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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.
Storyline
Set hundreds of years after the events of Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker finds the hero Link living with his grandmother on the Outset Island, one of the many small islands lost amidst the waters of the Great Sea. On his tenth birthday, Link encounters a giant bird carrying a girl. He rescues the girl, but as a result his own sister is taken away by the bird. The girl is a pirate captain named Tetra, who agrees to help Link find and rescue his sister. During the course of their journey, the two of them realize that a powerful, legendary evil is active again, and must find a way to stop him.
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Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake officially announced with major changes - Polygon.com
Polygon.com · 6/9/2026
Eiji Aonuma tried to "graduate" from Zelda after Wind Waker, but Shigeru Miyamoto assigned him to Twilight Princess anyway and he figured he "should give up escaping" his "fate" - GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+ · 5/16/2026
Zelda: Twilight Princess PC port forced to change its name, and for once Nintendo has nothing to do with it - GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+ · 5/13/2026
40 Years Of Zelda’s Legend - Game Informer
Game Informer · 4/7/2026
Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan says Breath of the Wild is "the greatest game ever made" – "How can Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time exist and somebody make an even better Zelda game?" - GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+ · 3/23/2026
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