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Game entry

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

2002 · Action-adventure, Puzzle · GameCube, Wii U · Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker holds position no. 44 in the world ranking on GameForever, with 1,874 ELO points and 72% of duels won out of 404 played. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against Portal 2: 1 wins to 4 across 5 duels. In its strongest family it holds position no. 2 out of 110 (2002).

World rank

no. 44

ELO score

1,874

Wins

72%

Duels played

404

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About The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

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.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,874 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 41 Divinity: Original Sin II 1,876
  2. 42 Hitman 3 1,876
  3. 43 Final Fantasy X 1,874
  4. 44 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 1,874
  5. 45 Stardew Valley 1,873
  6. 46 Super Mario World 1,871
  7. 47 Journey 1,869

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The standing

Where The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 2 out of 110 (2002).

Where The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 44 5,035
Action-adventure 10 329
2000s 11 1,308
2002 2 110

The community

The debate

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  1. SaveByte40

    Honestly, 59th feels generous at this point, but I'll vote and move on.

    CritWolf

    Généreux à ce point vraiment ? Perso je me demande ce qui aurait dû changer depuis pour justifier moins

    AnaïsKid

    59e ça me semble déjà pas mal généreux pour ce qu'il propose encore aujourd'hui

    Philippine_46

    Généreux, franchement j'ai du mal à voir ce qui justifierait de le faire descendre plus bas que ça

    Pixel_Poirier

    Enfin bon, ce genre de commentaire revient souvent, et je me demande si ça vient vraiment d'un jugement sur le jeu ou juste d'une lassitude générale envers les vieux classiques

    Pons39

    Replying to CritWolf

    J'ai plutôt eu l'inverse, je m'en souviens comme d'un jeu qu'on votait par automatisme sans trop se poser de questions sur pourquoi

  2. Cortez_1998

    The camera during combat holds up surprisingly well compared to Far Cry 2's aiming feel, less fiddly overall despite being the older game.

  3. GlitchBard3

    The dungeon design in the back half still holds up better than people give it credit for, especially the later ones.

    Lenoir80

    Bien d'accord, et je rajouterais que même le level design d'avant, souvent décrié, se défend pas mal.

    PaulLegend

    Perso les donjons de la fin m'ont surtout paru longs, j'avais hâte de retrouver la mer pour souffler un peu

  4. xkshlerin

    Played it at my cousins place one summer, borrowed console setup, adn honestly the sailing dragged so much we started skipping whole stretches by just leaving the room during travel. Fun dungeons when they finally happened though.

    GhostByte3

    Vous pensez vraiment que sauter les traversées enlève quelque chose au jeu, ou c'est justement la preuve que cette partie était de trop, moi j'ai jamais eu le courage de le finir en entier

  5. CoopKnight4

    You have to admit the sailing splits opinions hard, some people find it meditative and others just find it slow.

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