The player controls Link, the protagonist of the Zelda series. The game is set on a group of islands in a vast sea called the Great Sea - a first for the series.
The game would spawn two sequels: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS, being a direct sequel to The Wind Waker, and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, set a century after the events of The Wind Waker. It is a sequel set hundreds of years after The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in the 'Adult Link' Timeline. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan on December 13, 2002, in Canada and the United States on March 24, 2003, in Europe on and in Australia on May 7, 2003. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ( ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト, Zeruda no Densetsu Kaze no Takuto ?, ' The Legend of Zelda: Baton of Wind') is the tenth installment in the Legend of Zelda series, notable for its use of cel-shaded animation and sailing. 'The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker' Trailer
Game Boy Advance ' This is but one of the legends of which the people speak.' - Prologue