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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Released

  • Nintendo GameCube

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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.

Developer
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Publisher
Nintendo
Genres
Puzzle, Adventure
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Age ratings
ACB PG, PEGI 7, ESRB E
Time to beat
15 h rushed · 33 h normally · 42 h completionist
IGDB rating
89 / 100 (1,064 ratings)
Also known as
Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto, Wind Waker, 塞尔达传说：风之杖, TWW, 萨尔达传说：风之律动, TLoZ: TWW

Release dates

PlatformRelease
Nintendo GameCube · Japan · North America · Korea · Europe · Australia

Screenshots

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