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Synopsis
Set hundreds of years after the events of Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker finds the hero Link in a sea scattered with 49 islands, which necessitates frequent sailing and naval combat. Link lives with his grandmother and younger sister Aryll on Outset Island, one of the few inhabited islands in the Great Sea. The people of the Great Sea pass down a legend of a prosperous kingdom with a hidden golden power. An evil man found and stole this power, using it to spread darkness until a young boy dr...
The Great Flood
Ganondorf, the great evil that all still thought to be sealed away in the Sacred Realm of Hyrule, crept forth, eager to resume his dark designs. As the darkness was spreading over the kingdom once more, the people hoped that the Hero of Time would once again appear to save them, but no hero did appear. Ganon's next step was to make another aggressive move for the Triforce. The current King of Hyrule, Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, attempted to stop the fiend, but was not strong enough. As doom drew...
Link's Quest
On Outset Island, a young boy named Link finally comes of age to wear the green of the legendary hero. Link's younger sister Aryll's present to him is permission to use her Telescope. With it, Link sees the Helmaroc King fly over the island, carrying a young girl in its talons. A pirate ship is pursuing the bird, firing at it with a Cannon. One of the projectiles causes the gigantic bird to drop the girl, who lands in a tree in the forest atop the island. Link grabs a sword and rushes off to...
Despite initially greatly concerning fans with its visuals, The Wind Waker was praised not only in the graphics department, but also for retaining many elements from the two N64 Zelda games, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. As Link progresses through his adventure, he meets and helps many characters, usually leading to rewards. During his quest, ...
Graphics
As previously noted in the above sections, the game makes use of cel-shading graphics. Contrary to popular belief, programming the game with an engine based on this style was more difficult than programming Twilight Princess, after modifying said engine, to favor realistic graphics. The style was influenced by the 1963 animated film The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon, suggested by Yoichi Kotabe, a former illustrator and character designer at Nintendo who also worked in the film. Th...
Audio
The game features strings, flutes, and horns in the background, such as when opening a Treasure Chest. Sometimes, electronic instruments are used in themes such as Gohdan's boss battle theme, whose main melody is played on an entirely electronic instrument. For the most part, the music is based upon traditional Celtic themes, with several themes using bagpipes. The "intro story" theme is entirely based upon European baroque, renaissance and medieval music and instruments. The game also featur...
Japanese Version
Because of the three-month difference between the Japanese release on December 13, 2002 and North American on March 24, 2003, significant changes were made in the North American and European versions. One of the more noticeable changes involves the fifth Triforce Chart; in the Japanese version, the chart is found after recovering various Treasure Charts from the sea, with one chart pinpointing another's location, while in the international versions, these charts are found in dungeons and pinp...
Sales
The Wind Waker was commercially successful, selling around 3.07 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the most popular GameCube games of all time. However, most of the success comes from Europe and North America, as in Japan the game fared much worse than expected; in fact, Eiji Aonumacommented that the low popularity of the game in the region would have meant the end of the franchise.
Reviews
Reviews of the game were mostly positive, especially in reference to the graphics style. IGN editor Matt Cassamassina praised the graphics and gameplay, stating that the game takes the best of Ocarina of Time and improves it;however, he criticizes the sound for the insistent use of MIDI tracks and nearly null voice speech. GameSpot editor Jeff Gerstmann called the game "The Wind Waker is a strong achievement in every way, from its stunning graphical presentation to its tight control and inter...
Fan Reception
Consumers' reception on The Wind Waker was positive, with an average reader score of 9.1 on IGN and a medium user score of 9.2 on GameSpot. While fans initially expected a more realistic game with graphics more in line with the scene shown in the SpaceWorld 2000 GameCube Tech Demo, which was similar to the N64 titles, this was not the case for the final game. In 2001, the impressions on the game using cel-shading graphics were nothing short of mixed, rendering the game as controversial as The...
HD Remaster
A Wii U remastered port of The Wind Waker was announced by Nintendo during a Nintendo Direct on January 23, 2013. The game's new features include updated HD graphics, a Swift Sail for faster sailing, and an improved Picto Box. In addition, the Tingle Tuner has been replaced with the Tingle Bottle.
After The Wind Waker's release, the Zelda games for the Nintendo DSutilized the same graphical style.The engine of the game was the basis for those of Navi Trackers and Twilight Princess. Twilight Princess contains some leftover data from The Wind Waker, namely models for the Wind Waker and Bomb F...By extension, it is also the first game in the series to explicitly feature evidence that the character Link, like Princess Zelda, has multiple incarnations over the decades/centuries, setting the...The sailing mechanic inspired the creation of the means of Transportation seen in the Nintendo DS Zelda games, and is similar to Link's method of transportation in Skyward Sword.According to the original Japanese text, the Master Sword was actually sealing Ganon's minions ("mazoku", translates to "Demon Tribe" or "Demon Race"), as it can be observed in the game, and not hi...According to the English translation of the game, Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule says that the Hero of Time, after defeating Ganon, embarked on another journey and left the land of Hyrule, which could be...According to the Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2008, The Wind Wakerhad around 500,000 pre-orders and was at the time (2002) the most pre-ordered game on record.The game's main theme includes both the Earth God's Lyric and the Wind God's Aria, the theme songs of the Earth and Wind Sages.The Wind Waker: The Movie is ZeldaUniverse's 3rd major Zelda dub project. Spanning across 4 Acts, this covers all the major cutscenes from the video game "Th...
The Wind Waker takes place hundreds of years after Ocarina of Time - according to Eiji Aonuma, it follows the "adult" ending of Ocarina of Time, occurring on what is commonly called the Adult Timeline. The land of Hyrule has been flooded, with only islands remaining and the land almost entirely erased and forgotten.
Nov 17, 2023 · The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker could provide a strong premise for a feature-length movie, with its adventure-driven plot that can fit into a three-act structure.
Oct 25, 2013 · Rushed towards release, Aonuma’s team was forced to cut two dungeons from Wind Waker, replacing them with a trawl for bits of Triforce that was not well-loved at the time.
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Sep 18, 2013 · Wind Waker’s plot strikes a great balance between fresh ideas and tradition. The courageous young hero Link once again takes up the sword and shield to save a kidnapped young girl; only, this...
