The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the tenth installment of The Legend of Zelda series. It was first released on the Nintendo GameCube in 2002 in Japan and the following year in North America, Europe, and Australia. In 2013, the game was remastered and re-released for the Wii U with the title, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD.

As suggested from the box art, much of the game involves Link traveling across the Great Sea to other islands, by riding a talking boat, the King of Red Lions. Similar to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which features the titular Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is also named after instrument, in this case, the Wind Waker.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is noted for its distinctive cartoon-like visuals, a departure from that of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. As a result, fans were divisive over the art style, and while The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was one of the best-selling titles for the GameCube, it had significantly fewer sales than The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In response to this, the realistic visuals were added into the next home console game, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker received two direct sequels for the Nintendo DS, both of which have a similar art style, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. In the Super Smash Bros. series, the Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and its sequels is named Toon Link, to discern from normal Link and Young Link.

Other characters
The list does not include the Golden Goddesses, whose story was retold during a flashback.

Locations
The Great Sea is the main, overseeing location for every island. The Great Sea has and the island coordinates are shown from map called the Sea Chart, which is arranged on a 7x7 coordinate grid, with 49 square sectors; each sector hosts one of the 49 islands. Some islands are larger than others, and some are entirely optional for Link to visit.

Islands
Late into his adventure, just outside the Tower of the Gods, Link and the King of Red Lions can travel down to visit a sunken Hyrule Castle. The final area that Link visits is Ganon's Tower, which also appears underwater, near Hyrule Castle.

There are lookout platforms, secret caverns, and submarines appearing in various parts of the Great Sea. Link can access the two temples, Earth Temple and the Wind Temple, from Headstone Isle and Gale Isle respectively.

Shops
There are a few shops, all of which are on Windfall Island (except Beedle's Shop Ship).


 * Beedle's Shop Ship
 * Bomb Shop
 * Chu Jelly Juice Shop
 * Zunari's Shop

Enemies

 * Armos
 * Armos Knight
 * Beamos (red and green)
 * Big Octo
 * Boko Baba
 * Bokoblin (slate, green, and pink)
 * Bombchu
 * Bubble (red and blue)
 * ChuChu (red, green, yellow, and blue)
 * Dark ChuChu
 * Darknut
 * Dexivine
 * Fire Keese
 * Floormaster
 * Gyorg
 * Kargaroc
 * Keese
 * Magtail
 * Mighty Darknut
 * Miniblin
 * Moblin (brown and teal)
 * Molgera larva (boss helper)
 * Morth
 * Mothula (wingless and winged)
 * Octorok (purple and pink)
 * Peahat
 * Phantom Ganon (mini-boss)
 * Poe
 * Rat
 * ReDead
 * Seahat
 * Stalfos
 * Warship
 * Wizzrobe (red, yellow, and orange (miniboss))

Traps and obstacles

 * Blade Trap
 * Floor spikes
 * Fog
 * Moblin Bust
 * Vines

Items and weapons
As with previous games, there are both one-of-a-kind items and replenishable items. Most of these items can be assigned to the, , or button.

There are a few items that Link can only use in a dungeon.
 * Boss Key
 * Compass
 * Small Key

There are some items that Link can only use in a bottle.

There are three unique bags which Link can obtain, each storing certain items inside. From the Pause menu, the player can select a bag and press to open it, allowing them to view the items contained inside.

There are five unique charts which help Link in finding the location of something hidden.

Equipment
These are items directly equipped to Link without assigning to a certain button.

By defeating certain enemies, Link can pick up their weapon and use it around the current location. This includes:


 * Boko Stick
 * Darknut Sword
 * Machete
 * Moblin Spear
 * Phantom Ganon's sword
 * Stalfos Club

Decorations
Decorations are items that Link can decorate around the different islands.