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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is a 2013 action-adventure game, developed by Nintendo. It is a remake of 2002 Nintendo Gamecube game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
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In addition to being 1080p with excellent lighting, the game supports Off-TV Play or having the GamePad function as the map or inventory management without having to pause the screen. The game also supports the Wii U Pro Controller. In addition, items aimed in the first-person can be controlled both through the sticks and using the Wii U's gyroscope, to aim them through motion controls like the Whip, Bow, and Telescope.
The Tingle Tuner has been replaced with the Tingle's bottle, which gives players hints from Miiverse similar to Demon's Souls. Traveling across the ocean is now faster by 50% and has automatic wind changes with the Swift Sail. The game had a reworked Triforce quest replacing a few Sea Charts with Triforce pieces. The player can hold 500 rupees at the start instead of just 200. Hero Mode is unlocked from the start. You take double damage in this mode and there are no hearts dropped. It can be toggled on and off throughout a playthrough.
Development[]
In 2013, an HD remake of the game was made for the Wii U mostly developed by HexaDrive and Digitalscape with Nintendo EAD3 mostly supervising. It was first announced by Eiji Aonuma in the January 2013 Nintendo Direct where they were experimenting with art styles for the next installment of the Zelda series. It was released digitally along with a limited Wii U bundle on September 20th for the Wii U eShop, but a physical version did not appear in stores until October 4th in America.
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External links[]
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD at GameFAQs
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD at MobyGames