[scarybore]

Looks a bit odd, almost like they grabbed a random ENB off the internet and shoved it into the Wind Waker engine.

[mrklaw]

environments all look beautiful, and I think the bloom works too. But the characters look too solid. Hopefully they'll dial that back

[Phoenixazure]

Its missing the hard lines. Everything looks like a cheap CGI movie when put together.The missing hard lines don't affect the enviorment as that does look great, but the characters look SUPER bad now. Holy crap something is wrong.

edit: nice comment scarybore

[Divvy]

I came

[RSP]

OMFG

EVERYBODY DANCE NOW

[codhand]

Now they will make a Wind Waker that is as good as everyone remembers it being, I have a feeling updating gameplay will result with shorter sailboat travel times, fine with me.

[Mariolee]

It's like Nintendo took every piece of wild fan speculation surrounding this Nintendo Direct and made it a reality.

[Thunder Monkey]

Yeah... ummm guys that is still "cel-shading" which in itself is just a marketing term. But with vastly higher poly counts and more realistic lighting that might not be a perfect fit.

Until I see lava I can't decide if it's acceptable or not.

Its missing the hard lines. Everything looks like a cheap CGI movie.The missing hard lines don't affect the enviorment as that does look great, but the characters look SUPER bad now. Holy crap something is wrong.

Hard lines?

Unless you just mean the stark contrasts between shaded and lighted I'm not sure what you mean with that.

[abstract alien]

I wonder what they are going to charge. Never got around to Wind Waker the first time so I am excite.

Might as well get ready for that premium price with no foreseeable drop. The only way Nintendo does it.

[guek]

LOL

glad to see some of your cynicism finally gone

[Mistle]

HOLY SHIT

that looks better than I ever could have imagined.

[The Wizard]

Got really excited at the title but they've somehow managed to make it look worse judging from those screens.

[Ratchet]

I wanted Majora's Mask HD. :(

[Bony Manifesto]

You what it reminds me of? When students recreate their favourite game (usually Zelda) in the Unreal Engine, but don't know quite enough about the tools to not make it look generic and bland. The textures and geometry are all there, but the 'secret sauce' is missing. I do wonder if this is a project intended for the Zelda team to get an eye for next-gen (well, current-gen) development.

[U n i o n 0015]

If Nintendo starts porting some of their classics to HD, I might actually have to buy a Wii U! Now bring the OoT remake to the system, too.

[XaosWolf]

Was thinking "Holy crap this is actually happening" as he was talking about Windwaker and then showing some screens.

This is going to be amazing.

[Pie and Beans]

What have they done to the best looking cel-shaded game of all time :(

Thick layer of HDR shit everywhere. Criminal.

[UrbanRats]

Legend of Zelda: Shadow of Chernobyl.

[BGBW]

I could do with a krispy kreme right now.

You could just buy like five regular doughnuts for less than one krispy kreme though...

Is it me or does Link's model look slightly off. It's bit like how the imported model looked in GMod.

Also I doubt they'll remove content because of the storyline. Additional features will be tacked on most likely like the Four Sword dungeon in the GBA remake of aLttP.

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Well fuck...

[TheBatman]

I wanted Majora's Mask HD. :(

I still think Majora's Mask is just going to be on 3DS. Would have prefered HD myself. =(

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Dat nuclear bloom, someone over there loved Hitman: Absolution.

Still, goddamn that is gorgeous. Getting closer to considering that Wii U purchase, Nintendo.

[Vollume]

Those clouds look beautiful, specially since in the original game they were so awful, they looked like they were imported straight out of Mario 64. TBH that's about the only thing that looks great in the HD remake judging from those screens, hope they don't make the water opaque again...

[Acosta]

Err, dunno...

Wind Waker is probably my favourite recent Zelda and one of the things I loved the most was the exaggerated Cel-Shaded. The remake looks a bit weird, the environments look nice, too much post-procressing perhaps but the characters look weird, I will have to see it in motion.

[ccbfan]

If its the original but with better graphics. Then I wouldn't play this game if you paid me. The 2nd half of WW is easily the worst gaming experience I've ever had in my life. Unlike other bad games where I could stop playing, I couldn't not finish a Zelda, it was sacriligious (This was before the even worse DS ones).

Now make the 2nd half of the game just as fun as the first half.(add dungeons) Fix sailing. Add warp to every square of the map and add some content in the empty ocean then this would easily be the best Zelda game since lttp.

[Hot Coldman]

what's the pot lady from Outcast doing on Windfall

this game is NOT canon

completely ignoring Tetra hanging out with Link on Windfall being equally weird

[thomasmahler]

Yeah... ummm guys that is still "cel-shading" which in itself is just a marketing term. But with vastly higher poly counts and more realistic lighting that might not be a perfect fit.

Cel-Shading is just a marketing term? THIS is Cel Shaded? lol. No, it's not.

It feels like they used INSANE lighting settings to get the strong light and the extremely hard shadows.

[legacyzero]

HOLY SHIT BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS

That looks fantastic!

[Ydahs]

Oh... wow. This screen actually looks pretty damn awesome. If that's how it manages to look ingame than we have a winner right here.

But the shadows and lighting all look too clean so I have my doubts.

[mantidor]

I love how people compare this to fucking dolphin screenshots.

And I don't see the celshading gone, it's just different, and looks nice. Will buy.

[shinobi602]

I'm actually glad it's not just literally Wind Waker in 1080p.

[i-Lo]

I can't get "they look like Mii's" out of my head. The scenery looks quite stunning. Reminds me of a cross between the Tales games and Ni No Kuni (coming from a person who has never played a Zelda game).

[Mysterious]

My only concern is that if the new Zelda in development (not WWHD) is going to look like this:

or like this:

[PKrockin]

The lighting looks bad, especially the bloom. Hopefully Nintendo will come to there sense an implement proper cell shading. I can't wait for this, WW is so good.

Pretty much this, hopefully it is early.

[Xellos]

I have wanted this remake for a long time, but Nintendo needs to use this opportunity to add more content (dungeons, islands, sidequests) to the game. Wind Waker always seemed kind of half baked.

[Takuya]

Oh... wow. This screen actually looks pretty damn awesome. If that's how it manages to look ingame than we have a winner right here. But the shadows and lighting all look too clean so I have my doubts.

If that screenshot is the actual render resolution, it won't be hard to achieve that.

[Ragus]

Maybe they will redo Triforce Quest?

[dc89]

Seriously GAF, I'm at work, I know Nintendo Direct is happening at 2pm (GMT) and off I trott for lunch at 2:20-ish.

I opened Twitter and the first thing I saw was 'Wind Waker HD' - I'm sure my jaw must have hit the table.

Basic Wii U just got a whole lot more tempting.

[Andrex]

Something looks off about it. Need to see it in motion.

Wind Waker in Dolphin probably colored my expectations a certain way.

[BGBW]

Triforce Quest is fine if you read the clues and chart your journey. The big problem is going to Tingle and grinding rupees. If they slash the prices and allow you to contact Tingle from afar (new use for the Tingle Tuner?) then the whole process will be streamlined.

[PhoenixSFT]

I'm hoping they have the original game remade, and then a "Master Quest" of sorts that evens out the Triforce quest at the end and maybe throws in 2 extra dungeons or something.

Either way, this looks fantastic and I'd be happy just to play WW in HD.

[Valnen]

I wanted Majora's Mask HD. :(

Me too. Fuck Windwaker =/.

[Haemi]

They took the models and Textures and put everything in the Nintendoland Engine.

[abstract alien]

I wanted Majora's Mask HD. :(

It would have benefited more than WW, but I guess we will get that one on 3DS.

[metalslimer]

I'm actually glad it's not just literally Wind Waker in 1080p.

Me too we have dolphin for that so why would people want it? This looks like it could be a Pixar movie and this is exactly what I expect Nintendo HD games to look like.

[Qurupeke]

Fuck yeah! Amazing!!!!

[Meatvillain]

Looks absolutely incredible, I hope it delivers.

[Santiako]

I think the characters look worse than their gamecube parts. They look wrong.

[pargonta]

Wind Waker is the best traditional Zelda. I think that most people are going to realize this when the remake comes out. I am SO pumped for this. I have but one request: BROWN SLEEVES

yes please

[Celegus]

Nintendo's on fire today! It's getting hard to keep up with what I should be the most excited for... and I don't even have a Wii U.