Alright. Here comes my Zelda hot take. I don't love Wind Waker. I will say I love the concept and I appreciate what it did for the series. I really want to love the game, but I can't. For starters the art style comes off as cheap and cheesy to me. However, the main reason I probably don't like it is because I went straight from OoT to this, and then took a break from this when BotW came out. Not only did I take an extended break, but I stopped playing right in the middle of the Forbidden Woods. My number one rule with any game like this is "never stop progress in the middle of a dungeon." It stems from this game because I came back after such a long wait and I was completely lost.

So all in all, the reason I don't love this game is ultimately my fault, but it doesn't change the fact that I think it's the weakest main title I've played.

Also, just a general GameCube nitpick: don't invert both axes without a way to change it.