Comment on Playing Zelda Windwaker in 2026. Should I just emulate CEMU Wii U version or wait for decomp?

• lemmyng@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Swift Sail cuts down on traveling significantly.

  The Triforce Quest has been reworked to be much more efficient.

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• Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  One of the biggest differences is the hunt for the triforce pieces. In the original you need to find and pay to decipher 8 charts and then gather the 8 pieces, in the HD version there are only 3 charts and pieces

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I haven’t played the WiiU version, but doesn’t it also have a sail you can get that doesn’t require you to constantly change the wind direction?

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    • zikzak025@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      There is. There are a few roms available for the GC version that add the swift sail with identical behavior, but it’s only native in the Wii U version.

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    • Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It has been a while and I’ve only played the WiiU version once, but I’ve played the GameCube version many times because that’s the one I grew up with. There are probably more changes but the only one I remember is the triforce charts since that always feels like you’re pulling teeth on the GameCube

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  • RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yes. The TRIforce. The famous symbol with EIGHT parts. Because that’s what TRI means.

    I was glad we got rid of rental padding but now we just replaced it with subscription grind so whatevs.

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    • Odo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I just realized that’s probably a nod to Zelda 1, where they also split the triforce into 8 pieces.

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  • HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Oh boy, this brings back memories… I forgot all about that but man did I hate that part. I struggled for a while because it was just so boring. I barely made it and this is when I was still powering through games. If I had to do that over today I would have put the game down and never came back. I also remember being one of the few people who did not like the game and it was mostly due to this part.

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  • DoucheBagMcSwag@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    So that definitely sounds much more stream lined and improved

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