Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker returns you to the world of Hyrule as you travel the waves to tame the winds! Brilliant combat, fantastic facial expressions and beautiful oceans will immerse you in the land of Hyrule as you face Gannon!
The Legend of Zelda series practically defined adventure gaming for an entire generation. Link, the hero of the adventure games, delighted millions by starring in games for each Nintendo console from the NES and Super NES to the Nintendo 64. Link brings this beloved franchise to the Nintendo GameCube in The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and he's more animated than ever. The first thing you'll notice about The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker is that it looks completely different from any previous title in the franchise. Nintendo has opted to use cel-shading technology on Wind Waker; the result is that the game looks like a cartoon. Die-hard Zelda purists initially howled at this change, arguing that the game skews too young. I think it's fantastic. The cartoon animation style allows for better expression of the characters, and several of the animations--like Link trying to pick up an object that's too heavy--are so cute that you can't help but laugh a little. The second thing you?ll notice is a focus on wind. Instead of trotting around on foot, Link travels from island to island on a talking boat, but he doesn't get far without the wind blowing in right direction. Luckily, you'll learn how to change the direction of the wind early in the game, and you'll do so frequently--not only to power your boat but also to solve puzzles. Clever use of wind makes Wind Waker stand out from more conventional adventure games. The third thing you?ll notice is that the game is just plain fun. Puzzles are innovative and refreshing, and despite some tricky puzzles, I never felt too frustrated to keep playing. The locales you'll visit are invariably exotic and fun to explore, and the host of bizarre creatures you'll encounter (friendly and otherwise) are always a kick in the pants. Moreover, though the look is radically different, Wind Waker feels like a classic Zelda game. Veterans of the early games in the franchise will experience more than a bit of nostalgia while playing it. The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker is everything you've come to expect from a Zelda game, and it's one of the best adventure games to date. This is a must-have title for any GameCube owner. --Jon "Safety Monkey" Grover Pros: - New cel-shaded animation looks great
- Puzzles and characters are a lot of fun
- There's a special place in the heart of any gamer who's ever owned a Nintendo console, and that place is shaped like a Triforce
Cons: - Some Zelda purists may be turned off by the cartoon look
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Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker Reviews
Story- Basically, Link lives on a small tropical island in the middle of a huge ocean called The Great Sea. 2. Graphics- Wind Waker's surprising choice of graphics and animation was where many loyal Zelda fans moaned and complained. When you're sailing on the ocean, you'll use a baton called the Wind Waker constantly to make the wind blow in the desired cardinal direction you want to sail in. It has some tunes that can get stuck in your head hours later. The bosses are fun but very simple, and most Zelda veterans have likely beaten bosses similar to these in previous Zelda games. My problem was when you are choosing a direction, it was difficult to spin the C-stick and make it stop at the place I wanted it to. They could have added one or two more dungeons and I would not have had a problem.
It was called The Wind Waker. It is way too easy. However, I got used to moving it, and it was not as much of a problem. Here's my Review:. Length- My other problem with the game: it's just too short. The Gamecube controller is easy to get used to with a Zelda title after playing Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask on the Nintendo 64. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of The Legend of Zelda series, stated that he could produce a Zelda game for "All-ages".
So, because of this, it leaves the older players with little sense of achievement after beating the game. There's much more to the story than that, but that's all I can reveal without the risk of giving away a spoiler. They expected that with the Gamecube, there would be an upgrade in the graphics department making the new Zelda look like a prettier Ocarina of Time. It doesn't take Einstein to figure out the puzzles in this game. 3. While instead, along with Miyamoto's plan for a Zelda game for all-ages, they got cartoonish cel-shaded graphics. Also, near the end of the game,. In early 2003, the first new Zelda game for the Gamecube was released in North America.
There is a place in the game where there could potentially have been a water temple, and for some reason there wasn't one. 5. 4. Difficulty- This is my major problem with the game. 1.
Music- The music is great. When a gigantic bird appears and kidnaps Link's younger sister, he sets off on a quest to rescue her with the help of a magical talking boat called the King of Red Lions. The game has a whopping grand total of 6 dungeons, and none of them take particularly long to get through. 6. Because Miyamoto said he'd make Zelda for all-ages, that explains why the difficulty level was decreased so much so that it could appeal to younger gamers.
My only problem was the yellow C-stick. Also, the redisigned characters, especially Link, are very expressive. It also includes many of the classic songs remixed from Ocarina of Time and other previous Zelda games. Most other Zelda games have a minimum of 8 and some even go up to 10 normal-sized dungeons. Controls- The controls of the game are almost flawless. Link must get through a tedious quest to collect 8 fragments of the Triforce, which I thought was cheaply tacked-on to extend the game's length.
Overall, The Wind Waker is a great Zelda game, just not amazing like Ocarina of Time. I personally find the new graphics to be beautiful, original, and just plain fun to look at.
I still go back and play it from time to time. Highly reccomended. This is my favorite game on the Gamecube.
It was shipped quickly and arrived in perfect condition. It has been great fun and worth our efforts to find it. We spent a long time looking for a new copy of this older game and finally found it on Amazon.
Aside from that, the gameplay is very smooth, the graphics and sound are phenomenal, and there a lot of very innovative ideas implemented in Wind Waker. So what. All in all, it's very fun and a very unique game. Yeah, ok so it's cel-shaded.
For the Zelda purists reading this review, let me just say that I was once a purist, just like you (well, still am). That is, it may be brightly colored and childish on the outside, but take one lick and you're hooked for life. Wind Waker. First off, the seafaring system is a wonderful idea; however, when it usually takes 10-20 mins to get from point A to point B in the Great Sea, and you have to do that very often (before you get the warp tunes), it can suck the fun right out of the game. Think of this game as a lollipop laced with heroin, or some other equally addictive substance.
The music-centred gameplay is also a fantastic idea. You could literally spend hours just sailing around finding secrets. for itself and besides, it has tons upon tons of things to find and do. I pissed and moaned about the cartoony look as well, but I just sat down and played it; 6 hours later I was deep into the game, loving everything about it. The game makes it work. There are a lot of really annoying areas that also tend to suck the fun out of it.
wind waker is 1 of the BEST games I have ever played. the only word to describe this game is.WOW. i for one am a Zelda fan this was actually my first Zelda game i ever played, and i still play it today it never gets old. the grapix,music,action.
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