Poll: Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, was the Cel shade good or bad?
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The Wind Waker Fit given the nature of the game. I seem to remember hearing something about planning on making some LoZ games with "toon link" as he has come to be called, replacing young link. And other LoZ games that would only feature the more mature link, more akin to in Twilight Princess.
In my opinion the cell shading wasn't bad, very different from the style of previous titles but interesting all the same
What killed Wind Waker for me was the difficulty, i found it way too easy and over too soon (just as i was starting to enjoy it)
Personally I prefer the more realistic style of Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess
What killed Wind Waker for me was the difficulty, i found it way too easy and over too soon (just as i was starting to enjoy it)
Personally I prefer the more realistic style of Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess
I loved the look of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - it gave the game a unique visual style that has never failed to impress anyone I've shown the game to. The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess is an equally amazing game, but the graphics are more "conventional" and have less appeal among the non-gamers.
That's how I felt. After seeing the initial shots of it looking all final fantasy-esque I was mega let down when I saw the cell shading. But then after playing it I thought it flowed perfectly. They'd made a bold move and gone for something unique and I've always loved that about Nintendo.Jovlo said:
Because it would be a straight remake of a 10-year old game that is now obsolete. It's like doing a straight remake of Goldeneye with just updated graphics...NO NO NO NO NO!SecretTacoNinja said:
Plus Nintendo already has a nasty reputation of being lazy and not thinking up anything new (i.e., reusing Zelda, Mario, and Metroid over and over and over), so what do you think a straight remake would do for them?
Oh, and I liked the graphics, btw. Approach it as an adventure game and not a KILLEVERYTHINGIAMTEHLINKFEARME slash-fest and you'll be fine.
The Wind Waker Manifesto or Why This Was The Best Zelda Game. I hope you enjoy it:
I am not a Zelda fan and yet I enjoyed Wind Waker particularly because I felt like it didn't pander to the fans and instead tried to do something different. Brass balls, indeed. I appreciated the fact that when Link walks past a villager, the two look at eachother and their expressions change. Link's head turns to face people and things of interest as he's walking by and the effect was lifelike. It was also a clever way of giving the player feedback. Animals, enemies and NPCs animated in a way that made them look alive and I'm not sure this would've been communicated the same way if they were covered in realistic textures. In fact, I felt the simplicity of the cartoon style allowed the characters expressions and animations to have more impact. Thus, I enjoyed this game for its craft. Up until Wind Waker, Link felt stiff and boring to me. He had no expression and no soul. He was merely my avatar and I had no connection with him. Wind Waker changed that.
I also liked the sailing of Wind Waker. Many people complained about this component of the game, but Zelda games have a way of opening up the world for you as you progress. When you combine the teleportation spell with the wind-direction spell, navigation can be kinda fun. There aren't many games that embrace nautical exploration, yet the game rewards you for reading the chart/map and using these spell tools intelligently, as the wind blowing in the right direction fills your sails and rushes you to your destination.
My only complaint with the game is that it's not particularly difficult at any point. I suppose I could've simply avoided the heart pieces but there are other, more interesting ways of making a game difficult. The Zelda formula is well characterized and you can guarantee that in a given dungeon you will find a new item, a boss that is vulnerable to said item, and a heart piece as the reward for killing said boss. A few more surprises would've been nice.
I am not a Zelda fan and yet I enjoyed Wind Waker particularly because I felt like it didn't pander to the fans and instead tried to do something different. Brass balls, indeed. I appreciated the fact that when Link walks past a villager, the two look at eachother and their expressions change. Link's head turns to face people and things of interest as he's walking by and the effect was lifelike. It was also a clever way of giving the player feedback. Animals, enemies and NPCs animated in a way that made them look alive and I'm not sure this would've been communicated the same way if they were covered in realistic textures. In fact, I felt the simplicity of the cartoon style allowed the characters expressions and animations to have more impact. Thus, I enjoyed this game for its craft. Up until Wind Waker, Link felt stiff and boring to me. He had no expression and no soul. He was merely my avatar and I had no connection with him. Wind Waker changed that.
I also liked the sailing of Wind Waker. Many people complained about this component of the game, but Zelda games have a way of opening up the world for you as you progress. When you combine the teleportation spell with the wind-direction spell, navigation can be kinda fun. There aren't many games that embrace nautical exploration, yet the game rewards you for reading the chart/map and using these spell tools intelligently, as the wind blowing in the right direction fills your sails and rushes you to your destination.
My only complaint with the game is that it's not particularly difficult at any point. I suppose I could've simply avoided the heart pieces but there are other, more interesting ways of making a game difficult. The Zelda formula is well characterized and you can guarantee that in a given dungeon you will find a new item, a boss that is vulnerable to said item, and a heart piece as the reward for killing said boss. A few more surprises would've been nice.
The game doesn't look old too, boot it up today and it still looks as good as the first day I saw it.AndyVale said:
Wind Waker is the James Dean to Ocarina of Times Marlon Brando, both are legends, but Ocarina of Time and Marlon Brando got old and saggy looking, rough around the edges.
Wind Waker and James Dean will always look young.
however I'm a little concerned with how the series will turn out due to all this "Casual" gaming crap.
Also a big shout out to the Queen of the Fairies, the little girl fairy in the secret place, she says "I like you".
I love her!, she's great, I could listen to her giggle all day long.
I love her!, she's great, I could listen to her giggle all day long.
What made the Wind Wanker one of the... less fun Zelda games wasn't the Cel Shading.
I couldn't care less about it. What I hated about it was how absurdly easy the game was in comparison to its predecessor, the lack of content, some awkward design choices (the sailing. OMG. Please, Let it stop!) and how short it was compared to the older games.
To be honest, it was a Nintendo game so when it cames to the graphics I could not really care less. Wind Wanker has a lot of issues, cel shading graphics being the least of them.
I couldn't care less about it. What I hated about it was how absurdly easy the game was in comparison to its predecessor, the lack of content, some awkward design choices (the sailing. OMG. Please, Let it stop!) and how short it was compared to the older games.
To be honest, it was a Nintendo game so when it cames to the graphics I could not really care less. Wind Wanker has a lot of issues, cel shading graphics being the least of them.
I loved the art style in the Wind Waker, and it's hard to pick my favourite Zelda game out of that, and A Link To The Past.
i agree, if cell shade makes WW gay than call me Mrs Gaylord rainbowpants because i love cell shade, TP's realistic look was a huge cockslap because zelda was suposed to be exploring dungeons and meeting interesting and wacky characters and not just exploring dungeons and not meeting any interesting people, making "kiddy" looking Zelda's would be the best thing because it makes it more charming, its impossible to simpathize with TP's characters when they barely make part of the story and dont have things to sayToonLink said:
everyone that thinks WW was gay is wrong and cant possibly argue otherwise because hes too busy riping of a minotaurs dick and hanging him with it in God of War
also calling something collorful and happy gay shouldnt be disrespectfull to the LGBT comunity since they are collorful and happy, have you ever seen a Gay pride parade?