Old School Sunday: The LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER – Link? Is that YOU?!

System: Gamecube / Release Date: March 24, 2003

All I have to say is if you don’t already have a Gamecube, go buy one just so you can play this game. Nintendo definitely stepped their game up when making this one, and if you’ve played the previous Link games you’ll definitely love this one. There’s some cool sword action, challenging but fun puzzles, and an exciting storyline… and I’m a sucker for a good storyline. The story starts out with Link who sees his sister being kidnapped by a giant bird. He then has to go on an epic journey to find her, and throughout his journey he meets a series of interesting characters that help him with his mission.

This is the true definition of an adventure game. Link has came a long way from NES and Super NES to the Nintendo 64 and now Nintendo GameCube. This game shows Link in way that we’ve never seen before – he’s just so adorable! Nintendo really shows us what they’re capable of by introducing their use of cel-shading which is different from the previous Link games they’ve made. It pretty much looks like a cartoon. I know some people didn’t like the new look for this game, saying it looked like it was made for little children, but I disagree. The look is fantastic! The cartoon style gives life to the characters and makes their facial expressions so cute that they’re pretty funny.

This game focuses mainly on the wind and how you can use it. Link mainly travels from island to island on his boat, and the wind must blow in the right direc…