The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
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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 m
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- Developer
- Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release · Nintendo GameCube
- Worldwide — Apr 16, 2003
- Worldwide — Dec 13, 2002
- Worldwide — Mar 24, 2003
- Worldwide — May 02, 2003
- Worldwide — May 07, 2003
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