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Wind Waker JS (fan remake)
Wind Waker's Great Sea, rebuilt by a fan to run in a browser: sail the King of Red Lions, pull up treasure with the hook and hunt for Triforce pieces. About 30 MB, no account.
OUR TAKE / EDITORIAL
Why it's on the wall
The water is why you open it: the white foam lines and the clouds look like the GameCube game.
Written by Neon Gamewall. An opinion, not a player rating.
GAME BRIEF
What's the game?
Robin Payot, a French creative developer, remade the ocean part of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker in Three.js: the cel-shaded sea with its white foam lines, the cartoon clouds, and Link at the tiller of the King of Red Lions. It runs on WebGPU, and the page offers a WebGL version for browsers without it. You pick a quality (Medium is the recommended one) and a mode. In Explore the Ocean you sail with the arrow keys and jump with Space; when a light glows on the water, you use the hook and pull up a treasure, and some of them are Triforce shards. The other mode, Rupee's Game, is about collecting rupees. A Link menu lets you change his mouth and eyes. Our boat headed for a fortress on the horizon.
BEFORE YOU PLAY
What to expect
Free, and no account. About 30 MB loaded when we checked, and the sea was up in about 8 seconds. Unofficial: a fan project whose credits thank Nintendo for the assets. It covers the sailing only. The page asks about cookies first; we said no and it played fine.
Controls: Arrow keys to sail and steer, Space to jump over obstacles. Over a glowing light, use the hook (one of the two items in the top corner, on E and F) and press Space to pull up the treasure. Click and drag to move the camera, scroll to zoom.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Common questions
Can you play Wind Waker in a browser?
The sailing part, yes. Robin Payot's fan remake at wind-waker-threejs.com puts the Great Sea in a browser tab: sail the King of Red Lions, hunt for Triforce pieces or play the rupee game. Free, no account. It isn't the whole game.
Is it official?
No. It's a fan project; its credits thank Nintendo for the assets.
Does it need WebGPU?
No. It runs on WebGPU, and when a browser doesn't support it the page offers a WebGL version.
SOURCE & CREDIT
Meet the maker
Robin Payot is a creative developer based in Paris, per his GitHub profile. His tslda repository ports his Wind Waker ocean project to Three.js's TSL, and its description says AI tools helped with the port.
The creator publicly credits the AI tool shown above. See the creator source or build notes ↗.
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