The History of The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker

Nintendo Powercast - Nintendo Podcast

N64Josh.com

Leisure, Video Games

4.5 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this video, we explore the history of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, one of the most beloved games in the iconic Zelda franchise. We delve into the game's development, its unique cel-shaded graphics, and the new gameplay mechanics it introduced. We also discuss the setting of the game, the vast Great Sea, with its 49 islands, and the characters and challenges that Link encounters throughout his journey. Additionally, we look at the game's place in the Zelda timeline, its direct references to Ocarina of Time, and the confirmation of the split timeline theory. We also discuss the limited edition releases of the game, including the pak that included a GameCube console. Whether you're a longtime fan of The Legend of Zelda series or new to the franchise, this video is a must-watch for anyone interested in the history and legacy of The Wind Waker.

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0:45.9	Welcome to a very special episode of the Nintendo Powercast.
0:47.6	I'm your host to N64, Josh.
0:56.0	And in this episode, we are going to be participating in a countdown with The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom.
1:03.7	So Rebecca Stone at Forest Minish, who is a staff writer at Twinfinite and host of the Nintendo Shack podcast, is doing a, now she's been doing 20, like 20 days, like a 20 day countdown.
1:13.7	I'm a little late to the party.
1:15.8	I just saw these tweets this morning.
1:17.6	I was like, you know what?
1:18.2	I want to get involved in this.
1:19.9	And so for May 2nd, the game is Wind Waker.
1:24.0	And I've got such fun memories of that game that I want to I want to share with you guys,
1:28.1	but I also want to give you a bunch of backstory and the history of Wind Waker.
1:33.5	So without further ado, let's jump into Wind Waker.
1:37.4	Of course, you can participate in this countdown by using hashtag TOTK countdown.
1:48.0	And that's where I'm going to be, I'll be posting some links to these episodes using
1:51.6	the same, the same hashtag.
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