Since Tears of the Kingdom dropped, folks have been claiming it to be among the finest video games of all time, and I can’t blame them. Whereas overwhelming initially, the variety of choices and options you should use when fixing puzzles is unbelievable. The sport offers you the facility of selection. There’s no proper or improper method to do issues, which I want different titles would emulate. Let’s not overlook that we lastly have temples this time, both.
We now have three Zelda video games and two spinoffs (the Hyrule Warriors sequence) within the Nintendo Swap’s library. Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, and the Skyward Sword remaster are all good titles, and the Hyrule Warriors video games aren’t too dangerous, however when will we get Wind Waker?
The Makings of Wind Waker
Change is the one fixed factor on this world, however funnily sufficient, our mind hates change. When confronted with surprising happenings, our mind sends worry, battle, or flight alerts. This survival mechanism has been with us since pre-historic days. Possibly that’s why some fanboys go nuts at any time when their favourite tries one thing new or totally different. Such was the case when Nintendo launched The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 20 years in the past.
It’s onerous to think about the Zelda franchise being met with something apart from adulation nowadays. However again then, when the target market for video games was shifting from children to younger adults and youths, there was a rise in “darkish” and “severe” titles.
Eiji Aonuma—the director of the beloved franchise then—thought {that a} new console meant a possibility for his staff to strive one thing contemporary. On this case, the console was the Gamecube. As an alternative of milking the grimdark Zelda vibe, they determined to strive different kinds. The outcome? They’ve created a cartoony type because of new know-how—cel shading.
Thoughts you, cel shading wasn’t the norm in 2003 like it’s now. Avid gamers wished “reasonable” video games because of the delicate {hardware} that made rendering 3D worlds attainable. However Aonuma defied these business traits and even legendary Nintendo producer Shigeru Miyamoto himself. Wind Waker’s debut at House World 2001 resulted in super backlash, and the truth that the sport solely offered underneath 5 million items didn’t assist. This was lower than Majora’s Masks’s lifetime gross sales and a little bit greater than half of the document set by Ocarina of Time.
Wind Waker Gained An Further Life On the Wii U, Why Not on the Nintendo Swap?
Regardless of the meager quantity of copies offered, Wind Waker’s press reception was optimistic, which is a shock given how important the media was when it was made out there to play as a demo throughout Spaceworld. It boasted a rating of 96 on Metacritic and even gained excellent scores from different respected retailers like Famitsu.
Extra importantly, Wind Waker is entertaining to play. Because of Miyamoto’s suggestion of reducing the issue of the sport, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker has an easygoing vibe that paired effectively with its island setting and artwork type. So regardless of its disappointing gross sales, Wind Waker gained an additional life—or coronary heart container, on this matter—when an HD model was launched in 2013 for the Wii U. Going off from that logic, is it attainable it might get a port on the Nintendo Swap?
The Nintendo’s Swap Lifespan is Coming to A Shut
Numerous rumors about both Wind Waker or Twilight Princess coming to the Nintendo Swap yearly have existed for some time. These two titles are among the Wii U’s most profitable video games, however let’s be sincere—it received’t occur anytime quickly. And admittedly, I received’t be stunned if we don’t see Wind Waker on the Nintendo Swap.
Nintendo wouldn’t often launch two Zelda video games inside a 12 months. For instance, 2017 noticed the discharge of Breath of the Wild, and the DLC packs—The Champions Ballad and The Grasp Trials—helped push gross sales and curiosity effectively into 2018. Then, in 2019, we noticed Cadence of Hyrule and the remake of Hyperlink’s Awakening. This was additionally when Nintendo introduced their sequel to Breath of the Wild. Quick ahead to 2020, there’s Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity—a prequel that tells the occasions of the good warfare 100 years earlier than BotW. Lastly, we obtained Skyward Sword HD, a remake of the unique Wii title that used movement controls.
2022 was a bizarre time because it was the one 12 months we didn’t obtain any Zelda-related content material from Nintendo, which made folks assume that was the time we’d lastly get a Wind Waker port. However right here we’re in 2023, Wind Waker-less.
If there was ever going to be a launch date for the Gamecube/Wii U sport, 2022 would have been it, and with Nintendo being silent on the matter, it’s wanting very possible that The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker isn’t coming to the Swap anytime quickly. Nonetheless, I’m holding out for that “another factor” from Nintendo.
