Windwaker Review

[Onilink89]

After i finfished zelda PH, i had the urge to play windwaker again.
then i started thinking what made the game so good? first of all i think that it has a great storyline, the feel of the game is unique with the cell shaded grapics, some people may call it childish but i think its quite rare. the freedom of the game is large.

when i played it my first time i was suprised that the game was big. the fighting style of link was well made, and i love the parry attack, i never can get enough of the parry attack. the game had everythink what a zelda game. magic meter, classic and new items. equipment.
and this time there was a little humor in it.

i may sound crazy but i think this game is a slight better then TP.
so i give a 10 out of 10 for this game.
my reason, because the game was well made and it felt complete. it had everthing what a zelda game needed.

so what is your opinion about it?

[Wisey]

I never had a gamecube, so I never got to play Windwaker. Eventually I'll have to buy a GC controller and the game, but it'll be in tough to beat out Twilight Princess as my favorite game of all time.

[Mases]

I've played much of the Wind Waker but I have never beaten it. Much like Twilight Princess, just was never able to fully get into it enough to beat it. There was a period of a few weeks where I played this every so often, much like TP, but never beat.

That being said, I really did like it. The huge hit it always takes is the graphics. Now that several years have passed, I think this is a rather flawed arguement. I can see why people thought Wind Waker would be something more after that Gamecube tech demo with Ganondorf and Link battling, but I think the Wind Waker is the most beautiful game out to date. Yes, that includes games like Twilight Princess, Gears of War, or anything else. Sure it's not realistic, but when there is no standard that you need to live up to, you set your own limits and I think Wind Waker really did do that. I feel that the environments that were created are unmatched even today.

From a gameplay aspect, from what I have played with the game, the story was interesting, and the game in general was just a bit easy. Dungeon design was pretty good, up to Zelda standard. Would love to have seen a better inventory but thats just a minor complaint.

Someday, maybe when I take the time to completely redo the Wind Waker section on the site, I will finally complete this game and give it the proper credit it deserves.

[Taakeslottet]

I definitly agree with you about Windwaker being of slightly higher caliber than Twilight Princess. When I think about WW I get this nice naustalgic feeling, with Twilight Princess I don't. The fighting style is so much smoother than in Twilight Princess and in any previous Zelda titles.

I would give it a 9/10.

[HELLO_LINK]

It's really a great game, with its unique graphics, its marvelous storyline, and Link's nice and flashy moves, along with a lot of freedom in this game with many other great pluses. But it isn't the best game, and that is why I am giving it a 9/10. The reason I'm giving it a 9 is because of the lack of dungeons, since there are like 5 main ones or so. Also, the game was a bit short compared to a few other greats in the series, but nonetheless it still is one of the top games, and one of the best on the Gamecube.

[xandar]

I think Wind Waker was a fantabulous game. That's right, it was so good that I can't even describe it with real words. The bosses were always keeping me on my toes, and the enemies too. It was kinda cool. It had that difficulty of the original, just trying to kill eight darknuts while avoiding the others. Shite, that was painful.

[Alder Dragon]

Wind Waker was one of my favorite games. I remember being disappointed when I saw the screens for it in Nintendo Power, but the gameplay is incredible! It's such a huge game, and it's replay value was good too. Loved the music, graphics flowed nicely, and the overall storyline was incredible. The only thing I didn't like about it was the Forsaken Fortress...

I'd like to see a Zelda game that is more open. More choices the player gets to make, instead of given a task and told to do it. Then again, and again, and again. Regardless though the Wind Waker was more fun than any other Zelda game I've ever played. (keep in mind I don't have PH yet)

I agree 10/10 =)

[Claire]

All I can say is that I adore Wind Waker, by far my favourite Zelda game. Why? Because I don't have to follow the main story and I can venture wherever, and just explore the area. The story is good as well, man. This makes me want to play.

I suppose once I finish the second quest of The Legend of Zelda, then I'll play the others to be able to play Wind Waker again.

[MiniMeMilo]

There's not a whole lot else I can say that hasn't been said already. I was a little dissappointed whe my little brother beat it before I did, but I was rubbing it in his face when I had more heart containers than him and did it in almost half the time.

At first I was kind of skeptic to the game, since the graphics weren't very realistic and seemed very "kid-ish" to me. I have to admit, I was surprised. I still haven't beaten the second quest so I don't know if there's a special ending or extra items or anything.

[Onilink89]

There's not a whole lot else I can say that hasn't been said already. I was a little dissappointed whe my little brother beat it before I did, but I was rubbing it in his face when I had more heart containers than him and did it in almost half the time.

At first I was kind of skeptic to the game, since the graphics weren't very realistic and seemed very "kid-ish" to me. I have to admit, I was surprised. I still haven't beaten the second quest so I don't know if there's a special ending or extra items or anything.

second quest isn 't that special
only thing is you got the pictobox deluxe at the start and link wears his blue clothes all the time. the other thing is that the "hylian text" is translated. anything else is the same.

[linkman8]

Yeah, but it's fun to see, nonetheless.
I liked Wind Waker. The reason I first got it was because of the preview for the game that was on the Collector's Edition for GCN, and I was really excited for it. I was only like 12 or something when I got it, but it was really fun. I feel the cel-shading showed facial expressions and the like more clearly, but wasn't incredibly graphically appealing, not that it matters.
Overall I can't say it was better than Twilight Princess, but it was loads of fun.

[Smitie]

i liked wind waker a lot. The facial expressions are very good thanks to the celshaded graphics and they put some humor in the game. i liked to make pictures of enemies and characters to collect figurines in the 'second' quest. the only downside is the number of bosses (only 7 i thought).

[zeypherlink]

I liked TWW a lot...I don't have it anymore, but I still have my GCN memory card with my save data on it :p

I'm thinking about getting it again; it was a great game.

[firebunnies123]

I loved wind waker. I recently started playing it again. I give it a 9/10. This and phantom hourglass are series by themselves. I just thought the bossess were a little too easy. like the helmaroc king. just hit him on the head with the hammer when he pecks down at u.

[zeypherlink]

I went to GameStop and bought a copy of TWW yesterday, and I checked my save files and the last time I played it was on June 15th 2005 :p

Anyway I was playing TWW earlier today, and I noticed how much of a pansy Prince Komali is, lol.

[Beth]

I agree with everything you posted!

WW is my fav zelda game next to Zelda III ^^

Twilight Princess kind of felt...well..really easy and it didn't have enough side quests.
I felt kind of cramped playing it..I can't really discribe how I feel.

But WW didn't feel that way at all to me

I really like the game ^^

[Josh]

Well since i don't see a WW thread anywhere else, I'll just put this here. Spoilers too if anyone hasn't played it.

Also thought that this game was awesome. It's cel-shaded look was pure awesomeness, and I agree, made it look different than all the rest which is good in some cases including this one. Link was more expressioned in this game as well, which really made him the only Link who actually gave a damn about what happened. Storyline was good for the most part, but of course the Triforce pieces just dragged the game on. Ganon was of course a little on the big side in this game, which brings me to the final battle. Wasn't actually a fan of it, I wish they could have made it a little more like the TP fight. The good part did come though when Ganon got stabbed, turned into stone and finally died. (At least for now anyway) And yet another plot twist when you found out that the boat is actually the King of Hyrule, and damn, he must be immortal too, because how can he live for that long? They still could have explored Hyrule a little bit more, it did seem like a very small Kingdom in that game. Tons of side quests on the islands, and an ever so huge map. The sailing I was actually okay with, and I don't see why people hate it so much, seeing as you get the Ballad of Gales halfway through the game. We also had who I like to call little buddy, Makar, he is so awesome. Ganon could actually have been a little bit more on the evil side, he seemed almost a little bit too nice. They did also kind of stray away from the normal format of the game, three dungeons, then something happens, and then like nine dungeons after. Here they did three dungeons, something happened, and then two dungeons and collecting the Triforce Pieces. Anywho, post is getting a little bit on the long side, so too sum it up, awesome game, and I think that a lot of people should like it more for being different.

[Ganondorf11365]

I loved WW.I thought it was a cool game with Toon Link.Most of the game was pretty well done like the fight with Ganon(The music was pretty cool),when you had to find the lost pieces of the Triforce,and the characters went in pretty good with the game.I liked it a lot and I'd rate it a 10/10 :D

[El Bagu]

I guess I will give it 8,5 or 9 even though I love it very much. There were to few dungeons I think and some of the bosses could have been more challenging/interesting. Do not understand me wrong, please. I do really love the game but it is not perfect.

[elementskater995]

It is my favorite because of all the side quests :clap:

[Skull_Kid]

If you love sidequests the go play Majora's Mask xD
I just fell in love with the Wind Waker, cel-shaded graphics look awsome to me.
The game felt good to me, but when i completely fell in love with it was when you got to under water Hyrule and Took the Master Sword out of the pedestal, all those stained glasses with the 7 sages and Ganon..awsome

[imthemailman]

the wind waker probably one of the top zelda games made is well in my opinion a classic. Now some of you have compared this game to twilight princess and said that you enjoyed twilight better i personally prefer windwaker as it has a much more believable storyline and a more of a reason to actually motivate your way through it. now there is also a conversation about endings? well lets put it this way i havnt played windwaker in 2 years and i just beat ganondorf by 2 and a 1/2 hearts with 4 fairys meaning: havnt played for a while? bring lots of fairys!! as twilights boss is like way more epic in like how long it is and forms. but i came back to it and did alright but i did have less time between plays as twilight at around 6 months.graphics windwaker for the win as they show him with more expression in his face and it was quite easy to understand him by his faces and just the cartoony feel was really great as in twilight i felt like they kind of tried to make him look well.... to good as it wasnt a great representation of what i have grown up with him like (orangy blonde hair) and he looked fat when you first started before you got your tunic so it just didnt feel right. well a big part for me in zelda is SIDEQUESTS now these can either be completely useless, fun yet useless and fun and helpful now in windwaker their is like an island on every piece of map (yeah i went to every part of the map and found every god dam island and i still only have half a magic bar!!!) most useless but still fun to explore in twilight i found that after you finished the game their was no sidequests you had explored everywhere and yeah bored after ganondorf. bosses well id have to say wind waker didnot have enough bosses and as it took a long time to get to them more bosses would be awesome!!!1 but twilight princess wins boss fights as i did get them on first try but it took me a while and was challenging as in wind waker as the bosses were good they lacked the hardness that makes my day. as a whole i prefer wind waker as i played that for alot longer and enjoyed it over a longer amount of time as twilight was good and all but it didnt match the wind waker in my opinion so yeah it took me a while but i finally told you my conclusion wooot gratz if actually read it all and gratz link on completing all your adventures without uttering a word

[Skull_Kid]

Your post is badly typo-ed, it's confusing, and please, write down the words correctly, you just made my head ache

[p0tat0eboy]

I loved Windwaker... One day I finally beat it... After every island, every battle... At the very moment when you should restart the game in your pyjamas... The game asks you to save over and restart, or to continue. As I was very young, and my knowledge in English wasn't great. I couldn't figure out what it meant. Thus I erased my game. I loved Windwaker. I never played again.