Sounds perfect but they dislike it for some reason.
it IS!!
4 people
usually different colors
has a sword, or a bomb, or even a projectile weapon
contains little quests
small puzzles require some thought
action similar to the game
tell them to pick the calibur as a weapon, as when charged, it will produce a spin similar to link's charged up spin attack, and getting better swords, also like link, will produce a better spin
tell them to stick with the blast bomb too
also, there are these statue things that look like the statues in link, the ones that give you info
carry around a magic hood and level it up, it kinda resambles link's santa hat
use different armor to differentiate each other along with color choice
shields, stay with the defender if you want to feel authentic
...
punch your friends in the balls.