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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo
24 March 2003
Gamecube
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#3 for 2002
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ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト
2002 • Nintendo  
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Limited Edition
2003 • Nintendo  
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2003 • Nintendo  
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2003 • Nintendo  
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2003 • Nintendo  
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Player's Choice
2004 • Nintendo  
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2013 • Nintendo  
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I think this is one of those games that you need to have played as a kid to love.

Wind Waker looks great despite its age and is very charming, but it's pretty tedious to play. It feels like every action you do needs some button combination or show a cutscene first. The grappling hook shows a cutscene every time. Changing the wind direction, which you need to do constantly in order to sail different directions, requires playing a song and watching a cutscene, which takes 15 seconds in total, every time.

The open world is quite big, but most of it is completely empty and featureless sea. There is no real reason to explore freely before approaching the end of the game, as most islands need specific items to complete.
Also, the game is extremely easy and offers basically no challenge.
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mickilennial The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2024-01-03T09:54:26Z
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2024-01-03T09:54:26Z
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Omega64X The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-12-31T21:12:16Z
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garboe The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-12-29T08:49:37Z
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2023-12-29T08:49:37Z
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Zippybing The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-12-22T00:59:53Z
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unwownd The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-11-08T18:41:17Z
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2023-11-08T18:41:17Z
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lattenzo The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-10-12T06:45:01Z
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2023-10-12T06:45:01Z
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CLxve55 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-10-06T20:53:10Z
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2023-10-06T20:53:10Z
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maochhhh The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-07-30T09:51:35Z
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poopfan420 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-07-26T21:08:05Z
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TwoV The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-07-23T09:51:36Z
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2023-07-23T09:51:36Z
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KILLITHJCC999 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-07-18T05:41:44Z
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riskygamble The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2023-07-16T22:07:21Z
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  • itschrosss 2023-09-11 17:38:59.813557+00
    first zelda will always be your favorite zelda, and this one is tied for first in my mind.
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  • bcmandude 2023-11-10 15:41:52.806697+00
    It's really funny cause as a kid I was super imaginative and liked to always make up characters in games in my head, or imagine entire new levels, or assign my own headcanon lore to random NPCs in towns with no actually back story.

    I did this a looooooot for Wind Waker in particular. But now as an adult I look back and understand the reason why I liked doing this with Wind Waker so much was because the acual game was pretty devoid of content compared to the other Zeldas, outside of the novelty of exploration itself.
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  • foiebump 2023-11-13 20:13:20.041797+00
    the gcn version hits alot harder imo
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  • WinterMirage 2023-12-16 19:12:48.353967+00
    No game uses the horizon and draw distance better than this. The flatness of the ocean makes it a joy to watch a speck in the distance grow larger and larger and become a whole island. It's also what makes noticing those jumping fishes so easy and elegant.
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  • MuffinsFan666 2024-01-03 19:37:38.526751+00
    I hope sometime soon people will be able to create their own custom stories with new enemies, dungeons, bosses etc like some are doing with the n64 Zelda's. As much as I love this game it is infamously lacking in dungeons and just stuff to do in the great sea, and I particularly love this engine and the overall gamefeel of WW so it would be cool to see fans utilise that
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  • figurehead 2024-01-19 19:47:33.690863+00
    probably my favorite storyline of any zelda game. i think this game would have gone over better at launch if it had an adult link and a darker storyline. the toon look is amazing and i wish they had done more games with it. playing the song every time you want to change the wind direction is so tedious though
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    • finemotorsmiff 2024-01-25 21:11:05.105315+00
      I have some qualms about the story in general, (mostly Tetra's personality disappearing after finding out she's Zelda), but this game has my favorite Ganondorf for sure. His monologues are incredible. I genuinely understood his pain and why he chose to do what he did
    • figurehead 2024-01-31 05:32:42.546257+00
      The idea that all these islands are actually mountaintops really impressed me
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  • babyclav 2024-02-05 02:37:38.220282+00
    A very flawed game but its such a whimsical experience I cant help but love it.
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