Set centuries after 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker takes place in a future that the Hero of Time left behind. With no one to defend against Ganondorf when he inevitably returned, all of Hyrule was flooded and the Goddesses buried a on꧃ce prosp🌊erous land under what would become known as the Great Sea.
With the game’s backstory so intimately conne💎c🙈ted to Ocarina of Time, it goes without saying that The Wind Waker ends up referencing the first 3D Zelda quite often. Of all the 3D entries in the series, it’s th💞e one that references the actual plot ꦕthe most (and the most explicitly at that.) Even Twilight Princess, which designed itself around Ocarina of Time, can’t quite compete with The Wind Waker’s substantial references.
10 The “Legend” Of The Hero Of Time
The Wind Waker opens with a very abridged account of Ocarina of Time and the events that immediately followed. As is the case with most leg🤪ends, however, the opening doesn’t seem to cover the whole story, leaving certain details vague. All that’s really explicit is that a Hero of Time saved Hyrule and wasn’t present for its flooding.
Interesti♓ngly, enough timeꦛ has passed since the flooding and the events of The Wind Waker that the legend itself, asಞ♔ the Great Sea knows it, is even more abridged than the one in the♋ opening. Pretty much no on✅e currently living on the Great Sea knows about Hyrule, let alone the Hero of Time.
9 Only The Hero Of Time’s Exploits As An Adult Were Passed Down
As far as the legends of the Great Sea go, the fir꧒st third of the Hero of Time’s journey isn’t chronicled. Presumably, talk of the Hero of Time only started spreading when he awoke in the future after drawing the Master Sword. Considering his exploits were rather lowkey as a child, it makes sense that no one would remember them.
More importantly, the Hero of Time’s deeds as an adult far outshine what he did as a boy. There’s also the matter of a few characters failing to recognize the Hero of Time as an adult, implying that the general populace of Hyrule aren’t putting two and two together. With the Sages seem༺ingly “dead” as well, it’s unlikely anyone but Zelda was around to pass on the Hero of Time’s legend.
8 Coming Of Age As A Theme
Interestingly, both Ocarina of Time and The Wind Waker feature coming of age as a very explicit theme. In the former, the Hero of 𓆏Time grows from a boy into a man, losing his childhood and maturing in the process, ultimately left a man in a boy’s body by the time the credits roll. The Wind Waker literally begins with Link’s birthday and a cﷺoming of age ceremony.
Wi🐷th Arale kidnapped, however, Link’s plans change and his coming of age ceremony ends up being a grand adventure that takes him across The Great Sea. Where the Hero of Time comes of age in a very classically tragic way, Link in The Wind Waker ha👍s a more traditional arc, coming of age through adventure and becoming a hero in h♏is own right.
7 Fado, The Wind Sage
Fado’s basically a walking, talking Ocarina of Time reference and this is a rare instance where go🔴ing all in on fan service really pays off. Visually, Fado is a Kokiri, confirming that the Korok evolved from the forest’s perpetual children. He’s also the Wind Sage, not the Forest Sage like Saria was, a reference tꩲo the Forest ಞTemple originally being the Wind Temple in Ocarina of Time.
Worth notin🔯g, Fado is the n🔴ame of a Kokiri girl in Ocarina of Time who was originally intended to have a larger role in the game. Ultimately, though, Fado’s role was trimmed down considerably and Saria too✃k on the role of the game’s resident Kokiri. Although The Wind Waker’s Fado is male, it’s nice to seeꦡ any Fado get their dꦰue.
6 Link & Medli Parallel Link & Ruto
It’s a little bit strange that the Rito evolved from the Zora, but it works in the context of the game and makes for ☂a richer narrative overall. It also makes the bond between Link and Medli all the more impactful. Although Link and Medli aren’t necessarily descendants of the Hero of Time or Ruto, they do end up paralleling them by TWW’s Earth Temple.
Just like the Hero of Time carried Ruto through Lord Jabu-Jabu’s belly, Link carried Medli through the Earth T𓆉emple. Unlike Ruto, though, Medli actually contributes rather meaningfully to making progress in the dungeon, with her serving as the third unique playable character in the series (behind Link and Kafei from Majora’s Mask.)
5 Tetra Is A Reverse Sheik
Any savvy players who beat Ocarina of Time before playing The Wind Waker likely figured out fairly quiꩵckly that Tetra would end up being Princess Zelda. If nothing else, most players could comfortably assume Tetra was filling the “role” of Zelda even if she didn’t appear (which she ultimately does at the halfway point.)
It m🌠akes sense for Nintendo to play with this twist, especially early-game. While obvious, introducing Tetra so quickly (with no mention of Zelda or Hyrule) makes for a nice enough twist later on that’s not made any worse by figuring out that Tetra is basically Nintendo doing a reverse Sheik.
4 The Master Sword Still Manipulates Time
Although introduced in A Link to the Past, it was really Ocarina of Time that established the Master Sword’s role in the series. These days it’s not known for any time-based properties,🐟 but it’s worth noting that The Wind Walker keeps things consistent with Ocarina, reintroducing a Master 𓂃Sword that can lock Hyrule Castle in a standstill.
This is especially notable as, at the timeꦗ, it would have sugge𝓀sted that the Master Sword inherently had time-based properties. Heading into Twilight Princess, however, it seems that the Master Sword’s relationship with time is situational, and not inherent, s💃omething that keeps the sword consistent with A Link to the Past.
3 Ganondorf’s Weaponized Phantom Ganon
Phantom Ganon stands out as ༒one of the most memorable bosses in Ocarina of Time. After spending the entire Forest Temple fighting ghosts, Link comes face to face with the shade of his nemesis. It’s⛄ a tense fight and arguably the best one in the game. Come The Wind Waker, Phantom Ganon is back. Or rather, Phantoms Ganons.
By the time the events of The Wind Waker hit, Phantom Ganon has shifted from a being who looks almost exactly 🌜like Ganondorf to a more demonic entity, almost spiritual in nature. It’s a nice sign of deve🀅lopment on Ganondorf’s part, signaling that he has shed away some of his ego with time.
2 Almost All The Dungeon Items Are From Ocarina Of Time
The Wind Waker has such a great set of items, that you’d be forgiven for not even realizing that jus🏅t about every single item in the game comes from Ocarina of Time. The only original items are the Grappling Hook and the Deku Leaf, of tꦆhe two only the former is a dungeon item. Even the Skull💧 Hammer is basically just the Megaton Hammer.
That’s not a bad thing, though. Ocarina of Time had a great set of items and The Wind Waker logically upgrades each one. It also keeps the gameplay between 3D entries more cohesive while also giving the franchise’s𒊎 mythos a bit more unity. Plus, it allows for the team to expand on gameplay concepts introduced in Ocarina.
1 The Kokiri And Zora Emblems
Symbols and icons are💙 an easy way of weaving references through games. They’re inoffensive towards new lore and can generally just be tossed somewhere appropriate. That said, considering the circumstances surrounding the Great Sea, any symbols that end up in The Wind Waker end up more meaningful as a result.
Both the Kokiri and Zora emblems return from Ocarina of Time, The Kokiri emblem appears as is in ꦡthe Forest Haven, but the Zora emblem has actually been twisted a bit as evidenced by Medli and Komali. They’re very much adorned with Zora iconography, but the emblem has subtly been edited with time.