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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the tenth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series. It is the first Zelda game for the Nintendo GameCube and the sixth game in the series to be released on a Home console. It was released in Japan on December 13, 2002, in North America on March 24, 2003, in Korea on April 16, 2003, in Europe on May 2, 2003 and in Australia on May 7, 2003.
The Wind Waker is notable for being the first game in the series to employ cel-shading, a lighting and texturing technique that results in the game having a cartoon-like appearance. It also differentiates itself from other Zelda games with its massive Overworld, the Great Sea, which must be explored using a boat, the King of Red Lions. It is an indirect sequel to Ocarina of Time, taking place over a hundred years after the events of the previous games.
Although the seafaring gameplay and cartoon-like graphics were a point of critique for some, The Wind Waker was, in the end, the fourth best-selling GameCube game of all time. However, it should be noted that pre-orders of the game were significantly boosted by the inclusion of a pre-order bonus disc, which features Ocarina of Time and Master Quest. Master Quest is an altered port of the original Ocarina of Time, with partially re-designed, more difficult dungeons.
In 2007, a direct sequel to The Wind Waker, entitled Phantom Hourglass, was released on the Nintendo DS. During a Nintendo Direct on January 23, 2013, an enhanced remaster of the game was announced for the Wii U console, called The Wind Waker HD, and was released during the Fall of that year.
Contents
1Story
1.1Synopsis
1.2The Sinking of Hyrule
1.3Link's Quest
2Gameplay
2.1Sea Exploration
2.2GBA interaction
2.3Wind control and new item usage
2.4Second Quest
2.5Game Style
3Game Information
3.1Graphics
3.2Audio
3.3Japanese Version
3.4Setting
3.5Timeline Placement
3.6Limited Editions
3.7Speedrun Records
4Audience Reception
4.1Sales
4.2Reviews
4.3Fan Reception
4.4Awards
5Listings
5.1Bosses
5.2Characters
5.3Dungeons
5.4Enemies
5.5Items
5.6Locations
5.7Objects
5.8Other Listings
6Ports and Remakes
6.1HD Remaster
7Legacy
8Trivia
9Nomenclature
10Gallery
11External Links
12References
Story
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 dressed in green sealed the evil with the Blade of Evil's Bane. The boy became known as the Hero of Time and passed into legend. It is clear that this legend is the story of Ocarina of Time, wherein the Hero of Time, Link, fought Ganondorf. When boys on Outset Island come of age, they are customarily dressed in green to pay reverence to the Hero of Time.
The Sinking of Hyrule
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.
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