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HylianFox
01/25/22 10:05:58 PM
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I mean holy shit

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Irony
01/25/22 10:06:15 PM
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No

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HylianFox
01/25/22 10:09:05 PM
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Also, that was like 20 years ago now

WTF is up with that

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Nemu
01/25/22 10:13:52 PM
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Yeah. I don't think it would have stung as much had they not put out that Spaceworld tech demo. The game was ultimately charming and fun, but it was definitely a slap in the face to the people expecting them to follow the N64 games.
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pauIie
01/25/22 10:17:25 PM
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i was one of them. love the game now though.

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MorbidFaithless
01/25/22 10:17:53 PM
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What was the issue people had?

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castrejon04
01/25/22 10:19:55 PM
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Yeah, I remembered when I pre order the game just to get Ocarina of Time Master Quest game, and it was back when EBGames gave out pre-order bonuses the day you pre-order the game not on release date. Then I got Wind Waker when it came out and it was a blast and one of the all time best 3D Zelda games I have ever played.

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pauIie
01/25/22 10:20:08 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
What was the issue people had?
for me i saw that tech demo and was hoping for a super ocarina of time. then i saw cartoons.

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candyapplered
01/25/22 10:20:14 PM
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I member! Game still ended up being a fun work of art despite the initial let down.

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ssjevot
01/25/22 10:22:43 PM
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Honestly the only problem I had with Wind Waker is it was easy to the point of making you lose interest in anything combat related.

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Nemu
01/25/22 10:24:42 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
What was the issue people had?
Expected this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1MrzjeR2NY

Got this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ7riCXrDxY

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cjsdowg
01/25/22 10:26:45 PM
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I still hate it.

People were shown this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqcyQOgmUYE

And given a cartoon.

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Hayame Zero
01/25/22 10:26:57 PM
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Yeah, it was a shitshow. People dismissed it immediately. It also underperformed, and is the reason why Twilight Princess had a darker aesthetic.

Cute and charming was not successful in the early 00s. People retroactively mock how edgy everything was, but that's just what was popular

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Omnislasher
01/25/22 10:27:09 PM
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pauIie posted...
i was one of them. love the game now though.

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Chadawah
01/25/22 10:28:07 PM
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I remember being bummed out big time. I was only like 13 too. The whole Celda thing haha. I enjoyed the game though. Just not what I wanted at the time.
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DarthDemented
01/25/22 10:28:40 PM
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Yeah. I remember telling them how stupid they were.

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mooreandrew58
01/25/22 10:30:23 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Yeah, it was a shitshow. People dismissed it immediately. It's also the reason why Twilight Princess had a darker aesthetic because WW underperformed.

Cute and charming was not successful in the early 00s. People retroactively mock how edgy everything was, but that's just what was popular

Yeah that was me. Also never liked playing a kid link. Just harder to feel badass playing a child. I still feel that way but won't turn my nose up at a game over it anymore.

The sailing thing hurt it for me too. It's the only mainline Zelda I've never beat. If they re release it on the switch I'd give it a go

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DD Divine
01/25/22 10:40:34 PM
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HylianFox posted...
Also, that was like 20 years ago now

WTF is up with that

that part is bullshit

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MrKapowski
01/25/22 10:41:58 PM
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I've always loved it. I distinctly remember mocking all the nerds upset it wasn't dark and edgy.

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Umbreon
01/25/22 10:43:43 PM
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People crying because it looked 'kiddy' and teens were obviously too manly to play it.

And it ended up being on of the best Zelda games to this day.

Also, one of the most brutal ways Ganondorf ever died.

Edit: ALSO also, the first time Zelda actually participated in a fight with you. CDi not included.

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BTH_Phoenix
01/26/22 1:43:19 PM
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The game was good but everyone was obsessed with having the most realistic best graphics at the time.

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spikethedevil
01/26/22 1:45:06 PM
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DD Divine posted...
that part is bullshit

@DD_Divine It came out in 2002.

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masterpug53
01/26/22 1:48:51 PM
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Oh my yes, I remember. I thought the backlash was funny tbh, and even though I wasn't immediately wowed by the art style, I was certainly intrigued by it.

And then of course it turned out to be one of the best games in the series (it had the privilege of holding the number 2 spot in my personal franchise favorites until BotW knocked it down to 3rd).

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TheOnionKnight
01/26/22 1:51:54 PM
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I loved it from the beginning. Still one of my favorite games.

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DD Divine
01/26/22 2:16:07 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
@DD_Divine It came out in 2002.

I know and that's why it's bullshit, 20 years, man. @spikethedevil where does the time go??


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K181
01/26/22 2:18:20 PM
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The initial backlash was understandable. Fans were given every reason to expect a more mature looking game and were presented with a very kiddie-looking game.

But WW is proof that you should never judge a game by any pre-release hype, positively or negatively. Ended up being a fantastic game and arguably the best animated game in the series to boot, too.

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FortuneCookie
01/26/22 2:21:42 PM
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The anger stayed with me.

Nintendo has Kirby, Mario, and the Kong family to be cutesy with. Metroid and Zelda should have a serious visual design. And, yes, I know Link turned into a bunny in A Link to the Past. Ocarina of Time set the standard for how Zelda should be visually. But somebody at Nintendo wants the company to be Disney, so cutesy visuals is what we got.
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Stewman_Magoo
01/26/22 2:23:33 PM
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I thought it looked dope from the start tbh

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FurryPhilosifer
01/26/22 2:25:38 PM
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What confuses me about it is the Spaceworld demo looks bloody horrible. Like an early CGI cartoon. Wind Waker still looks gorgeous to this day.

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masterpug53
01/26/22 2:26:15 PM
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K181 posted...
But WW is proof that you should never judge a game by any pre-release hype, positively or negatively. Ended up being a fantastic game and arguably the best animated game in the series to boot, too.

In a fun little twist of irony, the art style of WW allowed Link and his supporting cast to be more expressive and have more personality than any other entry in the series, which also helped make WW's story one of the best in the series.

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Hayame Zero
01/26/22 2:27:36 PM
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FurryPhilosifer posted...
What confuses me about it is the Spaceworld demo looks bloody horrible. Like an early CGI cartoon. Wind Waker still looks gorgeous to this day.
The animosity was less from the graphical quality and more the design. People would have rather had it look sort of crappy if it meant looking more realistic

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Robot2600
01/26/22 2:31:58 PM
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You guys don't remember the demo video with Link having LONG monkey arms? In response to that they switched to WW style, which people also complained about.

In reality WW is way too easy to be any fun. The sailing was the most fun, and that's the part everyone shat on so much they will never make a sailing game again. The DS game had actual bad sailing and people loved that game so hard when it came out.

Nothing makes sense.

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Legato-and-Vash
01/26/22 2:33:19 PM
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pauIie posted...
i was one of them. love the game now though.
This lol. I hated that art style. Then I played the game and thought the game was amazing.

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WaterLink
01/26/22 2:35:14 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Yeah, it was a shitshow. People dismissed it immediately. It also underperformed, and is the reason why Twilight Princess had a darker aesthetic.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/7/7/AAGkrsAAC2kB.jpg

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FurryPhilosifer
01/26/22 2:48:10 PM
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This wasn't in the original version though. The faster sailing was only added in the HD version.

But yeah, I never had a problem with the sailing, even in the original. It never stopped being cool.

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Illuminoius
01/26/22 3:57:16 PM
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sailing was so awful
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K181
01/26/22 4:01:22 PM
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Man, the sailing was fun to me, though I appreciate that they sped that shit up in the remaster. It was fun hopping around while sailing, doing little challenges, and seeing islands on the horizon and zooming past them.

To me, the WW sailing was nothing like SS's empty air, which I've seen many compare.

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Hayame Zero
01/26/22 4:04:56 PM
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Yeah, sailing was my favorite part. It was more exciting to explore than in OoT.

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spikethedevil
01/26/22 4:13:57 PM
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DD Divine posted...
I know and that's why it's bullshit, 20 years, man. @spikethedevil where does the time go??

Yeah I know, i feel old lol.

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COVxy
01/26/22 4:19:18 PM
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Sailing was great, and you shouldn't have had to do too much of it once you get the teleport song.

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Unknown5uspect
01/26/22 4:22:50 PM
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Ahhh sailing, back before we discovered that swimming in WW was so much faster.
https://youtu.be/yjM569gcTDQ

Robot2600 posted...
The DS game had actual bad sailing and people loved that game so hard when it came out.
You remember those days way differently than I do. That game was panned so hard.

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Powdered_Toast
01/26/22 4:42:31 PM
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I didn't hate it, and I was disappointed, but I was still excited because it was a new Zelda game. Rewatching that reveal video posted earlier though, man, it's not very good.

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Nasty_Nitro
01/26/22 4:50:14 PM
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Its crazy for me because this was a huge deal I was pissed off at this game and traded my whole gamecube in at eb games ( eventually got another and another gc)
I hated this game so much the look, the combat the sailing! My god i was 13 yrs old all I wanted to do was shoot machine guns.

Jet Set Radio Future was a much cooler cel shaded game

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