The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Release date: Dec 13, 2002

Metacritic

Metacritic score: 89

Time to beat

Time to beat: ≈ 33 hours

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the first Zelda game for the Nintendo GameCube and also the first in the series to employ cel-shading, a lighting and texturing technique that results in the game having a cartoon-like appearance. Like its predecessors, The Wind Waker is an action game with puzzle-solving and light role-playing elements. Basic gameplay mechanics are similar to those found in Ocarina of Time, but it differentiates itself with its massive Great Sea which must be explored using a boat named King of Red Lions.

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Platforms:

Nintendo GameCube

User Rating: (88% - Exceptional)

88%