Audience Rating: Universal, particularly children Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0045496960469 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Nintendo Manufacturer: Nintendo Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 years Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months Model: 45496960469 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: GameCube Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: May 02, 2003 Sales Rank: 1841 Studio: Nintendo
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk ReviewThe Legend of Zelda series practically defined adventure gaming for an entire generation, appearing on each Nintendo console from the NES and Super NES to the Nintendo 64. And the first thing you'll notice about The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker is that it looks completely different from any previous Zelda title.
Nintendo has opted to use cell-shading technology here; the result is that the game looks like a cartoon. Die-hard Zelda purists initially howled at this change, arguing that it made the game look like a kids' title, but the finished product looks fantastic. The cartoon animation style allows for better expression of the characters and several of the animations--such as Link trying to pick up an object that's too heavy--are so cute that you can't help but laugh a little.
Link travels from island to island on a talking boat and you're not going to make it far without the wind blowing in the direction you want to go. Link gains the ability 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.
Puzzles are innovative and refreshing, and despite getting stuck a handful of times, we 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 surprising. Moreover, though its look is radically different, Wind Waker feels like a classic Zelda game--it's everything you've come to expect from the series, and it's one of the best adventure games to date. --Jon Grover
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Fun
In 2001 Nintendo made a decision to move away from the normal 3 dimensional graphics and try out something new, known as cel shading. And it certainly paid off.
The graphics in Wind Waker are jaw-dropping. By rendering 2 dimensional sprites in a 3 dimensional world the game has an artistic, highly stylised, often cartoony feel about it. This, combined with the vivid colours and beautiful attention to detail means that the game is a pleasure to play from start to finish. Enemies explode ... Read More
Rating: - Don't hate it because it's different. It needs your love too!
I'm gonna set something straight- I'm not a Nintendo 'fanboy', so this is not going to be a biased rant about how Sony suck and Microsoft are rubbish etc., which, unfortunately, seems to be what we get a lot of nowadays. I'm gonna stick to the facts.
This game is good.
And I mean properly good.
Say all you want about the Cube's graphical ability, one look at this game will blow your mind- It certainly did mine. I very rarely audibly mutter 'this is beautiful' when ... Read More
Rating: - Super great game
I really loved this game. It was so fun and interesting. You know when you have a part in the game you just can't do then you forget the game in frustration well... there are so much side missions and fun things to do. The music is beautiful and one of the best games on gamecube. It was a refreshing play
Rating: - What can i say its Zelda...
When i bought this game, i thought Cool two games in one! [I am ashamed to say i had never played the Orcarina of Time before, just started it now and it is excellent!] But when i first started playing i was hooked.
Graphics were the best i had ever seen, Story was brilliant [but not as good as ocarina ] and was so addictive!
People complain about the amount of sailing they have to do, but i think its the main feature of the game, and it has great music!
Rating: - Buy This Game!
The reason I bought a Gamecube was for Zelda. I was looking forward to a super realistic amazing, and huge Zelda game.
However when Nintendo first anounced the Windwaker, I was horrified to find they were creating something far different from what I had previously imagined. They had given the game's visuals a complete overhall in what I believed was wrong direction. Nintendo had changed the game's realistic visuals from the Spaceworld 2000 video to cartoony and cell shaded visuals.
- Great Fun
- Super great game