{"id":134974,"date":"2023-09-26T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-155931"},"modified":"2023-09-26T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T20:00:00","slug":"poll-do-you-prefer-zelda-wind-waker-hds-bloom-lighting-or-the-flat-og","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/26\/poll-do-you-prefer-zelda-wind-waker-hds-bloom-lighting-or-the-flat-og\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Do You Prefer Zelda: Wind Waker HD’s Bloom Lighting Or The “Flat” OG?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We know the game didn’t look<\/em> like this, but the box art for both versions cannot be ignored. \u2014 Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And just like that, ten years have sailed by \u2014 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD<\/a> was released on the Wii U ten years ago today, and while we spend most of our days now pining for this incredible seafaring adventure to swim onto Switch, we want to reminisce in a completely different way today. The Wind Waker<\/a> is beloved by almost all Zelda fans, taking Link’s adventures to the Great Sea. Our green-wearing hero is on an adventure to save his sister Aryll and, eventually, find the Hero of Time’s power to defeat Ganondorf.<\/p>\n

It was a fresh drop in the ocean for the series with a new setting, many new characters, and new items. But, significantly, it took the franchise in another new visual direction for Link \u2014 one which proved (undeservedly) controversial to some fans back with the 2002 GameCube release. Even Miyamoto was reportedly not a fan of the cel-shaded style<\/a> in the first place.<\/p>\n

Over ten years later, fans got to re-experience this seminal entry on the Wii U. That version of the game \u2014 which shifted the menu to the Wii U pad and made some in-game tasks significantly easier \u2014 is still<\/em> stuck on that console. But we want to focus on one particular difference with the HD rerelease: those visuals.<\/p>\n

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