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The Wind Waker HD Releases this Autumn for Wii U

BastianJanuary 23rd, 2013 by Bastian

While Nintendo has announced that they are working hard on Zelda Wii U, they also mentioned that in order to tide us over, they will be releasing a special HD version of The Wind Waker with all new detailed graphics!

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Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma explained that in the process of trying to decide which graphic style to aim for with Zelda Wii U, they played around with creating HD versions of pre-existing styles. The Twilight Princess-based one is the one we remember from last year’s E3 as an “experience” being shown. He went on to explain that they also developed an HD version of the Wind Waker graphical style and loved it so much they felt they just had to make it into an actual revamped version of the game.

Many of us have seen the Dolphin emulator upscale The Wind Waker to HD and have secretly wished we could play that version (maybe even some of us have!) but what Nintendo has in store for us isn’t a mere resolution fix, but an actual overhaul of the graphics adding newly detailed textures!

Not only newly upgraded graphics, but Mr. Iwata explained that they will be “fine tuning” the gameplay experience. We suspect that simply means that the GamePad will be used in some sort of creative way, possibly for sailing from island to island by drawing a path on the touchscreen as in Phantom Hourglass? He also says that it will be possible to play off-TV using only the GamePad, and that Miiverse will be utilized in some sort of way.

The game releases this Autumn. Nintendo hasn’t announced a specific date, but we’ll be sure to let you know as soon as they do!

Which part of the beloved game are you most looking forward to seeing in glorious HD?

Source: Nintendo Direct

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  • guest-ZeldaBoy

    I’m looking at the comments here, and everyone says it looks plastic, but for me it’s just not the case…

    …to me it looks like claymation :)

  • Vink

    Which fall? Northern or Southern hemisphere?

  • EJR

    That was breathtaking.

  • Cheese

    Nintendo: Hey guys, which Zelda game do you want us to remake?
    23,500 people: We want Majora’s Mask 3DS! :D
    Nintendo: I here you loud and clear… *remakes Wind Waker*
    23,500 people: FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

    Scumbag Nintendo.

  • womangale

    i would LOVE to see sexy tingle in HD. -____-

  • zeldafever98

    GUYS honestly why are you all shitting you’re pants over this??
    sure Wind Waker HD looks gorgeous but thats all it is. Wind waker with better graphics!
    it’s still the same game but if you really want to play wind waker, just play the gamecube version that you already have!
    I can understand if you never got a chance to play wind waker before but this is really not worth buying a new system or new copy of a game for!

  • Ike

    The only thing I didn’t like about Wind Waker, was the Wind Waker itself. It didn’t have the same feel as the Ocarina of Time, and it was just too annoying to constantly bring it out to change directions. If they fix that one mechanic, and maybe add in a little bit of extra content, this re-release would be worth it.

  • Olamarr

    After every one was raging about a Majoras Mask remake, I bet they didn’t see this coming.

  • I WANT IT

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH WANT AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH WANT AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH WANT AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH WANT AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH WANT GOT WII U FOR CHRISTMAS, BUT NINTENDO LAND AND SCRIBBLE NAUTS DO NOT SATISFY ME. I WANT ZELDA HAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA WANT.

  • LinkFan

    I need to save up and buy a Wii U

  • http://www.facebook.com/doopo.smith Doopo Smith

    These graphics are so amaizing and crisp and cartoony my eyes just melted onto my desk.

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  • MajorasMask=D

    Looks awesome but id rather see a Majora’s Mask remake but honestly idc as long as they eventually do remake it

  • MajorasMask=D

    Actually this might be great for me seeing as i never beat the original cause I lost the disk

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  • Invader_Zim342

    This style looks pretty cool, but I hope that they decide to tone down the greens somewhat. The grass and moss in particular are just too bright, and that’s coming from someone who appreciates bright colors in a market increasingly saturated by games filled with grays and browns.

  • http://www.facebook.com/haydenmdd Hayden Dougherty

    are you all at ZD going to make a new section for this or just alter the WW page depending on how different it is

  • http://twitter.com/ethangoh98 Ethan Goh

    Seriously, The character models look like clay models to me.

  • TriforceShoe

    The spring in Dragon Roost Island were there’s ash blowing around everywhere will look stunning.

  • http://www.triforcetalk9.blogspot.com/ Linkfan99

    HEY! LISTEN!!! CAN WE REACH 400 COMMENTS???

    • http://www.triforcetalk9.blogspot.com/ Linkfan99

      I SURE HOPE WE CAN!!!

  • Elzo

    Although I’ve never completed it, Wind Waker is one of my favourites of the series. I’m definitely going to buy this one. Though I’m a little confused about the pictures of Tetra and Link on Windfall Island… do those scenes ever occur on the GameCube version?

  • Charles3Mall

    I really like the look of it. Especially the look of Link and Zelda. It resembles what WW looked like in the beta spaceworld trailer we first saw. I always thought that that style would’ve been better than the finished version.

    This is the style I’m talking about by the way:

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