Nintendo Hits You in the Feels with Wind Waker HD

24 Jan 2013 | Posted by

Wind Waker HD

Man, Nintendo sure does have a bullseye right on our nostalgia bone, doesn’t it? In a totally unsurprising move, Nintendo revealed this morning (via Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma) that an HD version of Wind Waker will be releasing this fall.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Reborn is meant to tide maniacal Zelda fans over while the real Wii U game is in development, but this doesn’t just look like a straight port. Based on some of the game’s gorgeous screenshots, I think it’s safe to say that Nintendo is updating this classic game in an even more beautiful way, in addition to all these new-fangled definitions.

While it’s easy to sour on HD remakes as nothing more than the often-brandished money grab, I still stand by the position that playing a timeless game in a more future proof fashion is a good thing for video games. It’s a way to preserve some of the medium’s history, and really, I can’t think of a more excellent game for Nintendo to have done it with. Wind Waker had such a lovely style to it, I can’t wait to see it on current hardware. Once I get a Wii U, that is.

So what do you guys think? Are you yay or nay on a Wind Waker HD? And seriously, check out the Wii U Facebook page for more awesome screenshots.

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7 Comments »

  • Drell Assassin said:

    It will take a lot more than this to convince me of a Wii U, but Nintendo is heading in the right direction. I just need to get a better glimpse of what’s all in the pipeline.

    January 24, 2013 at 9:49 am
  • playersbro said:

    I discovered this was happening yesterday. Saw the title of a post about it, read it. Then said out loud, “Fuck. Nintendo may have just got me.”

    January 24, 2013 at 10:12 am
  • Killklli said:

    Still asking people even after the stream? Well in any case it still is not enough to make we want to buy a Wii U but if they make possibly another remake and definitely another game I would get it.

    January 24, 2013 at 10:32 am
  • trogador said:

    Here’s what excites me most about an HD Wind Waker. It’s not the updated textures, or the mesmerizing bloom, or the hi-poly models, or the beefed-up cel-shading. It’s the fact that this game finally upscales to 1080P widescreen. People were always saying that Wind Waker will still look good ages from now, but since I started a playthrough of it last week, that game looks pretty bad. It doesn’t scale past 480p and it doesn’t support widescreen. I’m curious if this’ll just be a graphical update or if Nintendo will add some other bells and whistles in.

    January 24, 2013 at 11:51 am
  • benign1 said:

    Cool as this might be, I too am pretty firm on not buying a Wii U for now. Mostly, this makes me want to load up the Dolphin emulator and give the orignal a playthrough.

    January 24, 2013 at 12:47 pm
  • Anthony said:

    I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U I DON’T WANT A WII U

    (Maybe if I say it enough…)

    Seriously, this was actually the first thing to make me say, “Oh. interested.” So…we will see. But not likely.

    January 24, 2013 at 5:14 pm
  • Petyr said:

    Ah for fuck’s sake… I only know one person with a Wii U and he’ll be too busy playing this to let me have a go. ;.;

    January 25, 2013 at 8:17 am

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