The Controversial History of Zelda Wind Waker | Gaming History
The Wind Waker is one of the most beloved Zelda games for its unique artstyle and gameplay. However it once suffered a major controversy that shook the series to its core. Today we look at this piece of Gaming History
*Note that this is a remaster of the original video. Audio was subpar for that, so it was rerecorded, as well as had a better mix with the audio overall and some video fixes too.
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Sources:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/24/zelda-on-gamecube
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/miyamoto-initially-cringed-at-wind-wakers-art-style-and-asked-for-a-redesign-its-claimed/#:~:text=According%20to%20an%20interview%20with,when%20he%20first%20saw%20it.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/25/the-story-of-zelda-wind-waker
https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/wind-waker/0/0
http://games.supertrainstationh.com/STSH-Celda.html
https://www.ignboards.com/threads/official-zelda-bitch-thread.10015660/
https://kotaku.com/the-internets-2001-hate-for-one-of-the-most-beautiful-1441105533
https://web.archive.org/web/20090106003117/http://cube.ign.com/articles/379/379358p3.html
https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/05/11/nintendos-history-at-e3-2002
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gdc-07-aonuma-reflects-on-zelda/1100-6167134/
https://torchinsky.me/cel-shading/
https://web.archive.org/web/20080427232533/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200304/R03.0731.1638.23684.htm
https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker-review/1900-6023591/
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Credit:
Cel-Shading Example
Cherylynn Lima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7N8lyHQbNo
Cel-Shading Example using Wind Waker
Jasper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnxs6CR6Zrk
Wind Waker Demo at E3 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftf-3xh0ZoM
Cel-shaded Games
Gameranx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPq4DfLmL_I
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Statistics For The Obsessive Gamer
At this time, The Obsessive Gamer has 122,970 views for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker spread across 9 videos. The game makes up 1 hour of published video on his channel, or 2.33% of the total watchable video for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on The Obsessive Gamer's YouTube channel.