An ocean of cel-shading where every island is drawn like a page from a storybook.

And yet, first paradox: when the community picks on gut feeling, without thinking, Wind Waker HD only edges ahead of a quarter of games. Low, surprising for a Zelda. But look at the detail and everything flips. Art style ahead of 97% of titles, top of the board. Desert island and attachment ahead of 95% of games, rediscovery very high too, the soundtrack near the top of the pile. One shadow only, the controller feel dropping into the lower part of the ranking, but on a single vote, so to be confirmed. There's the real tension of this game: it moves and fascinates the moment you analyze it, but something jams in the immediate pull.

Against remasters and the great Zeldas, it plays on the ground that suits it best, that of evocation and attachment, where the adventure engraves itself for good rather than tickling the pad.

So who is it for? For you if you love a world you carry with you, a visual style that doesn't age and a soundtrack that stays. Much less so if you're first after nervous energy and the pure joy of play moment to moment.