Game entry

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

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

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is ranked no. 68 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,859 and 70% of duels won.

World rank

no. 68

ELO score

1,859

Wins

70%

Duels played

360

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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.

The community says

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

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,859 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

against Portal 2 20% 5 duels played · 134 points behind
against Grand Theft Auto V 50% 4 duels played · 49 points ahead
against Portal 100% 3 duels played · 40 points behind
against Elden Ring 33% 3 duels played · 27 points behind
against Metal Gear Solid 33% 3 duels played · 92 points behind

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

65 Dead Cells 1,863
66 Doom II: Hell on Earth 1,863
67 Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia 1,862
68 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 1,859
69 Dark Souls: Remastered 1,859
70 Tetris 1,858
71 Limbo 1,857

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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
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.
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
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
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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