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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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PGNx Media
Miyamoto has done it again. The Wind Waker is a definite masterpiece. Link’s brand new adventure is as beautiful as it could be and everything’s just too good to say it’s kiddy.
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Games Xtreme
The story behind the game is based around your young character. As he is coming of age it is tradition for him to don the heroes clothes for the day (you know those little pixie type green clothes). Unfortunately, when pirates stumble on to the island of
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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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Nintendo Insider
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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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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Gaming Nexus
The animation is also top-notch. When you watch Link engage in a sword duel, the fluidity of it is remarkable, and unparalleled. There are just so many times where it blew me away.
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TGSN
Hello, I am Link.I save princesses from evil wizards and sail across a vast ocean in my talking boat. I am a hero. Well that's what you would be lulled into thinking after playing this immersive game. Before I go on, I think the Cel-Shaded argument has
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GameCube Cafe
The story revolves around a young boy, Link, who lives on a small island with his grandma. Surrounded by the Great Sea, they live a life in peace and harmony. As a sign of courage every boy at the age of twelve dresses in green clothes to commemorate the
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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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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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Cyber Gaming Net
GameCube Advanced
This is perhaps the greatest ever chapter in the Zelda series. It manages to be absolutely revolutionary and yet still familiar.
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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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Cubed3
In the early days of the NES, we saw games with much more regularity than we do now, and so in 1987, just a year after the launch of the original Zelda game, we saw its sequel: Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link. Surprisingly, after the phenomenal success
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Game Power Australia
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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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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GamingWorld X
The plot is quite and interesting one, as well. Everything that makes up a great game is here. Well…all that can be said know is, go and experience this game first hand, you won’t be disappointed.
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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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Gaming Illustrated
A future classic. One of the most carefully crafted games I have ever played.
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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
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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
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GameSpot
The game's characters are extremely expressive in their motion and appearance.
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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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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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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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Games Radar
At this point it's hard to remember all the hoopla Wind Waker caused when it launched in 2003. Nintendo ditched the serious tone of 1998's Ocarina of Time and replaced it with a childish, Saturday morning version of always-hero Link and the kingdom of
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AllGame
Taking place long after the events in Ocarina of Time, the game finds a young Link with expressive, almond-shaped eyes who is suddenly pressed into action when a giant bird swoops down and abducts his sister. Thus begins a epic quest taking place on a
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Village Voice
and mood, the progression's installments have always relied on elastic trajectories through mysterious worlds interspersed by diverting games-within-the-game, battles, and discoveries of objects whose uses reveal themselves later. For fans, this is better
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