Critics enjoyed the similarity to Ocarina of Time, but often complained about the tedium that the large amount of time spent on sailing became. A heavy emphasis is placed on using and controlling wind with a baton called the Wind Waker, which aids sailing and floating through air. The Wind Waker follows in the footsteps of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, retaining the basic gameplay and control system from the Nintendo 64 title. Link spends a significant portion of the game sailing, traveling between islands, and traversing through dungeons and temples to gain the power necessary to defeat Ganondorf, and to rescue his kidnapped younger sister named Aryll. He struggles against the returning Ganondorf for control of a sacred relic known as the Triforce. 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 GameCube controller Game Boy Advance ' This is but one of the legends of which the people speak.' - Prologue

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