AJMouse on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker [GameCube], 09-11-2006
"Yay, another Zelda game. I'm writing this a long time after I finished the game, even quite some time after I finished it for the second time actually, hehe. Yes, I completed it twice, and now with a new Zelda game on the way I actually want to play it again.
I'm a big fan of all Zelda games (mostly the 3D games) and this one is no exception. At first I was sceptical on the whole cartoonish aspect of the game, but it's actually alot of fun and it has alot of cartoon-like jokes worked into it.
The story is exciting, the music is awesome and the characters you meet are also nicely done. Fighting works alot like the other 3D Zelda games with the famous "Z"-targetting of enemies and actually quite some different slashes from your sword.
I don't want to reveal anything of the story to you because it would be a spoiler to the game (check the description for a very small intro).
Do I have anything bad to say on this game? Yeah I do, but maybe you disagree. I think the game was too short (except for the traveling on the water which takes like ages), and too easy. I think the two are connected. It seemed to me it took much longer to complete 'Ocarina of Time' on the N64. Luckily 'Zelda: Twilight Princess' is just around the corner, and from what I've heard: without side-missions a Japanese gamer that went through the game took 72 hours to complete it, hehe.
If you didn't have this game or played it already, I advise you to get it. I think the Zelda-franchise is something any gamer likes."