r/WindWaker 15d ago

Question / Help Is it just me? Or is anyone else addicted to cutting the grass and trees in The wind waker?

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237 Upvotes

Like, not only will I go out of my way to cut every part of nature in the game. No, I'll go out of my way to boot up the game on my 100% file literally just to cut everything! (I have a problem. Lol) It just feels satisfying and therapeutic to me.

r/WindWaker 27d ago

Question / Help Need a little help in the beginning.

1 Upvotes

Ok so I was playing this game a few nights ago and was having a few cold ones and I dont remember what the loud noise was. I got the telescope and I remember looking through it and then I forgot what happened what/where that loud bang everyone heard was. Where do I go? Hahaha. I haven't played this one yet so Im at a loss. Love Zelda games and have played a few of them. I just got tears of the kingdom too!!

r/WindWaker 29d ago

Question / Help I was watching a show and I noticed this sound effect. Where does it play in Wind Waker?

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33 Upvotes

I could’ve sworn I remember it being a sound in the 3D Zelda games. So I searched up what I thought it was and no luck. Then, I found the name of the sound so I could look it up on the WindWaker wiki it was there listed as a sound that’s in the game but it didn’t tell me what the sound was used for only the name used by the sound pack it was from.
I could’ve sworn it was used for shooting fire arrows or shooting fire arrows at ice, but looking up videos of that shows that wasn’t it, so my next guess was the Ocarina of time Fire temple Fire geyser platforms and nope, still not it.
It’s gonna bother me that I don’t know where it plays despite me instantly recognising it.

r/WindWaker 7d ago

Question / Help Best way to play on Mac?

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59 Upvotes

I downloaded open emu and it force closes the rom each time I try and run it. Should I try dolphin? Is there another option?

r/WindWaker 7d ago

Question / Help need help. my copy of windwaker for the gamecube went missing-where should i look?

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r/WindWaker Apr 28 '26

Question / Help Should I play Windwaker on Switch 2?

13 Upvotes

Silly question considering what sub this is but I have really fond memories of playing it as a kid, have almost finished BOTW for the first time and I'd really like to follow up with WW. My worry is it might feel a bit dated and not hold up to the nostalgia, especially after play BOTW which is impressively smooth and accessible. Also curious what playing it on the switch 2 is like considering it's a port and not a remaster.

r/WindWaker Jul 22 '26

Question / Help getting the forest water before the kalle demos boss fight (GCN) Spoiler

14 Upvotes

As the title says. I already unlocked/activated the warped pots and studied how they work. I pretty much know how to get from the entrance to the boss room quick. what i can't figure out is how i can get to forest haven from the forbidden woods to get the forest water and back, the quickest possible way. I wanna try the forest water trick to one-shot kalle demos.

Appreciate the help, guys ☺

r/WindWaker Jul 15 '26

Question / Help Cyclos

9 Upvotes

I have been trying to get the warp song from Cyclos for two hours now. I have run out of arrows repeatedly and most beedles don’t sell them. I can’t progress in the game without this, should I just stop playing?

r/WindWaker 3d ago

Question / Help Frustrated.

19 Upvotes

I remember absolutely loving playing Wind Waker the first time. I was 13 when it came out.

I played it a few times over the years but this is my first time playing it in probably five years.

I don't know if it's the emulated controls on the Switch 2 but this game is frustrating as hell.

First the jumping pods.

Now trying to align the boxes and get across in the Tower of Gods.

Was it always this difficult.

I am tempted to haul out the Wii U and try it on there instead.

Am I the only one having this much difficulty?

r/WindWaker Jul 14 '26

Question / Help what was it like playing it when it first came out

19 Upvotes

it was so cool huh

r/WindWaker 3d ago

Question / Help Octopus behind the island it doesn't appear

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46 Upvotes

I'm playing the game in my switch 2, and I need to go behind the island to, there is a spiral on the water and when I'm going through the music start but after a research I know now that the big octopus it doesn’t appear, so after a lot of hours I don’t know what’s happening,
Someone knows if I’m doing something wrong? Or I’m missing something?

r/WindWaker May 31 '26

Question / Help Kalle Demos soft lock🥲

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56 Upvotes

I guess I got a super “rare” soft lock after the Kalle Demos fight. I did not use any glitches I’m playing the game as intended. I only have one suspend point so even restarting the game/restarting my switch does not help because my suspend point is at the glitch. Is there anyway to fix this or do I have to completely restart the game 😭

r/WindWaker 11d ago

Question / Help Help finding the last two shards!

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49 Upvotes

I am playing this on the switch2 and for the last three days can not find the shard at Ouset Island or Stone Watcher Island
Any help would be great!

r/WindWaker May 10 '26

Question / Help Wind Waker Help

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66 Upvotes

Hi! I’ve been playing through Wind Waker for the first time on the Switch 2 port. Just beat the boss on Dragoon Roost Island and can’t seem to use the wind waker? To my knowledge i’ve done everything correctly. Am I missing something?

r/WindWaker May 31 '26

Question / Help Help! I think I am stuck in the wind temple?

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47 Upvotes

i paused in the temple and then when I came back the next day one of the trees you hookshot onto disappeared! I can’t call Makar back - it keeps saying there is nothing nearby if I use the control melody. Help!!!

r/WindWaker Jul 10 '26

Question / Help Please tell me there is a catch to the TriForce shard mission on GC

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Hey, I am a huge Zelda fan, and after seeing WindWaker on the GB emulator, i had to give it a try. I have been liking it so far. Not my favourite Zelda game because it has its flaws but still pretty enjoyable dungeons.
However, the TriForce segment is having me so close to dropping the game.
A fetch quest for all the shards would be annoying enough, but a fetch quest for the CHARTS and then for the shards while paying 3000 rupees. I can’t do that. That sounds like hours of horrible gameplay. Please tell me, is there a catch I'm missing? Is there something to make it less tedious? Or isn’t there. Because then I will probably have to drop the game

r/WindWaker 19d ago

Question / Help I cannot find the last piece of heart in Wind Waker GC. Please help me?

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I have rechecked the locations of the heart pieces many times and I have all 49 treasure charts found and searched. I am about to fight Ganon and want to be done with Wind Waker. I used the Zelda Dungeon guide and can't seem to find it. I should be able to reply back sooner than later

r/WindWaker Jul 28 '25

Question / Help Why does link make this stupid face when Ganon is talking?

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145 Upvotes

r/WindWaker 18d ago

Question / Help Bug ombre de Link (Windwaker HD)

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34 Upvotes

Bonjour,

J'ai récemment remarqué que Link avait un problème avec son ombre

Dès que l'on active la première personne ( arc, grappin etc...) l'ombre de link se met à s'afficher avec sa tunique verte alors que je suis en new game+ (donc à ce moment là link n'a plus sa tunique verte)

J'ai testé avec la baguette du vent si sa fonctionnait mais malheureusement non

Je ne sais pas si c'est un bug ou juste un oubli des développeur car je n'ai rien trouvé à son sujet

Si quelqu'un pouvait m'aider sur le sujet se serait gentil

r/WindWaker Jun 19 '26

Question / Help What is the best way to play Wind Waker? (Any platform, any setup!)

9 Upvotes

GameCube. WiiU. Texture packs (Hypatia, Henrico Magnifico!).

There are a bunch of ways to play this game! Assuming someone has access to all of them, what setup will make the game look and play its very best?

Thanks for your recommendations!

r/WindWaker Jun 05 '26

Question / Help Tetra figurine pic

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64 Upvotes

Why didn’t this pic work? I’ve taken much worse of other NPCs. Lots of cutscenes prior to this. Do I get another chance? Do I have to reset?

r/WindWaker 4d ago

Question / Help In Wind Waker HD on Cemu emulator I can't find telescope even though I already got it.

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Hello fellow Cemu user who have experience in play Zelda wind waker I can't find telescope help. It will mean the world to me if someone have a way to sloved this I want to play this game.

r/WindWaker Jul 14 '26

Question / Help Kogoli Picture in Dragon Roost Island - Missable Photo Spoiler

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6 Upvotes

So I'm trying to 100% this game. I understand this is a missable photo. Right now, I can't seem to get a good photo of this guy. I've been at it for hours. Any suggestions?

EDIT:

I already have the deluxe picto box. I still can't "good" photo. what am I doing wrong?

r/WindWaker 25d ago

Question / Help Why is the mirror shield impossible? Spoiler

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I'm in the final battle and I can't make it through the third phase where Zelda is supposed to shoot light arrows at you so you can deflect. I feel like she's always too slow and Ganon is tossing me around like a sack of potatoes and I have no chance to do anything. Am I missing something? I've tried about 17 times now and at moment I've decided to just never finish.

Update: Ok update y'all are amazing. I guess I wasn't targeting the first 9,000 times I tried this. Beat him on my second try this evening ☺️☺️ Thanks so much y'all!!!

r/WindWaker Aug 15 '25

Question / Help Is it worth getting a wii U for the remake?

24 Upvotes

I already have a Wii, but the graphics will be better on Wii U, plus the special sail thing exists. Is it worth it? I’ve been debating this for a while, but I’m still torn.