Which is better: Wind Waker or Twilight Princess?

As the forums for the How is Ocarina of Time better than Twilight Princess?is going hot right now i thought i would ask the question, which is better: Wind Waker or Twilight Princess?

For me i enjoyed TP more bc it was longer and therealistic graphics is much better than the cell shapedWW. I found WW to be a little dissapointing as ther were only 5 real temples and the sidequests and sailing were very tedious.For me i would give TP a 9.5 and a 9 for WW.

WW.

Reason if I wasn't lazy.

i always wanted to sail the sea's haha

i thought that was a sweet part

of WW i didnt mind it and i like

how the graphics were WW is a very

good game

WW hands down. I had way more fun playing WW then TP. I had to force myself to finish playing TP. TP really doesn't do anything new for the Zelda franchise it's pretty much OoT 1.5. WW on the other hand was something complete new. zaku101

Twilight Princess. I didnt care for Windwaker. I loved the celshaded graphics though. absolutely beautiful.

TP is the obvious choice. imo windwaker was a horrible excuse for a zelda game. i will encounter the problems i got throughout the game.

1. cell shaded graphics (though i did grow to like them throughout the game)

2. i have to sail for more than 10 minutes to get to my destination

3. sailing ruins the adventurous feel of zelda games. it was clear that nintendo was too lazy to make actual terrain with different monsters.

4. aiming is done horrible, especially with the cannon

5. dungeons are way too easy, i mean like 3 year olds can do them

6. the last couple of dungeons are escort missions

7. the force u to goon a fetch quest for 16 items (8 maps, 8 triforce shard)

8. they force you to pay like 4000 rupees to get all the maps translated

9. minigames are boring

10. bosses are easy.

there you go, 10 problems i had with this zelda game. ive never had more than 3 problems with a zelda game.

TP is the obvious choice. imo windwaker was a horrible excuse for a zelda game. i will encounter the problems i got throughout the game.

1. cell shaded graphics (though i did grow to like them throughout the game)

2. i have to sail for more than 10 minutes to get to my destination

3. sailing ruins the adventurous feel of zelda games. it was clear that nintendo was too lazy to make actual terrain with different monsters.

4. aiming is done horrible, especially with the cannon

5. dungeons are way too easy, i mean like 3 year olds can do them

6. the last couple of dungeons are escort missions

7. the force u to goon a fetch quest for 16 items (8 maps, 8 triforce shard)

8. they force you to pay like 4000 rupees to get all the maps translated

9. minigames are boring

10. bosses are easy.

there you go, 10 problems i had with this zelda game. ive never had more than 3 problems with a zelda game.

nintendoman562

While I feel completely against everything you've said, this is also pretty much what most people say as well.

Well, it would be more fair to judge if they had come out at the same time but I'll go with the Wind Waker. The music was memorable, the dungeons were fun, and the art style was flawless and did a good job of hiding the ugly textures from which TP so badly suffered.

I played through The Wind Waker and enjoyed (almost) every minute. Twilight Princesson the other hand had me forcing myself to play on a number of occasions.

This is just my opinion, and I was never a hardcore Zelda fan, but there's no doubt in my mind that Windwaker is better. I couldn't even bring myself to beat Twilight Princess; I got to the entrace of the water temple and just quit playing because I wasn't enthralled with the game at all. Meanwhile, with Windwaker, I've beaten it a couple times and it stilll captures me. I love the light-hearted graphics and the ocean in Windwaker, and nothing in Twilight Princess could compare.

Both are excellent games. If you don't mind the celshaded graphics and the boating from island to island, WW is on par with all the Zelda games.

The controls are smooth and the gameplay is just as rich as OoT (I'm going to hear it for that comment!).

I'm glad to hear the strong support for WW, I really enjoyed playing it also.

I personally don't like comparing Zelda to determine which game is better as they all have their unique quirks. Every Zelda game has its plus and minuses, I just like to hear what people like about each game.

I prefer TP. They were both disappointing IMO, although still great. Wind Waker though, was a lot shorter, it was easier, overall (even easier than TP), and didn't really offer anything new besides the art s-tyle, which was great, but also blurry a lot of time.

Either way, I hope that they change the series up with the Wii.

WW, the art style was better and the gameplay was just more fun, not that I would say TP is too serious :P. The ironic thing is everybody complained when WW came out but now they are looking back it gets praised :|. I think it also helped that WW was actually quite graphically ground breaking in its day, it was the best cel shading I had seen and I felt completely immersed into a cartoon.csliney

Horse Riding > Riding a boat

Mysteriouswater-buried Hyrule > Bland Hyrule

TP Dungeons > WW Dungeons

WW Graphics > TP Graphics (look like mud in some places)

WW Story > TP Story (Barely any Ganon and Zelda)

WW Last fight (sword in head) > TP Last fight (sword in side)

TP is an excellent game but WW is superior because of its STYLE

For me, this isn't even close. At the end of the day, Wind Waker just felt like a more original and refreshing experience than Twilight Princess. It wasn't a perfect game, but when I was finished with the game, I did feel that it tried to stand on its own feet. With TP, I just felt that it stuck so close to what OoT did to the point where the game wasn't nearly as good as it could have been. On top of that, I think Wind Waker had a much better balance. Granted, the main adventure wasn't as tough as many of the Zelda faithful would have liked, but it did everything else very well. The game offered a great amount of memorable side-quests anda cast of characters that you could care about. I don't really remember either in TP that well. Even thoughlife was more "realistic" in TP, everything in Wind Waker just had a great deal of life to it. Part of that has to be because of the cel-shaded style.

Don't get me wrong, though. TP is still an enjoyable game, but when it comes to the overall Zelda experience, I just think Wind Waker is more fun. From the awesome cutscenes to the laugh-out-loud battles, there's hardly a moment where you're playing the game where you can't find yourself with a smile on your face. There were times when I was playing Twilight Princess where I found myself just "going with the motions. Plus, I can do without that annoying Midna. :P