The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

The legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the remake of the 2003 Nintendo GameCube version, it was to mark the ten year anniversary of Zelda, and is widely known as one of the most popular Zelda games.

The game was released on the Wii U in Europe on October 4th 2013. On its release it received excellent reviews by some harsh critics. Metacritic gave the game a 90/100, and Game Rankings gave it a 90.29%. The better graphics in comparison to the 2003 version does help in its corner but it wasn't only just that but the story was also met with positive remarks, as many critics said that it keeps with tradition of memorable Zelda games. Not only the story and graphics but the combat mechanics also got rave reviews with critics saying that it is the best feature of the game.

On the first week of its release, in Japan 30,000 copies were sold and in the following week in the UK, sales of Wind Waker and the Wii U increased by a whopping 685%. With the independent saying that Nintendo hasn't had the best of times recently, but with increased sales, Nintendo can take some comfort in it's very recent success.

The game is set on a group of islands on a sea called the great sea, Link of course being the main character is struggling against Ganondorf for the control of a relic called the Triforce. Link during the game spends most of the time sailing between islands and travelling through dungeons and temples to gain the power to kill Ganondorf and then rescue his younger sister Aryll. Well that is the basic story of the game, but throughout the game you can also explore these different islands and discover new things which will immerse you even more into the game.

The game play is very much the same to the original version, however with the new graphics and several new features it makes the game even more exciting. The Wii U GamePad's touch screen is used as a map interface and a inventory screen. The player is able to use the motion controls to control the Wind Waker, weapons like the bow can be used by using the GamePad's gyroscope. The game also offers off-TV play which allows the player to play the game only on the Gamepad. Since this game is HD then the game has been updated since the 2003 version with 1080p graphics, and you can clearly see that the game is quite a bit lighter.

The best thing I like about the game is the quirky and bright graphics and characters, of course everyone loves Link but to see the remake of this game in HD is brilliant. And is what many Zelda fans have been calling for years now. But the only problem I have with this game is the fact that Nintendo haven't got with the times and have decided to go back to a game from 2003 and not come up with another game idea. But in my opinion the positives outweigh the negatives and this game receives a

 9/10.