A half decent Zelda game ruined by one fatal flaw: having to do the same dungeon over, and over, and over again. Absolutely awful design. Shame, since the rest of the game is fine enough.

If you're looking for a game that uses every possible feature of the DS to the fullest, here you go. You move Link with a stylus on the touch screen. You can't move him any other way. If that sounds awful to you well... yeah it kinda is. The player's hand ends up in the way of the screen that you need to see like, a lot. Dungeons are so straightforward that they become the game's Achilles Heel.

bought this game and the controls drove me up the wall. i am a ds touchscreen apologist but this was a bridge too far

I'm not going through the temple of the Ocean king or whatever the fuck it's called.

ocean king temple wasn't even that bad the controls were the worst part for me

Dungeons were lame and the touch controls brought little to the table. Impressive from a technical standpoint.

link can draw a dick on the map

Bad puzzles that are just memorization you write on the map, ugly visuals, forgettable soundtrack, boring sea-traveling, and backtracking sections just to start the new areas don't make this adventure a breeze.

It is Zelda for babies and it does that well

Skyward Sword tier. Just not good. Don't waste your time with it please. If you really love Wind Waker, please just play Minish Cap.

so fun not the best but so fun

Ran into a bug in the end-game and couldn't finish. 7 or so years ago.

Would be an amazing game if it wasn't for the Temple of the Ocean King.

Lost it years ago, but didn't get super far.

A very scaled back version of Wind Waker that works well for what it is. The controls can be hit or miss, but they generally do their job well. The sense of adventure is still there and the wonderful art-style has been adapted pretty well. If nothing else, what keeps this from being a truly great game is how repetitive its structure is.

the ocean king's temple? fuck you, nintendo.

A very good, different, and underrated Zelda game. Gameplay centers largely around the touch screen, and that's not a bad thing. Drawing paths for your boomerang and bombchus is pretty cool, for example. Boss fights are creative and fun. The game's central dungeon was a nice challenge. My biggest complain is that there's not as much to explore as in other Zelda games.

nintendo was really all in on that touchscreen huh

nintendo was really all in on your mom

Honestly the puzzle you solve by closing your DS is worth 5 stars alone but I gotta take off two bc the dungeons suck.

Alright game. As other people mentioned the dungeons were awful but "that" puzzle was super clever and stumped me for at least a half hour.

this was my first zelda game so I have to give it 5 stars

This game can drag really badly but it's high points are pretty dang high

The new touchscreen gameplay is pretty great all things considered but the unmemorable world and terrible backtracking killed any desire I had to finish it

One of the weakest Zelda games.

Será peor de lo que recuerdo pero me lo pasé de puta madre con él cuando niño.

A more exciting tale than Wind Waker, in my eyes.

Many point to the Temple of the Ocean King and forced touch-screen controls to call this a bad game. What's really holding this back is those generic temples.

Loved it as a kid, though it did scare me a lot. It's fun and cute. I don't know if I'd play it again, but it's not bad.

Linebeck goated near the end

A lot of great stuff in this, particularly using the stylus to sketch on the map and discover treasures (I'd love to see this return) and the cleverly designed central temple which you return to tackle more efficiently each time thanks to your growth in health, inventory, knowledge and skill. One of my favourite games in the series.