Topic: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD - OT

@Rexcalibr: I just finished my first playthrough of WWHD the other night. I've been playing it in pieces for the last 18 months. I've spent 80 hours doing so (though a few of them are probably in idle), and tried to avoid resorting to a walkthrough, which I managed most of the time.

I think it's a game I'll enjoy playing through more the second time (if that ever happens) now I know how it all works and which are the important bits and which are the diversions.

I haven't yet played a 2D Zelda so can't make the comparison, but it felt very light on story. Most of the time you bimbles about with very little to remind you of the quest you're meant to be on and what's been said so far. The cutscenes are used fairly sparsely and you can't replay them, so I did find myself feeling quite disconnected from the story most of the time.

It's that disconnection, and the occasional obscurity, that limits my appreciation of the game, but both of those will be less prominent on a second playthrough.

It's the first Zelda game I've played more than 50% of. It hasn't put me off my quest to finish all of the main series games, but it has drawn my attention to potential shortcomings. I know what you mean about not actually enjoying the experience, but adventure is there to be endured after all...

@Rexcalibr: Forsaken Fortress isn't the first dungeon, and it's the only place that requires some stealth. Hide in a barrel and don't move when they're near. Give the game a little more time, because it hasn't even started yet. I'd argue that the real game starts after the Forsaken Fortress.

I will say that, of the 3D Zeldas, Wind Waker is my least favorite (although I've never played Majora's Mask). I love the art style, but I don't care for the sailing aspect. That said, I still loved the game, and I'd play through it again if I had the spare time (and I wasn't knee-deep in TP HD). Give it another shot. The game changes radically for the better when you get your sword back (if I remember right, you lose your sword at the Forsaken Fortress at the beginning).

This week the Nintendo select version is coming to Europe. I have seen the retail price is 25 EUR which is a very good deal. Does anybody know how much the digital version will cost?

It'll be the same as the RRP of the select version.

I am in the Forbidden Woods am I can't find a way across this chasm. There is a moving platform on the other side and it is too high to float to with the leaf. Am I supposed to find a switch to bring the platform to me?

@aicarrie1 To your left (or right?) is a switch. It looks like a weird seed with 4 leaves, activate it by blowing wind on it.