Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This Dark Aspects episode covers the more adult content in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on GameCube (and the HD version on Wii U). This first episode sinks into a Hyrule flooded by the Gods, charts creatures that populate its ethereal waters, and plunders the cursed Ghost Ship that sails them...

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Sources & further reading:

Images

⍟ Thumbnail/character images from Zelda Wiki
zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Gallery:The_Wind_Waker
⍟ Thicc starfish by あかり(AKARI)
twitter.com/Babyshoujo/status/1145429588220108800
⍟ Doritos Parrot
pinterest.com/pin/561683384746738563

Additional Video

⍟ Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D & Majora's Mask 3D footage by ZorZelda youtube.com/ZorZelda

Music & Sound FX

⍟ Wind Waker & The Wind Waker HD music uploaded by Video Games Music
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAs1Kha_R9dJRxc9XA-Q4dWWbFxTnlBY7
⍟ The Wind Waker and Majora's Mask voice clips by HelpTheWretched
noproblo.dayjo.org/ZeldaSounds/WW_New/index.html
noproblo.dayjo.org/ZeldaSounds/MM/index.html
⍟ Link's Barrel Beat by Jake Clark
youtu.be/SsMayq8sL-U

Research articles & books

⍟ Zelda Encyclopedia by Nintendo and Dark Horse Books
darkhorse.com/Books/3000-358/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Encyclopedia-HC
⍟ Hyrule Historia by Nintendo and Dark Horse Books
darkhorse.com/Books/20-921/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Hyrule-Historia-HC
⍟ The Wind Waker text dump by Zelda Dungeon
zeldadungeon.net/wiki/The_Wind_Waker_Text_Dump

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