Twilight Princess vs Wind Waker

by now I've come to realize that OOT destroys every poll it touches, so lets compare these two games

IMO the pros and cons of each, these are coming from my point of view so take them with a grain of salt

WW's pros: perhaps the best story in the whole entire series, great characters, moving soundtrack, great art direction

cons: 3 of the five dungeons are pathetic in terms of puzzles and combat, sailing can become tedious even with the warp song, main quest is to short, and last but not least....the triforce *become Tingle's slave* quest.

TP's pros: long main quest, nice dungeon design for the most part *with the exception of the temple of time, that one sucked*, huge over world that isn't as empty as the big blue waste land known great sea, and a nice cinematic flare in it's cutscenes.

cons: is some what linear compared to WW and OOT, Story is forgettable *with the exception of Midna's character development*, Sound track is disappointing *with the exeception of a couple of tracks* and difficulty ,while it is a step up from WW, is still pretty easy. 

I don't know what's wrong with you.... but WW great story? great characters?

TP wins by a mile.  Because WW is pure crap.

Difinately Wind Waker. Twilight Princess just didn't seem like a true Zelda game. There wasn't nearly enough exploration or secrets.

I don't know what's wrong with you.... but WW great story? great characters?

TP wins by a mile.  Because WW is pure crap.

NobuoMusicMaker

Really? You didn't like it at all?
Hmm...I thought it was great...

Difinately Wind Waker. Twilight Princess just didn't seem like a true Zelda game. There wasn't nearly enough exploration or secrets.

Shy-Link

Go do that. 

Even though Twilight Princess is very impressive, the award goes to Wind Waker.

It has a better story, and better graphics.

Well, technically, TP has the better graphics, but TP's graphics will eventually get dated, while WW's graphics will always be beutifull.

Twilight Princess > The Wind Waker

While TWW had better atmosphere, sidequests, art style, and story, the triforce-searching/giving-money-to-Tingle, and sailing ruined the ending.

TP, on the other hand, had better characters, dungeons, and didn't have a boring moment. However, I think it had horrible sidequests, and compared to the others isn't very memorable.

WW's good. TP's great.

 Tp has a better story imo. WW's story is forgettable. Proof, I don't remember it. Well...I remember the triforce pieces...

Twilight Princess > The Wind Waker

While TWW had better atmosphere, sidequests, art style, and story, the triforce-searching/giving-money-to-Tingle, and sailing ruined the ending.

TP, on the other hand, had better characters, dungeons, and didn't have a boring moment. However, I think it had horrible sidequests, and compared to the others isn't very memorable.

Moon_of_Majora

Here is a landmark Nintendo moment:

Twilight Princess is the only Zelda game where you did not have to save any princess.

Although Zelda was at your side in Wind Waker, it wasn't until Act III where you had to save her.

Here is a landmark Nintendo moment:

Twilight Princess is the only Zelda game where you did not have to save any princess.

Although Zelda was at your side in Wind Waker, it wasn't until Act III where you had to save her.

Willy105

What about Link's Awakening? :P

Here is a landmark Nintendo moment:

Twilight Princess is the only Zelda game where you did not have to save any princess.

Although Zelda was at your side in Wind Waker, it wasn't until Act III where you had to save her.

Willy105

TP, on the other hand, had better characters, dungeons, and didn't have a boring moment. However, I think it had horrible sidequests, and compared to the others isn't very memorable.Moon_of_Majora

There was no trading sequence!That was one of my favorite sidequests in Windwaker!:cry:

TP takes it for me because it feels more like a Zelda game.  The puzzles were better, the direction of the plot was better, and overall, the controls were much more refined (Wii). 

WW is an excellent game that just disappointed a lot of Zelda fans because it didn't feel like a Zelda.  However, I LOVED it because the world was HUGE, and the artistic style of the game was phenomenal.  The leaf was sweet too.

Anyways, the most disappointing thing of either of those Zelda games is the minimal encounters with NPCs.  I think they should have given it a little more of an RPG feel, rather than a straight up A/A.  Zelda is more epic than the typical A/A, and deserves a little more attention to detail than the others.  I felt like Ocarina even had much more to do outside of the quest than TP.

[QUOTE="Moon_of_Majora"] TP, on the other hand, had better characters, dungeons, and didn't have a boring moment. However, I think it had horrible sidequests, and compared to the others isn't very memorable.VGobbsesser

There was no trading sequence!That was one of my favorite sidequests in Windwaker!:cry:

I loved the trading sequence, for two reasons -- one, it was fun, and two, the reward was awesome.

Collecting bugs and poes was not fun, and the items you got for collecting them were disappointing.

IMHO, the two worst of the series... anywayz prefer WW.DrCoCoPiMp

I loved the trading sequence, for two reasons -- one, it was fun, and two, the reward was awesome.

Collecting bugs and poes was not fun, and the items you got for collecting them were disappointing.

Moon_of_Majora

Although,I did like "princess" Agitha,and her sayings when you give her a bug.

I dont know why some like Wind Waker.  It is an OK game, but I didnt care for it all that much.  Too tedious for me, didnt feel like a zelda that much.

[QUOTE="Moon_of_Majora"]I loved the trading sequence, for two reasons -- one, it was fun, and two, the reward was awesome.

Collecting bugsand poes was not fun, and the items you got for collecting them were disappointing.

VGobbsesser

Although,I did like "princess" Agitha,and her sayings when you give her a bug.

Yes. I liked Agitha as well. :D

But running around the field trying to find small bugs was boring. :?

Yes. I liked Agitha as well. :D

But running around the field trying to find small bugs was boring. :?

Moon_of_Majora

At least you get money and get to listen to her (slightly weird,but oddly enjoyable) statements.

TP the fight gameplay was way beter windwaker the sailing and stuff was orgional but the gameplay other then the sailing was an oot copy kemar7856

I'm probably one of the few people on these boards, that actually enjoyed sailing in WW. It just felt as an adventurous unique feeling to me, not many games gave me the chance of sailing in a beatifull Cel-shaded sea. That feeling of the music kicking in once you start sailing, with the seagulls following the boat that turned out to be a living boat for that matter, is something I just don't think I could get with another series........ I could express more openly that feeling, but the bottom line is that I enjoyed it.

The way of travel(tied to the story), was something I never expected from a Zelda title. I mean sure, travelling in a horse, or using shoes that makes you faster then the wind, travelling in a Dodongo, transforming into many different races in orther to travel better, or hell I could be here all day are anything but normal(well except the horse part). But, sailing was definitely another welcomed unique addition in terms of travel in the series imo.   

[QUOTE="kemar7856"]TP the fight gameplay was way beter windwaker the sailing and stuff was orgional but the gameplay other then the sailing was an oot copy StealthSting

I'm probably one of the few people on these boards, that actually enjoyed sailing in WW. It just felt as an adventurous unique feeling to me, not many games gave me the chance of sailing in a beatifull Cel-shaded sea. That feeling of the music kicking in once you start sailing, with the seagulls following the boat that turned out to be a living boat for that matter, is something I just don't think I could get with another series........ I could express more openly that feeling, but the bottom line is that I enjoyed it.

The way of travel(tied to the story), was something I never expected from a Zelda title. I mean sure, travelling in a horse, or using shoes that makes you faster then the wind, travelling in a Dodongo, transforming into many different races in orther to travel better, or hell I could be here all day are anything but normal(well except the horse part). But, sailing was definitely another welcomed unique addition in terms of travel in the series imo.   

I like sailing,too.Sailing was one of my favorite parts in Windwaker.Although the Triforce Quest did sort of bog down the adevnture somewhat,it just gives me a chance to explore the sea as much as I want.

Wind Waker easily. Tp i found to be one huge joke. Nintendo hyped the game so much, heck i was hyping it like mad, especially after all the trailers, but it didn't deliver. It felt like and average game, and for a zelda game thats saying somethign since i regard nearly all zelda games to be in a different league.

 Wind waker at least had more originallity, more charm, the graphics were fresher and they worked really well. It was even slightly more harder than TP. TP's art style is great, but in this day and age the appeal that they were going for just didn't work.

They rehashed a lot of the soundtrack from OoT and just messed it up, like the goron and zora theme. The gameplay wasn't polished. The story wasn't that interesting, graphics were dated, the difficulty of the game was made for 2 year olds.

Oot still destroys everything else

Wind Waker had a better story and better graphics, but Twilight Princes was better in every other catagory. So TP>WW

WW>TP

 TP was good, but I was disappointed. Lack of sidequests, difficulty, and interactions with other characters really killed the game.

WW, however, seemed to be great all around. The sailing IMO was kinda fun, although boring at times, it was great to see your destination over the horizon, as you sailed there. The story was better also. And the Nintendo Gallery was one of my favorite side quests in all of Zelda history.

[QUOTE="kemar7856"]TP the fight gameplay was way beter windwaker the sailing and stuff was orgional but the gameplay other then the sailing was an oot copy StealthSting

I'm probably one of the few people on these boards, that actually enjoyed sailing in WW. It just felt as an adventurous unique feeling to me, not many games gave me the chance of sailing in a beatifull Cel-shaded sea. That feeling of the music kicking in once you start sailing, with the seagulls following the boat that turned out to be a living boat for that matter, is something I just don't think I could get with another series........ I could express more openly that feeling, but the bottom line is that I enjoyed it.

The way of travel(tied to the story), was something I never expected from a Zelda title. I mean sure, travelling in a horse, or using shoes that makes you faster then the wind, travelling in a Dodongo, transforming into many different races in orther to travel better, or hell I could be here all day are anything but normal(well except the horse part). But, sailing was definitely another welcomed unique addition in terms of travel in the series imo.

 i totally agree, i loved just exploring the map, there really wasnt much of that at all in TP