after the massive success of the ocarina of time, nintendo sought to recreate the magic
once again. In 2002, we received one of the most creative and unique zelda experiences
of all time. Its cartoonish artstyle as well the thought provoking post apocalyptic story
has been looked upon dearly by many in the zelda fandom and is regarded as one of the
best entries in the series. this is the Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker iceberg.
alternate timeline After the finale of Ocarina of time, it was generally believed in the
Zelda community, that the timelines had been split in two. This theory, known as "The Split
Timeline concept" states that after the ending of Ocarina of Time, the Legend of Zelda timeline
separated in two timelines thanks to the act of Zelda sending Adult Link back in time
to relive his childhood. The two separate timelines have been named by fans of the series
as the Adult Timeline (with games such as Majoras Mask and Twilight Princess) and the Child
Timeline (with Wind Waker) respectively. The Adult Timeline is the continuation of
the events after Link's defeat of Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time. The Child Timeline contains the
events after Link reappears as a child seven years prior to Ganondorf's defeat and alters
history. Before Wind Wakers release, Eiji Aonuma, The Game director for Wind Waker confirmed
this theory of split timelines. After the release many fans believed Wind Waker followed
the child timeline despite the many contradictions. In 2006 in an interview with Japanese Magazine
Nintendo Dream, Aonuma once again confirmed his stance on the split timeline theory and
that the series did in fact follow this order. Among the community this theory has been accepted
as a fact. HD remaster In 2013, Nintendo remastered the
Wind Waker on the wii u, making it the first Zelda game entry on the Wii. The project was
directed by Daiki Iwamoto and was produced by Eiji Aonuma, who previously had directed
the original Wind Waker. The game offers various features such as 1080p native resolution,
an entirely new lighting system and many quality of life changes. It received Critical Acclaim
on many fronts and was very well received. As of this year it sits on 2.35 million copies
sold. Wind Waker 2/ Rumored Sequel The Wind Waker
was originally meant to get a sequel, this was confirmed by Lead Artist Satoru Takizawa
in an interview with Nintendo Everything he stated that team was already taking the early
steps into making a Second WInd Waker but that the demand for a game similar to ocarina
of time took over, this demand eventually turned out Twilight Princess. He also stated
the game would have horse riding, but Toon Links proportions werent working as intended.
About a year before the release of Twilight Princess, Eiji Aonuma also said that Wind
Waker 2 was in development, when he was presenting the future of the Zelda franchisein GDC 2004
he revealed what wouldve been ideally the next entries. Admist these was Wind Waker
2 Eventual sequel Even though Wind Waker 2 never
happened it did end up getting two canonical sequels in the forms of The Phantom Hourglass
and later on Spirit Tracks, both for the DS. Both were received with mostly positive reviews
and have amassed a small cult following. Eiji Aonuma did not return to direct these but
instead produced them, the director for both titles were Daiki Iwamoto
Wind Waker "Yonkoma" / Manga Like many games before it, Wind Waker received a manga adaption
in the form of Yonkoma, It is a collection of multiple humerous 4 paneled comic strips
in manga form. A collection of these were released as "Links Logbook"
A link from the past When the player reaches Hyrule Castle, they will be able to see a
statue of older version of Link, this is supposedly a statue of the version of Link we play as
in Ocarina of Time depiction of the sages When the player pulls
out the master sword from Hyrule castle they can see various glass stained paintings depicting
each of the sages from ocarina of time with two of them representing the tri force.
the great flood The game's setting is the Great Sea and the islands within and is mostly
comprised of water, which stands out from the earthly kingdoms of previous games in
the series where the player would normally be able to gallop across the vast majority
of land with horse. Over the course of the main story, it is revealed that the Great
Sea takes place After the End, being what remains after the ancient kingdom of Hyrule,
as seen in Ocarina of time. Hyrule was flooded by the gods to protect it from Ganondorf when
the Hero of Time did not reappear to save it as the prophecy foretold. The islands of
the sea are actually the mountaintops of the ancient kingdom that were flodded, forcing
the inhabitants to adapt. the heros new clothes If the player manages
to beat the game once, and decides to start a new playthrough titled "Second Quest" they
will notice a number of things different with the game, one of these differences is that
Link will now receive "Heros New Clothes'" rather than the normal tunic and cap. However
he will still wear his Outset island outfit throughout the entirety of the game as opposed
to just the opening segment like he normally does. The reasoning for this is that what
he actually is wearing is "invisible except to those of great honesty and virtue," so
the player just can't see them. Orcas challenge One of the residents of Outset
Island goes by the name Orca, hes the man who teaches Link the way of the sword in the
opening act of the game and is regarded as a master swordsman. If Link chooses to visit
Orca later in the game he will challenge Link to hit him as many times as possible without
getting knocked down a total of 3 times. Doing so will award the player with a Piece of heart
if he hits Orca 500 times. However, if the player hits him 1000 times you will get unique
dialogue asking Link if his "left index finger isnt numb"
The cover art lied On the original Nintendo GameCube Japanese and Wii U HD remaster, the
covers depict Valoo and the gods facing off against Helmaroc King. However, this never
actually happens in the game. Admittedly, the distance between them probably means they
were just trying to showcase as many big characters as possible, but none of them are even on-screen
at the same time. Magic Andidote for grandma Sometime after
Link leaves Outset Island, his grandmother falls ill to some unknown disease. Once Link
returns to the island she is barely coherent. If the player uses a fairy antidote on her
she will revert back to normal. She will then reward the player with "Elixir Soup" that
can replenish all of links health and magic. the forest water kills Kalle Demos The forest
water is an item in the game that is meant to be used to heal the Withered forest trees.
It can be taken outside of the Forest Haven but after 20 minutes real time (30 minutes
in the remake) it will turn back into regular water. It was discovered over 14 years after
the game was released that the Forest Water can also instantly kill the Kalle Demos boss
should the player make it to the boss without the water expiring.
Sequence breaking dialog The player can break the sequence of events during the main story
by obtaining the Triforce of Courage before finishing the WInd Temple. This is only possible
if you get the hook from the temple first and then go get the triforce of courage before
completing the temple. Doing so will make the King of Red Lions tell Link to gead to
Hyrule rather than finish the temple as the player normally should.
Zunaris Stall During the daytime, the player cannot go into Zunaris stand on Windfall island
due to him shooing the player away if he gets to close, but if the player starts the trading
quest involving Mila they can go to his stall during the night without consequences, if
the player uses the Song Of Passing while in his stall time wil fast forward, Zunari
will then come into his stall and be confused as to how Link got in before shooing him away
regardless. Captain Dazel In the Italian version of the
Wind Waker, Tetra is renamed Dazel. This is an anagram of Zelda and a hint towards Tetras
identity Who made Ganons sword? The Hylian text on
Ganondorfs sword is yet another nod to Majoras Mask. If translated, the text reads "Zubora
Gabora" which are two blacksmiths found in the village of Snowhead.
"water" wind and fire The three pearls Link finds throughout the game all relate to the
three Goddesses who themselves relate to a given element. Din's Pearl is at Dragon Roost
Island (the game's fire dungeon), Farore's Emerald is at the Forbidden Woods (the games
wind dungeon, but to a lesser extent then the wind temple found later on) and finally
Nayru's Pearl is held by Jabun, who is a large fish that lived at Greatfish Island until
it was destroyed. It then later sought refuge in a sea cave at Outset Island.
The King Of Red Lions Foreshadowing Early on in the game, Link will receive the "Pirate
Charm" from Tetra, it is used as a communicator throughout the game and allows link to converse
with characters when they are not present. However later on in the game the King Of Red
Lions knows how to use this charm perfectly for what at the moment seems to be unexplained
reasons, but as we learn later on he is actually King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, this would explain
why he can use it since the King is actually the one who made it for Zelda, who Tetra is
later on revealed to be. Addiotionally, the notes he first makes Link
play after getting the Wind Waker are Zeldas Lullaby, which then plays later when Tetra
is revealed to be Zelda. the friends along the way In the auction house,
Treasure Chart #18 can be purchased with an opening bid of 5 rupees, however if the player
pursues this treasure they will find only one rupee at this location. To many peoples
dissapointment, the real treasure was the friends were made along the way.
familiar faces While the player is exploring forest haven island, they will come across
Carlovs shop, also referred to as "the nintendo gallery". In this location the player can
turn in various pictographs of npcs and enemies so that Carlov may sculpt them into figurines
which can later be reviewed while the player is in the shop.
People familiar with previous N64 entries will recognize some of the items that can
be seen behind Carlov. The "Bunny Hood", "All Night", "Goron" and "Keaton Mask" from Majoras
Mask can all be seen in his shop. An unpainted wood sculpture of what strikes
a very close resemblance to Saria from Ocarina of Time can also be seen in his shop. This
itself would be another reference to Saria as you can find a house vary similar to hers
from Ocarina of time 3 bottles with a similar Lon Lon Milk logo
from Ocarina of Time can be seen on the shelves as well. If you translate the Hyrulian text
on the bottle it actually does say Lon Lon The Strongest Enemy in the game On Outset
Island in the beginning of the game the player is tasked with helping Abe catch a pig, The
player then catches it by sneaking up on it, he can bring it to Abe's wife, Rose, who then
gives him a red Rupee as a reward and subsequently names the pig after whatever the player has
named themselves. "Link" the pig can later be seen when you return to Outset island later
in the game but this time it is no longer the small pig it once was. If the player chooses
to engange Link the Pig and combat he will do a total of 3 full hearts of damage. This
is the most damage a single enemy can do to link in game, making him the strongest enemy
in the game along side the Mighty Darknut jump slashes which deals a total of three
hearts and being swallowed by Molgera which deals two hearts.
The Light arrows The arrows Link gets during the final boss encounter are the most powerful
item in the game, capable of one shotting any enemy in the game including the Darknuts
without having the aim for their weakpoint. The only enemy who is not affected by them
is Link the Pig pig marks the spot Link the Pig has the ability
to dig deep into the ground, He can only dig in dark patches. But, since he is so large,
the only way for Link to lift him up is if he has the Power Bracelet, and also he needs
to have All-Purpose Bait in order to get him to dig. If the player makes Link dig all
around Outset Island they can find a Heart Piece and a large amount of rupies
good guy mike/ wind waker pronoun patch A man named Mike Hoye made a special Rom Hack
by hand for his 3 year old daughter. He hex-edited a disk image of Wind Waker, swapping "he"
to "she" and "him" to "her," with "milady" used in place of "my lad" and "master".
the Wind Waker- Gender Neutral This is a romhack that makes all dialogue referring to link
as a male into gender neutral language. Better Wind Waker This is a romhack of the
already existing romhack "Wind Waker Randomizer" however this implements all of the various
quality of life changes that improve the game overall but remove the function of the randomizer,
such as removing tedious mechanics of the game, making certain actions faster, unlocking
certain items earlier in the game to maximize their use, randomizing various enemy color
palettes and removing the need of 3rd party hardware such as the tingle tuner.
despite mixed fan reactions, The Wind Waker remains a fan favorite for many. It created
an entirely new version of link that would extend beyond the realm of its original appearance.
And a future sequel is always possible.