Wind Waker HD -> Zelda U Theory - Wii U Forum - Page 2

Einherjar · 2014-08-19T12:23:53+00:00

If this was already discussed, just call me a lazy bum for not looking it up :P So, after a back and forth discussion about people joking about the WiiUs lack of game releases, and my arguments that the other two current systems arent any better, in fact, the yare even worse since most of their line up consists of rereleases, people always bring up Wind Waker HD and how lazy it is to port THIS game over others in the series. But then a thought crossed my mind, that WWHD may not be a coincidence after all. Zelda Us big new thing is ging to be its open world approach. Wind Waker was the first Zelda title, to try something very similar. As stated in the E3 digital event interview, it was only halted by the GCs power back in the day, and the overwold had to be broken down into smaller, isolated islands instead of one, giant continent. But Win Wakers world doesnt consist of only islands. In fact, there is land beneth that giant ocean, the flooded lands of Hyrule. So, what if Zelda U turns out to be taking place in THAT hyrule, before it was flooded ? That WInd Waker HD wasnt picked at random, but to connect these two adventures in hindsight ?

Topic: Wind Waker HD -> Zelda U Theory

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The_Ninja
Tue 19th Aug 2014

TheLilK98 wrote:

I don't think it CAN be between OoT and WW...it was stated that there was no hero between the two, not that that hero lost...
EDIT: spelling.

Excactly.

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Nintendo_Ninja
Tue 19th Aug 2014

Interestingly enough, flooded Hyrule could fit into the timeline. The branch where the hero loses? Maybe Gannondorf sunk Hyrule after Link failed?

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LetsGoRetro
Tue 19th Aug 2014

@Einherjar

WIndwaker was not the first to do this in the series. It was actually pretty much the last. That's why when they talked about it, they referred to going back to the fundamentals of the series. Up through Wind Waker, Zelda was a series that focused on exploring. It presented a world and invited you to check out every nook and cranny. As the games became more cinematic, they became more linear, until a game like Skyward Sword where it was essentially "levels", a completely sectioned off world you got to one area at a time as the story progressed. He's referring to going back to the essence of what the series was originally about. I think of Zelda U as another Zelda 1 in this way.

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