Postman's Hat

This guide covers the Postman's Hat in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Learn about its location, how to obtain it, and its significance in the game.

This article is about the game. For the item, see Wind Waker (Item)). For other uses, see The Wind Waker (Disambiguation)).

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 & 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_,1 taking place over a hundred years after the events of the previous games.2

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.3 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.