Lookout platform

Lookout platforms are wooden outposts found all over the Great Sea in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. They are used by enemies such as Bokoblins, Kargarocs and Wizzrobes. Some lookout platforms have cannons that shoot at Link and the King of Red Lions if they are nearby. Lookout platforms can be identified from a large skull sticking on the roof. A certain Special Chart named the Platform Chart specifically points out which islands the lookout platforms are close to, including how many are near the respective islands.

Besides enemies, lookout platforms have breakable pots. Every lookout platform has a Treasure Chest that appears when Link defeats every enemy and sometimes also the tower's cannons. The reward within the Treasure Chests are usually either a valuable Rupee or a Golden Feather. However, there is one with a Piece of Heart, and two have a specific Treasure Chart.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, lookout platforms appear in the background of the Pirate Ship stage. As the ship passes by, the lookout platforms randomly shoot cannonballs at players when the ship passes by. The stage returns in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, in which it has an Omega form which takes place on a lookout platform. In the latter game, some of the lookout platform was converted into a platform floating on the Great Sea. Some of its features were removed, such as the mounted cannons and the small roof with a skull. The lookout platform no longer has a visible wooden pole sticking out of the sea, and the ladder was made a lot shorter.