@davidrevoy oh cool Wind Waker, my favorite game
@davidrevoy (yes, I know)
@cwebber π€£ haha, thanks.
It's one Zelda game I never played. But I remember the screenshot and teasers from that time. This one had a very specific art-direction and I'm really curious about it.
I still have a Wii here, and I just saw that buying a Gamecube controller (compatible) is still cheap. Also, the game can run on the Wii and controler can connect. Yay. But, I just had a look at the price on Ebay of Zelda Wind Waker gamecube disc... they went so pricey! I'll try to look somewhere else.
@davidrevoy don't you want the Wii version? looks like you can get it for $40 USD @cwebber
@davidrevoy ah, OK. I thought the Wii U was Wii because the "U" doesn't look like a letter to me
@cwebber
@2ck @davidrevoy They're mostly the same game except that the Wii U version adds a feature to the boat that lets you remove some of the sailing parts that many players found tedious (and the graphics are upped, a bit better textures, a lot more glow effects)
However I found that the sailing between islands was... nice. It was so relaxing! When I was in college sometimes I would boot it up and just sail around and move the camera in circles around my boat to destress, land on random little islands, and just goof around, maybe find something cool in the process!
@2ck @davidrevoy And yes, it's the Zelda game with *the best* art style, IMO. And I think you'll find that your drawing looks an *awful lot* like a combination of the second and third major islands you travel to in the game. But don't look it up. Just play it and see if you agree!
(It's also the Zelda game with the best soundtrack! Well, Breath of the Wild is good too. I put both of those on as background hacking music a lot!)
@cwebber @2ck Nice. I just saw it was adapted as a remake in 2022 for the Switch ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-cpQYs6PQE ) . Finding a refurbished Switch on the second hand market might be not too expensive to play it. And I'll can also try BOTW maybe.
@davidrevoy @2ck BOTW is good fun. It's a lot more open-ended than other Zeldas. I don't think it's as good as Wind Waker, but it's also not something that really bears comparison so maybe that's not fair... it's different, they're both good.
@davidrevoy @cwebber @2ck@qoto.org Wind Waker is not on the Switch. That video is unfortunately not real.
@cwebber @2ck @davidrevoy I played an enormous amount of Wind Waker (GameCube + GBA side screen). Not sure I ever completed the main quest, but I liked just sailing & fighting & looting.
Down side, you had to have Tingle along to get a lot of the loot.
@cwebber
I've got this version
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@2ck
Oh a Wii version existed? I thought only a Gamecube (compatible with Wii) then a "Wii U" version (an HD adaptation), but I don't have a WiiU.
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