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The Wind Waker, the first Zelda game on the Nintendo Gamecube, used a radical new graphic style called Cel Shading, featuring vibrant, cartoon-like colors, and unprecedented character expression. This unique new style initially shocked many gamers who had expected something more in the realistic stylings of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. But luckily, most gamers came to embrace the new cel shading, and got to enjoy an incredibly detailed and epic Zelda game.

Long ago, there existed a kingdom where a golden power lay hidden. One day, a man of great evil found this power and took it for himself, and with it at his command, he spread darkness across the kingdom. But then... just as all hope had died, a young boy clothed in green appeared as if from nowhere. Wielding a blade that repelled evil, he sealed the dark one away and gave the land light. This boy, who travelled through time to save the land, was known as the Hero of Time. The boy's tale was passed down through generations until it became legend.

And then came a day when a fell wind began to blow across the kingdom, and the great evil once again crept forth from the depths of the earth. The people believed that the Hero of Time would again come to save them. But the hero did not appear...

What became of that kingdom...? None remain who know. The memory of the kingdom vanished, but its legend survived on the wind's breath.

On a certain island, it became customary to garb young boys in green when they came of age. Clothed in the green of the fields, they aspire to find heroic blades and cast evil down. The elders wish only for the youths to know the courage like the hero of legend...
 

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