The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Shares rank 8 of 12 action adventure games by recommenders
People recommend it for its art style, immersive world and sense of wonder, and several rank it above Breath of the Wild.
People recommend it for its art style, immersive world and sense of wonder, and several rank it above Breath of the Wild.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Art style that has aged well
“Cell shading aged much better than the competition for sure”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%” “I really loved the art style on the water in this game.”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “"Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" Sailing in the Browser” Immersive worlds that spark imagination
“whatever narrative or gameplay experience the games presented was secondary to the worlds themselves that stoked my imagination”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “Video Games as Art” “Such a fantastic game. That is the first video game where I literally had to stop because I never wanted the experience to end.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Rise of the Triforce” Favorite game, better than Breath of the Wild
“One of my favorite games of all time.”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%” “OOT-WW-TP are all better than BOTW”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “Genie 4”
Other action adventure games people recommend
The four most recommended other action adventure games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breath of the Wild | 27 | 8 | 77% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 17 | 3 | 85% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Shadow of the Colossus | 14 | 2 | 88% | 4 | — | Approved |
| God of War | 12 | 6 | 67% | 6 | — | Approved |
| The Legend of Zelda: The Wind WakerThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“OOT-WW-TP are all better than BOTW”
“Cell shading aged much better than the competition for sure”
“One of my favorite games of all time.”
“I really loved the art style on the water in this game.”
“I left out the picture gallery, which gave me the same 'collectathon' feeling.”
“Such a fantastic game. That is the first video game where I literally had to stop because I never wanted the experience to end.”
“whatever narrative or gameplay experience the games presented was secondary to the worlds themselves that stoked my imagination”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.