> [!game] *The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker* > ![[The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker Box Art - Front.jpg]] > > [!art]- Back of Box > > ![[The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker Box Art - Back.jpg]] > > Developer: Nintendo EAD > Publisher: Nintendo > Platform: GameCube > Release: March, 24, 2003 [User Manual](https://zeldacentral.com/games/the-wind-waker/instruction-manual/) [Save data](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P1zrgzyJj9MqPi8nTw0HUlKhXC4AbOnb/view?usp=share_link) # Summary A young lad sets out on a quest to save his younger sister after she is the next in a string of abductions. Mystery and magic quickly swirl around the boy as an ancient tale comes to life in unexpected ways. Set sail on the open ocean to explore the world in, let's be honest, the best one. # Acquisition I bought this at a GameStop sometime before Circuit City went out of business in March 2009. I think we were visiting the States or had just moved back, so it would have been 2008ish. It was on a little stand near the register and was exactly what I was went in there to find. Why the Circuit City detail? Because GameStop did not have a GameCube Game Boy Advance cable, which I had to have so I could use the Tingle Tuner. I found one in the back corner of a Circuit City. # Memories The older I get, the foggier my origins with this one become. I found a note that said I bought the game for $13, but my brain says it was $18. Did I play *Phantom Hourglass* first? I think so? What I do remember is being obsessed with the [Detstar page](https://web.archive.org/web/20080801100715/http://www.detstar.com/zeldawindwaker/stuff/) for *Wind Waker*. I poured over those pages, images, and maps. I vividly remember the actual picking up of the game (just no the price apparently 😅). I remember being swept away on a grand adventure. There is no other game quite like *Wind Waker* in its sense of isolation, exploration, and discovery. It will always be my first mainline *Zelda* game and I will cherish it always. # Related Posts - [[Eon's GCHD MK-II Review — Unlocking the GameCube's Full Potential]] - [[Returning to Death Stranding Six Months Later]] - [[The Game Boy Advance Turns 20]] - [[The Good Ol’ Nintendo Rumor Mill]] - [[The History of Breath of the Wild]] - [[Behind the Scenes of My First Video Essay – My Journey to Becoming a Map Maker]] - [[My Journey to Becoming a Map Maker Credits]] - [[Analogue Pocket Preview]] - [[Ghost of Tsushima Preview]] - [[The Legend of Zelda Fan Makes Their Own Bottle of Lon Lon Milk]] - [[The Legend of Zelda– New Year Resolution]] - [[MFP20 - “A Gift to the Zelda Community” with Javed Sterritt]] - [[MFP26 - “Mind-Boggling Effects” with Chris Johnston]] - [[MFP28 - “Synergy on the Horizon” with Logan Moore]] - [[MFP31 - “The Release Date of this House” with Coury Carlson]] - [[MFP36 - "I will be Flabbergasted" with Logan Moore]] - [[Millennial Gaming Speak – Episode 45 - The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild Reaction]] - [[The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild Preview]] - [[The Legend of Zelda - Collector's Edition]] - [[The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time]] - [[The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time & Master Quest]] - [[Metroid - Zero Mission]] %% ```base views: - type: table name: Related Posts filters: and: - file.links.contains(this.file) - file.inFolder("Published") order: - file.name - Published sort: - property: Published direction: ASC columnSize: file.name: 513 ``` %% # Versions - [[Zeruda no Densetsu Kaze no Takuto]] - [[The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker HD|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD]] # Miscellaneous - [*The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker* E3 2002 Reveal](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6uzTeRvm1Uo&t=1861) - [[EGM-Issue-148-Cel-da.pdf|EGM Issue 148, November 2001: Cel-da Debate]] - [Detstar's *Wind Waker* home page](https://web.archive.org/web/20080827164230/http://www.detstar.com/zeldawindwaker)