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    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Review
    Topic Started: Apr 29 2005, 11:33 PM (367 Views)
    DiddyKongDude
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    [size=7]The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker[/size]

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    Graphics

    There has been much debate over the graphics. I don't know why because the graphics are better than Ocarina of Time graphics in my opinion. I played Wind Waker, then started playing Majoras Mask(same style of graphics as Ocarina of Time) and i though my TV was messed up. Sure, Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask are good, but Wind Waker is better. I mean, a new game is bound to be better then a 6 year old game. And dont say im trashing Ocarina of Time, because i said Wind Waker was better,not that Ocarina of Time stinks. Also, The overwold graphics almost knocked me off my chair. The sea is well drawn out and the islands, although small, are very interesting. I could walk on one island and not be bored for over an hour.

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    Gameplay

    This is some of the BEST gameplay I've ever played. There are not as many dungeons, but the dungeons that are there are beautiful(or however it is spelled). There are mind-puzzling puzzles and AWESOME bosses. It is easy, though. I've never beat a Zelda game before this, and i beat Wind Waker in less than 3 weeks. Although easy, enjoy running around and pulling out some of the amazing weaponry. I walk around for 30 minutes shooting the giant pig and running for my life. Whoever made the gameplay for this, must be a good guy to hang around.

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    Sound

    The sound for Wind Waker is amazing, the introduction song was so good, I got it stuck in my head the first time I heard it. The sound effects are awesome, too. The sound the sword makes as it hits an enemy is cool. Also, the sound of the lave and flames is very cool. I wish I had the soundtrack for Wind Waker. The sound of the wave is also amazing. The orchestra(or whatever made the music) must have worked VERY hard to make these amazing songs.

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    Overall

    Overall, Wind Waker is a good buy. It is the reason I bought the Gamecube in the first place. I would like to thank Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto for making Zelda possible. While we are talking about Shigeru Miyamoto, lets put a bit of a spotlight on him. He made Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, and many, many more games during his career at Nintendo. He went to Nintendo planning to make toys for children(Nintendo was a toy company in Japan). But, in the end, he was making games for Nintendo. Nintendo was new to the gaming industry. Miyamoto's first game was Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600. He made more games for Nintendo after that. He made The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was a hit. He went on and made more games for the Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, and now, the Nintendo Gamecube. I would like to thank him for all his hard work to make everyone happy. He went to Nintendo to make kids happy with toys, he ended up making kids happy with something more rememberable, video games.

    My Overall Score for Wind Waker is 10/10
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    Stu_J
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    Kirby
    nice review man, i agree with you tht this game is awesome, possibly my fav on the cube', but i dnt think it's an orcarina beater, i think that if it was a bit loner, nt much though and the overall score had a hbit more detail, eg percentages it wood be PERFECT! apart from that aeseome!!
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    Sontailsic
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    NICE REVIEW! Great chance for ROTM, but I just disagree with the "it's better than OoT" statment, but great otherwise :D

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    DiddyKongDude
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    Thnks guys! I worked hard on this, and it's nice to hear good comments. :)

    About the OoT statement, It was only my opinion, they are both awesome, in fact, I would probably say they are both around the same amount of greatness.
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    Nintendo_Golfer
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    Diddy......only because you've been on the forums as long as me, will I not totally bash this review of ww........... :x
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    Donkey Kong
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    Nice review! But it wasn't better than Ocarina of Time. Because that's the best videogame ever!
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    gc0801
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    Nice review

    only problem is the oot statement many people who will vote will look at that and not like the review

    I do think that wind waker was good but it does not deserve a 10/10 that is for greater games like mp, mp2 and ssbm or oot
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    Infierno
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    Very good Review!
    The pictures where great, highlighting the titles in Red made it easy for people to know the subject of the review ;)
    But WW isn't a 10/10 game, no game really is
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    Hitokiri Battosai
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    Very nice review, I liked it!
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    Cloud_Strife
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    Im a goofy goober! ROCK!
    Not bad but if you dont mind my input i'll let you know what i thought was missing.

    Graphics: Something about the cell shading and depth of field would help, comparing to OoT and Majoras Mask dosnt say much.

    Gameplay: Tell about the button config. What was good about traveling to islands or (in my case) the downside of sailing.

    Sound: Talk about background music for fighting and sailing or the islands.

    Overall: Really judge a game, even if i really like something think of a reasonable score like 9/10 or even 9.5/10.
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