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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
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GameSpy
The game will constantly nudge you gently in the right direction in order to progress, and as a result, you'll rarely find yourself repeating large chunks of gameplay or in a state of confusion. You have pretty much total freedom to do what you
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IGN
Legend of Zelda franchise over the years has defined a genre, first revolutionizing the action-adventure and then evolving it with several critically acclaimed sequels spanning multiple console and handheld platforms. For many, the Zelda brand represents
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GamePro
Review: The Legend of Zelda: The
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Computer & Video Games UK
At a point where we're getting used to so much freedom, you'd think it would be impossible to enjoy restraint all over again. However, when restraint is treated as guidance or direction, this can lead to some huge moments in a game.
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Adrenaline Vault
However, it is not perfect: Most notably, while fans of the original title will surely find this game enjoyable, they will also find it extremely easy to defeat, with unusually light penalties for dying.
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Eurogamer
Simply a stunning, magical game.
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Gaming Target
Just as the very forces of nature tirelessly cause the winds to gust, expire, and restore themselves, thus is the legend renewed. In the five years since Ocarina of Time (OoT) was released for the Nintendo 64, considered the closest to a perfect game
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Gaming Age
One aspect that has been improved upon greatly in Wind Waker is its story.
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GameZone
Have you ever been so overwhelmed with things to say that your brain thinks much faster than your mouth can speak? Play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and you too will have more to say than can possibly be fit into one review.
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Game Revolution
While the game has some minor pacing and audio problems, the brave new art style, tightly evolved gameplay and humorous story takes the famous series in a bright, new direction.
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Cheat Code Central
Anime never looked so good. I was not a big fan of the new-Link look myself but once I experienced the entire Zelda world as presented in this game, I can only commend Nintendo for a job well done.
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GamerDad
The game is visually arresting. There is not enough to be said about its cel-shaded graphics. But it's not just the wonderfully stylized characters and locations that catch the eye; it's also the fluid animation that prevents you from looking at the game
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DarkZero
Unfortunately, textures are not used extensively, which is understandable for a cartoon. Sure trees have bark rings and people have rosy cheeks, but textures could have been used more widely to represent surface irregularities, such as roughness or
...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker review at DarkZero
Pro-G
Genius. Perfection. Magnificence. All words that have been applied to Zelda games past. Bringing the series to the next generation has undoubtedly been a formidable challenge, especially as Wind Waker's direct predecessors are none other than Ocarina of
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DarkStation
The navigation, the combat, the dungeons, the characters, and the peril you must face as that young elf boy in green are all fantastic.
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Electric Playground
The style of the graphics however, does not appeal to me, technologically impressive though they are. It's the same way I don't like jazz music, but I know there is good and bad jazz, and that it requires talented musicians to perform it, but the genre
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Nintendo Spin
When I first got my hands on the game I was pleasantly surprised with what I saw. The graphics weren't perfect, but they were way better then I expected. The game design was obviously improved from its first appearance and looked very smooth and polished.
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Jaded Gamer
The fact of the matter is, The Wind Waker is absolutely fantastic to look at... After spending much time with the game, it's quite obvious that Nintendo made the right choice in regards to the game's presentation and style, and I can't imagine that more
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NZGamer
This legend begins 100 years after the events of Ocarina of Time. On a small island in the middle of the ocean, a boy named Link is celebrating his birthday, as you do, a tradition on his island is to wear the clothing of the hero of time, something Link
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Game Chronicles
For an adventure game with only one story to tell, the amount of replay value the designers squeezed into this game is astonishing, and the time it will take players to unlock all of the delicious secrets it has to offer should add up to more than the
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Game XC
The basic gameplay that one expects from Zelda has been implemented on this installment as well. Bombs, boomerang, bow, Master Sword, Tri-force, etc, are all accessible as they were in the previous installments. The newest addition is the “Wind
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N-Insanity
The best part of Zelda games is having an entire world to explore however and whenever you want to. The latest incarnation completely delivers in this
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Deeko
As close to perfection as one can get. Wind Waker features some of the greatest graphics to date, an easy and intuitive control scheme, a truly epic storyline and a brilliant score to top it off.
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IC-Games
There are literally no flaws and everything is constructed and delivered with beauty and grace.
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Gamers Europe
Now, about the sea. This is the biggest pain about The Wind Waker, the sea is flipping huge.
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GamePlasma
Since the NES, no game series has stood out, been praised, or anticipated as much as The Legend of Zelda. Wind Waker is no different. Despite the controversy over Zelda's new cartoon-like look, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (LoZ:WW) surpasses all
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PALGN AU
You take on the role of a young boy, Link. And what do you know, it's your birthday! You've just turned the same age as the legendary hero of time was when he saved the land from the terrible evil. And what better way to celebrate then to dress up like
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Silicon Fusion
The game's world is one huge ocean, with many different islands and outcrops for Link to explore. So a horse is not much good for this adventure, and as such, Link will soon have access to a boat, albeit a talking one. His name is King of Red Lions, and
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Four Fat Chicks
Of the 300-plus games I have played, Zelda: Wind Waker ranks in my top three of all time. It's elegant, enchanting, engrossing, beautifully stylized, perfectly polished—a gaming work of art—a masterpiece.
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DreamStation.cc
Once upon a time many a fanboy cried and complained at the look of this latest title in a much loved franchise. Now that it has arrived there will be no more complaints. The game looks simply beautiful. It’s like playing an animated cartoon. It’s so
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Gaming Illustrated
A future classic. One of the most carefully crafted games I have ever played.
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Cyber Gaming Net
Armchair Empire
It’s an example of a game that doesn’t skimp on deep gameplay in favor of style – instead, it has both and it’s already a GameCube classic.
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ESC Magazine
When The Wind Waker was first shown at Nintendo's semi-annual Spaceworld in 2000, the game was greeted with cheers from the crowd as a nearly photorealistic Link did battle with his arch-nemesis Ganon in a castle hall. But things were about to change for
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Just Adventure
No, no, don’t panic. I’m not giving The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker a bad review. But I do have a few things I need to get off my chest.
When The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker hit the store shelves in April, it became the fastest-selling title
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Daily Game
If you want to explore the gameplay aspects of The Wind Waker, the best place to start is with the game’s exploration aspects themselves. Amid all the adventurous swordfights and innovative platforming elements, about half of the time you spend
...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker review at Daily Game
Science Fiction Weekly
In a gorgeous, cel-brushed, fully 3-D world, the hero is manipulated by the same control scheme that was introduced to critical acclaim in The Ocarina of Time. The joystick is used for walking or running, and the gamepad's color-coded buttons execute
...read the complete The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker review at Science Fiction Weekly
Netjak
All told, while I was extremely impressed with The Wind Waker, I didn’t have a whole lot of fun playing it. In fact, more often than not, it felt like work more than play.
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N-Europe
Mwa ha ha ha ha! Foolish fools who mocked this game long ago after seeing screenshots! I laugh at you and your foolish faces!!! Not only is this easily the best GameCube game to date, it is arguably the best Zelda game ever. I guess I can understand why
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RPGFan
Among all of the video games ever created, a select few titles have managed to attain such popularity that they are instantly recognizable to almost anyone, even those who have never held a controller. One of these games is The Legend of Zelda. Ever
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Boomtown
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker really doesn’t need any introduction. The early rendered shots gave a first glimpse of what the GameCube was capable of, and all who read it hailed the shock announcement of the change to cel-shading as lunacy. There
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Lawrence
When Wind Waker was originally announced for Gamecube, the way the graphics and visuals were presented was basically a high res version of the Ocarina of Time's art style. A few months later new screen shots were released showing Link and his companions
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Just RPG
It is quite clear that cel-shading has given this game a charm and grace lacking in other games. You would do yourself a grave injustice if you dismissed this game because of the use of cel-shading.
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The Laser
The land-based areas of Wind Waker should immediately feel familiar to players who played Ocarina of Time because its controls are strikingly similar. The camera system works almost exactly the same but is still effective and easy to use. The game's
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Easily the finest game to grace the GameCube to date.
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Next Level Gaming
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is without a doubt the best Legend of Zelda title game ever made, and quite possibly the best video game ever.
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