---
alias: "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker"
developers:
  - Nintendo
  - Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3
franchises:
  - The Legend of Zelda
genres:
  - Puzzle
  - Role-playing (RPG)
  - Adventure
registered_hours: 35
release: 2002-12-12
status: Played
times_played: 1
title: "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker"
url: https://www.igdb.com/games/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker
---

# The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

## Brief

> 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 must be explored using a boat named King of Red Lions.

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