Buy Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker

Product Description: 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!

Amazon.com Review: 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

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Great Game July 7, 2008
Great game. For those zelda game lover, this is the must-have game among zelda series.

Awesome Game! (3 of 22 Found this Helpful) January 6, 2003
This Game sounds Great the graphics are tight and you can pick up weapons from fallen enemys. this game sounds really tight!

Great (3 of 11 Found this Helpful) January 5, 2003
The moment I saw this game, I knew it would be great. You can do so much more with cel animation. Link's facial expressions are the easiest to recognize. Still, not much is known about the game except that Link's sister gets captured by a big bird and it's up to him to save her. Also, I really hope NOA will do the same thing that they doing in Japan, and go with that awesome preorder thing where you get the GCN version of Ocarina of Time and OofT Master Quest, a previously unreleased version that was only available in Japan. Basically, the story is exactly the same but the dungeons are completely redone and items are in different places. If you preorder Windwaker at a participating retailer, you get these games on one disc. The 64 graphics are still used, but they are slightly cleaner. That would really get me to buy it. Like I said, this will be a great game and an instant classic.

MUST get. (2 of 8 Found this Helpful) January 4, 2003
I think that this Zelda will be just as good as all the other Zeldas (thats a good thing). Even though the graphics are different, change is a good thing. Also, I hear if u pre-order it, you get a gamecube disc which has 2 versions of Ocarina of Time. The original Ocarina of Time, only for Gamecube instead of N64, and an updated version that was only released in Japan before. The only con with the Windwaker, is that for such a great game, it has a pretty crappy background for a box

Delay, delay, delay...... (1 of 16 Found this Helpful) January 4, 2003
This game has had to many setbacks! It was supposed to come out before christmas, but no, they moved to January! Now I read that it was delayed again! But now its not coming out until March! Me, Im a big Zelda fan, when i heard a new zelda game was coming out, I instantly looked it up. And by far, this is going to be one of the best Zelda games ever created! All in all, i hope i can wait for it to FINALLY be released, but if they delay this game one more time I dont know what Im going to do!

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