Highlights
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker's may be a classic game, but many fans will not know about one clever detail within it.
- A Reddit user pointed out a small detail about the statues in the game, specifically the Fountain Idol, which appears to randomly fall asleep, creating a neat Easter egg.
- Unfortunately, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is not available for the Switch, but fans hope it will be released in the future while they eagerly anticipate the next big installment in the series.
An observant fan of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker notices a small detail about the statues in the game that very few people have noticed since its release over twenty years ago. This small detail in Zelda: The Wind Waker is another great example of what makes this series so beloved by fans.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was originally released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2002 to a rather tepid response from the fanbase at the time. Back then, many Zelda fans were looking for a more realistic experience, along the lines of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, not a game with such a “cartoonish” feel. Today, The Wind Waker is seen by many as a masterpiece, with its striking, colorful art style that still holds up two decades later. In 2013, Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, a version of the game that makes the art style shine even more with beautiful high-definition graphics.
Reddit user Oramni posted a clip that not only shows how well The Wind Waker’s art style holds up but also reveals a strange animation from a decorative statue. In the clip, Link can be seen on one of the many islands in the game, standing next to a statue of a woman with a jug of water on her head. Everything looks perfectly normal at first; then, suddenly, the statue starts to “nod off” as if she’s falling asleep. The water in the jug splashes all over, forcing her to go back to her stoic stance.
The statue in the clip is called the Fountain Idol, a reward that Link receives for completing the Shop Guru Statue quest in The Wind Waker. To get the Fountain Idol, players must complete a long trading session that involves Link traveling to four major islands in the game. There doesn’t seem to be any explanation in the game why the statue falls asleep randomly. It appears to just be a neat Easter egg.
For players who would like to get the Fountain Idol for themselves, they’ll have to find a Wii U or GameCube to do so. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is still not available for the Switch, and remains as one of the few major Wii U games to not be ported over. But now that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is finally out, perhaps Nintendo will release The Wind Waker for the Switch while fans of the series wait for the next big installment.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is available now for Wii U.