-scale battles with Zonai-powered abilities and synthetic field effects define this Switch 2 entry.
- • Musou battles with Zonai abilities
- • Playable Sages and Zelda
- • Imprisoning War storyline
- • Switch 2 performance enhancements
- • Co-op and split-screen play
Storyline
During her encounter with the unsealed Demon King Ganondorf, Princess Zelda is teleported in time to an era of Hyrule's founding via the power of a secret stone. She is found by her ancestors King Rauru and Queen Sonia, who help her search for a means of returning to the present. Throughout this time, Zelda aids Rauru's royal duties, trains her inherent light and time powers with Sonia, and explores the Depths beneath Hyrule with Mineru. On one such expedition, Mineru unearths a series of inactive Forbidden Constructs, self-aware humanoid weapons that, as she later deduces, had rebelled against and exterminated most of the Zonai race. Ganondorf leads the Gerudo people to attack Hyrule Castle, but is thwarted by Rauru and his forces. Falsely conceding to Rauru, Ganondorf betrays his subordinate Ardi, a sympathizer of Hyrule's people, and frames her for the attack; she is rescued by the Korok wanderer Calamo and his companion, a benign Forbidden Construct that Calamo had accidentally activated while exploring the Depths. Under Rauru's surveillance, Ganondorf sends a phantom doppelganger of Zelda to activate a second Forbidden Construct, which absorbs the phantom and destroys its fellow constructs. Ganondorf allows the rampaging construct to distract Rauru while he kills Sonia and takes her secret stone, transforming into the Demon King. He then seizes Hyrule Castle and conjures an army of monsters across Hyrule, including four archfiends serving as their commanders; one of the archfiends, Grimgera, is repelled by Calamo's construct, allowing Rauru's group to retreat to Tanagar Canyon. Rauru's forces rally the leaders of Hyrule's allied tribes against Ganondorf: Raphica, the Rito elder; Qia, the Zora queen; Agraston, the Goron chief; and Ardi, who replaces Ganondorf as the Gerudo's leader. The leaders are aided by Calamo's construct, which instinctively travels the land to battle Ganondorf's monsters and the other Forbidden Construct. Upon meeting the benign construct, Zelda recognizes its power source as a shard of the broken Master Sword that had been sent back in time with her; noting the construct's resemblance to Link, she names it the Knight Construct. Rauru…
Gameplay
The player controls 1 of up to 4 characters deployed to a given mission, where they must complete certain objectives while fighting off large groups of enemies. Each character has a unique move set, consisting of combos performed by stringing weak and strong attacks together. Characters also have a personal set of unique attacks, powerful moves that can only be used again after a recharge time. Different Zonai devices, which diminish a battery when in use, are also present. Characters have access to a Warrior Special, which is charged by dealing and taking damage, that can dish out large amounts of damage across a wide area. Among groups of weak monsters that are easy to dispatch, players will face captains and bosses. These enemies have a weak-point gauge, which presents itself either after an attack, or the player forcing it out through certain means. Depleting this gauge allows a weak-point smash to be used, dealing massive amounts of damage and likely felling the enemy with one final strike. There are multiple ways to force a weak-point gauge to appear. These counterattacks, among other certain cooperative attacks, boost the Sync gauge. If two characters with full Sync gauges are nearby, they can unleash a Sync Strike. Each character has a different attack whether they are the controlled character starting the Sync Strike or vice versa. However, certain pairings can unleash unique Sync Strikes. Outside of battle, the player makes use of their spoils to upgrade characters by way of assisting the people of ancient Hyrule and improving weapons with Zonaite Steel.
- Developer
- Omega Force, Koei Tecmo Games
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release
- 6 Nov 2025
- Price
- Paid
- Modes
- single-player, co-op
