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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト, Zeruda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto?, The Legend of Zelda: Baton of the Wind) is the tenth installment in the Legend of Zelda series of video games. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan on 13 December 2002, in Canada and the United States on 24 March 2003, and in Europe on 3 May 2003. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is a direct sequel to The Wind Waker.
The game is set on a group of islands ? a first for the series. The player controls Link, the protagonist of the Zelda series. He struggles against his nemesis, Ganondorf, for control of a sacred relic known as the Triforce. Link spends a significant portion of the game sailing, traveling between islands, and traversing through dungeons and temples to gain the power necessary to defeat Ganon.
The Wind Waker follows in the footsteps of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, retaining the basic gameplay and control system from the Nintendo 64 title. A heavy emphasis is placed on using and controlling wind with a baton called the Wind Waker, which aids sailing and floating. Critics enjoyed the similarity to Ocarina of Time, but often complained that the large amount of sailing became tedious.[1] Despite this, the game has met commercial and critical success and is the fourth of only six games that have received a perfect score from Famitsu magazine.
I RLY THINK That this have been an nice game and impact into nintendo zelda series.
I've played it a couple of times, but i must say from what i recall, one day of playing ocarina of time beat the crap out of a year playing wind waker. I still think its good (all zelda games are, by default).
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The story may not be the best, but I have to disagree about the graphics. In my opinion this is one of the prettiest games ever made (alongside Viewtifull Joe and Okami). I mean come on, even though the graphics on Ocarina are more 'realistic', you can't possibly argue that they are of greater artistic merit.