The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)

Join Link on his most epic and scenic adventure yet. Face unimaginable monsters, explore puzzling dungeons, and meet a cast of unforgettable characters as he searches for his kidnapped sister, Aryll.
Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
AKAs: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Show all 7)
- Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto
- ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト
- ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト HD
- 薩爾達傳說 風之律動
- 薩爾達傳說 風之律動 HD
- 젤다의 전설 바람의 택트
Developers: Nintendo, Nintendo EAD
Publishers: Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Europe

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker belongs to 2 collections
1. 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die (book) (public: moderated by Veterini - 4 stars)
2. Wikipedia's List of Video Games Considered the Best (public: moderated by BeeDub - 1 star)
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Jan 21 | fauxgras | 88 60% |
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ArtVNov | 47 94% |
Jan 14 | u1kg4b | 90 76% |
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Jan 12 | shorthalt | 99 97% |
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Dec 25, 2020 | vv238 | 72 72% |
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is a game that gets the large points right but the devil is in the details, quite literally. Sailing is awesome until the triforce hunt.... damn that thing forever. And the first two acts are pretty great, but the final act doesn't have the room to breathe it deserves. It doesn't reach the heights of the bests in this franchise but it still a damn fine game.
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Dec 20, 2020 | Drenxaw | 90 89% |
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Dec 13, 2020 | astridd | 90 47% |
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capes | 100 97% |
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TaakoDurden | 8 63% |
Dec 05, 2020 | Ndkchk | 90 76% |
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Nov 22, 2020 | moogg | 80 61% |
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mynameisdoug | 90 95% |
Nov 07, 2020 | ginko29 | 8 63% |
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Nov 01, 2020 | DemonRoyal | 75 22% |
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Oct 27, 2020 | KUMM | 100 0% |
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Oct 25, 2020 | ![]() |
excel | 95 75% |
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Robin64 | 80 64% |
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modul8ted | 73 50% |
Oct 04, 2020 | ZiJsD7Fi | 88 72% |
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Oct 03, 2020 | Wowfunhappy | 30 9% |
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Sep 27, 2020 | bennett115 | 93 71% |
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Sep 22, 2020 | Krimzenkov | 96 87% |
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Sep 10, 2020 | jdub7 | 90 88% |
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JoeyRavn | 90 69% |
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Slashim | 91 63% |
Jul 29, 2020 | IMS | 89 59% |
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Jul 28, 2020 | txtren | 83 53% |
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Jul 27, 2020 | dijones21 | 94 96% |
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Bawdabaw | 87 50% |
Jul 14, 2020 | phillyadam | 94 73% |
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Dumptruk4Lif | 100 88% |
Jul 01, 2020 | kasada777 | 75 37% |
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Kraven1138 | 87 86% |
May 28, 2020 | vladko | 20 87% |
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May 27, 2020 | james816 | 95 86% |
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May 25, 2020 | ![]() |
asl | 100 93% |
May 21, 2020 | ![]() |
howabe | 70 72% |
Ageless graphics bring a deceptively vibrant world to vivid life. Less taxing than most Zelda experiences, which is not necessarily to its detriment. The final dungeon really didn't do it for me, however, and soured what was otherwise an enjoyable experience. (Wii U version)
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May 15, 2020 | benmbrennan | 95 77% |
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ReCreation07 | 26 80% |
Apr 13, 2020 | aguthr012 | 5 49% |
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Twiss | 67 5% |
Apr 06, 2020 | leo_franco92 | 75 13% |
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Mar 26, 2020 | ![]() |
Gwaihir_15 | 91 72% |
Mar 11, 2020 | wavylips | 70 5% |
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Hyperion+ | 9 98% |
Feb 28, 2020 | Zayls | 89 96% |
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Feb 16, 2020 | dzfsdfs | 1 0% |
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Feb 10, 2020 | David0 | 70 65% |
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Feb 02, 2020 | AlphaBale | 75 60% |
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Jan 31, 2020 | Scarab117 | 78 49% |
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Jan 31, 2020 | borkmaster | 96 90% |
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Jan 19, 2020 | ailb | 90 64% |
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Jan 19, 2020 | inutsu | 75 36% |
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Jan 19, 2020 | cortel | 85 62% |
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Jan 18, 2020 | ethsings72 | 85 68% |
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Jan 13, 2020 | oldscotland | 93 73% |
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Dec 29, 2019 | Rudolph101 | 79 24% |
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sidesey | 80 76% |
Dec 09, 2019 | spaceindaver | 75 6% |
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Dec 08, 2019 | vladp | 85 7% |
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Dec 08, 2019 | ![]() |
MonsHedge | 75 39% |
An underrated gem. Yes, I'm saying that now, when people have already learned to appreciate it. This is the Zelda game that has the absolute best sense of "going on an adventure" to it; and it also has the most absolutely pants-shittingly terrifying ReDeads in the series. Tetra was WAY BETTER than Zelda and when she turned into Zelda I actually put the game down for six months as a kid.
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TheShiznit | 68 90% |
Nov 26, 2019 | noteventime | 85 96% |
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Nov 25, 2019 | blair_arg | 90 68% |
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silent disco | 95 86% |
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EricDSnider2 | 96 96% |
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VanderVof | 90 92% |
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Kylts | 80 91% |
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real8 | 80 0% |
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War Machine | 60 53% |
wish i had this when i was a kid. just got off my talking boat. so far love the combat and world and charm and story and characters. but that spotlight shit and level design annoyed me
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Sep 26, 2019 | MethoSlacko | 98 96% |
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Sep 23, 2019 | Exirel | 6 26% |
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Sahid | 10 95% |
Aug 31, 2019 | FiveAgainst1 | 70 72% |
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Aug 30, 2019 | ![]() |
Heliophage | 89 89% |
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.
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Aug 28, 2019 | StuPod | 85 37% |
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Aug 21, 2019 | Bekobi | 85 52% |
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Aug 09, 2019 | jsmith55 | 100 98% |
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Jul 24, 2019 | Mr_Bob | 85 46% |
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Mirelurk | 70 36% |
Jul 12, 2019 | Gaffi | 93 59% |
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Jun 18, 2019 | corduroyq | 7 71% |
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May 27, 2019 | gtrmp | 85 88% |
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Apr 06, 2019 | Alexaur | 90 24% |
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Mar 18, 2019 | glitchwave | 83 92% |
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Ametrine | 5 82% |
Mar 11, 2019 | li0li | 80 74% |
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tsumanne | 95 97% |
Feb 26, 2019 | Raeng | 95 75% |
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Jan 19, 2019 | 3dxtrip | 90 40% |
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Jan 17, 2019 | bashfluff | 90 86% |
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Jan 16, 2019 | Alucard979 | 68 17% |
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abjad | 80 53% |
Dec 13, 2018 | lucwashere | 79 29% |
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AverageGames | 68 88% |
Nov 30, 2018 | emmyjoye | 90 77% |
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Nov 28, 2018 | Catfishwon | 85 42% |
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KaanBozkurt | 100 86% |
Nov 09, 2018 | bobycool | 100 90% |
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Embry | 93 97% |
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mutter | 8 46% |
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theparaiba | 89 63% |
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DMCrimson | 85 34% |
Oct 14, 2018 | xophoros | 3 15% |
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Sep 16, 2018 | Corvo1621 | 81 20% |
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Aug 24, 2018 | Doc0160 | 100 82% |
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Murray | 75 38% |
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Raian-kun | 100 87% |
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scarletspeed | 96 97% |
Aug 15, 2018 | thomas_d | 99 95% |
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Beer94 | 85 97% |
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NothingsGood | 90 81% |
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gorguts | 95 94% |
Jul 06, 2018 | savagebren | 75 40% |
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dralangrant | 75 25% |
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ButHead | 85 90% |
Jun 18, 2018 | dswearin | 93 95% |
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apsays | 95 98% |
Jun 07, 2018 | Tomandgreek | 98 99% |
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May 27, 2018 | ChibiNinja | 5 98% |
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May 18, 2018 | ezhmakov | 0 22% |
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May 10, 2018 | Loser_bs | 85 0% |
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SuperSui | 90 91% |
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alexdelarge | 95 89% |
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Joe Deering | 75 64% |
Apr 29, 2018 | stellis | 95 70% |
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Apr 29, 2018 | jackvacton | 92 60% |
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Apr 23, 2018 | Nab4real | 86 47% |
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mrandersen10 | 90 74% |
Apr 22, 2018 | 5Z5qjRCfM2 | 60 73% |
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Apr 19, 2018 | DiamondMan | 70 45% |
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Oliveira | 97 92% |
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VengefulKBM | 60 15% |
Apr 11, 2018 | mwestcott | 97 67% |
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It takes to long to traverse the ocean. We've all heard this and know it's true. And getting past the cartoony art style certainly takes time. Beyond these glaring issues there is still a perfect honest-to-god Zelda game.
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Apr 01, 2018 | ![]() |
MetaCritic2 | 96 99% |
Mar 31, 2018 | FullHD | 97 98% |
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Mar 25, 2018 | Ashuccino | 40 45% |
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Mar 25, 2018 | eldado | 90 57% |
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Mar 19, 2018 | Nonchalant | 74 49% |
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Mar 19, 2018 | lboxinvader | 94 81% |
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Mar 13, 2018 | klaoth | 80 65% |
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Mar 12, 2018 | cdub12 | 93 80% |
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jetboy | 30 8% |
Mar 07, 2018 | BurstBubble | 100 95% |
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cminferno | 87 61% |
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Sweekoden | 4 67% |
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future42 | 4 64% |
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Trooth | 100 97% |
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TheDiceman | 85 88% |
A personal favourite.
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Bufo1944 | 92 76% |
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MrHallenbeck | 95 96% |
Feb 27, 2018 | wolfgypsy97 | 100 0% |
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Feb 25, 2018 | ![]() |
sensei | 75 32% |
Great graphics, but it's too easy, too short, too tedious with its brain-dead sailing mechanics and end-of-game fetch quests, and too empty. Nintendo rushed Wind Waker and Sunshine to release in 2002 and it shows.
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Feb 24, 2018 | ![]() |
Bown | 90 86% |
Amazing game with imo the best iteration of Ganon/dorf.
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moss piglet | 7 62% |
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hristos | 100 99% |
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Gintoki | 95 91% |
Feb 20, 2018 | dhewett | 8 66% |
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Feb 19, 2018 | am4 | 60 51% |
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ladymcdeath | 80 40% |
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p00q | 65 24% |
Feb 14, 2018 | OllieTT | 85 0% |
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Feb 13, 2018 | ![]() |
Nyctalope | 89 62% |
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.
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Feb 13, 2018 | ddelapointe | 97 70% |
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Feb 11, 2018 | Aventinus | 80 82% |
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Feb 10, 2018 | sfx112 | 90 87% |
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felipetschuk | 9 93% |
Feb 09, 2018 | volt26 | 75 0% |
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naviniea | 90 0% |
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Daigoro | 8 84% |
Fun game, although sailing can get boring after a while and the last third was extremely rushed. The tri-force hunt can fuck off.
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Feb 05, 2018 | ![]() |
Mentaculus | 96 94% |
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.
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Feb 03, 2018 | ![]() |
immolations | 80 55% |
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Velvet Crowe | 67 54% |
Sailing in this game is both a benefit and detriment to the overall experience - sailing and exploring the vast ocean is satisfying, although rather tedious. The combat has been improved significantly over past 3D Zelda's, even if it's much easier by comparison. The plot of the game isn't amazing, but it's a bit stronger than OOT thanks to Ganon's development and the overall cool setting. The cartoony aesthetic is my favorite in the Zelda series, exuding loads of personality that will never age.
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Jan 31, 2018 | copayne | 87 73% |
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Kojiless | 68 68% |
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aWay0fLife | 85 73% |
Jan 29, 2018 | ![]() |
Ytadel | 8 92% |
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.
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Jan 29, 2018 | ![]() |
Oits | 60 34% |
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Ofterdingen | 90 92% |
Jan 28, 2018 | SamuraiPaul | 90 61% |
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Tds4a | 3 50% |
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dardan | 70 68% |
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marco_n65 | 83 65% |
Jan 22, 2018 | Roman_Herbom | 100 96% |
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Daisoujou | 95 89% |
Jan 20, 2018 | ![]() |
BillyShears | 95 98% |
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.
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Jan 19, 2018 | ![]() |
Ocelot | 95 97% |
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.
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SirSass | 90 93% |
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jeff_h | 8 85% |
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ramynoodle | 100 100% |
Average Percentile 68.32% from 190 Ratings | ![]() |