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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

2013

Action, Adventure

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the first Zelda game for the Nintendo GameCube and also the first in the series to employ cel-shading, a lighting and texturing technique that results in the game having a cartoon-like appearance. Like its predecessors, The Wind Waker is an action game with puzzle-solving and light role-playing elements. Basic gameplay mechanics are similar to those found in Ocarina of Time, but it differentiates itself with its massive Great Sea which must be explored using a boat named King of Red Lions. (https://www.igdb.com/games/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

2013

Action, Adventure

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jupiterbrando

30 Nov -0001

the best Zelda game, and if we're going by the remaster with the modified Triforce Fetch quest, it's not even close. the cel-shaded design still looks beautiful today, but what I love most is the subtle melancholy that pervades it throughout. it's a low-key post-apocalyptic world, somewhat hidden by its aesthetics, but the subtle twists and turns, especially for a Zelda game, unravel into something wonderful. the final boss is one of my favorites in gaming. achingly beautiful.

30 Nov -0001

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Nyctalope

30 Nov -0001

Originally trashed for its cartoonish visuals, Wind Waker ended up being one of the better entries into the Zelda franchise. The addition of the Red Lion and the seemingly endless sea made exploring the game's world seem like a daunting task, but in the end, it had a lot of the right elements for a great adventure game.

30 Nov -0001

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Ytadel

30 Nov -0001

For some reason my replays of this game tend to stall out partway through (probably the sailing), but there was definitely something beautiful and haunting about exploring the vast watery grave of what used to be Hyrule, contrasted with a deceptively childlike visual style.

30 Nov -0001

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Velvet Crowe

30 Nov -0001

Wind Waker is a game I'd praise more for its novelty and personality than its actual gameplay. The puzzles in this game are patronizing with how they're presented despite being mostly simple to understand. Sailing is a cool idea but there's so little involved in it mechanically that exploration becomes a chore and the world becomes noticeably empty. Combat is better than other 3D Zelda's, but that's a pretty low bar. Despite this, I think its charm is enough to at least be worth playing.

30 Nov -0001

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Mentaculus

30 Nov -0001

I could sail for days. The gentle reveal of the story, in all its subtleties with the other Zelda entries, gradually adds substance - while the cel-shaded setting always gives it a peculiar childlike timelessness. It's like discovering Atlantis, charting a world with amnesia, with all the joys of a Discovery of this magnitude. The fact that you gradually don't need to visit your Grandmother destroys me. As is Ganondorf's final, weak, gasp for air.

30 Nov -0001

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neil2824

21 Sep 2026

I love this so much

21 Sep 2026

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Quirrelenjoyer67

10 Aug 2026

Toon Link standing on Buisness

10 Aug 2026

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Heliophage

30 Nov -0001

Everything about the art style, presentation, and overall atmosphere is fantastic without reservation. The fundamentals aren't that different from the N64 games, so dungeons are nicely designed, some of the later necessary activities can get overdrawn and uninspired, and combat is fairly easy, though anything involving aiming a ranged weapon feels like more hassle than it should be. I like many of the little optional puzzles for their own sake, though they seemed short on in-game rewards.

30 Nov -0001

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TheDiceman

30 Nov -0001

A personal favourite.

30 Nov -0001

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BillyShears

30 Nov -0001

Pissy people bitching about the art style before this came out because it looked like a baby game and oh baby it's a great one minus the hours of sailing.

30 Nov -0001

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