Beta64 - Wind Waker 

the Jabun sounds are nightmare fuel

sooo.. am I the only one that thinks that zelda thing they showed off at spaceworld was NOT some "announcement" or whatever for the wind waker, but a tech demo to show off what the gamecube was capable of?

At 3:20, I do believe that's Satoru Iwata's face.

Is it just me? Or did Wind Waker GC have really good graphics for its time? Look at dem shaders.

Wind Waker is no doubt my favorite game of all time. The Music is beautiful, the art style is amazing looking, the world is so big and fun to explore, the partners were all fun to work with, Makar was adorable, the story was breathtaking, and overall I just had the best experience with the game. Tetra was my favorite character, she had a pretty deep story and was very important to the game itself. If you have not played this game yet, go do so, it'll be worth your time.

I loved Wind Waker. I also loved Twilight Princess. I don't understand why so many people think it has to be one or the other.

the space world 2000 footage is not wind waker. It was a tech demo showcasing the new hardware.

The unused E3 Wind Waker theme has actually been used as the main theme for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds' main theme. Neat little fact. However, the theme has been slightly changed, but you can tell if you compare them.

The E3 Wind Waker title theme is also the title theme of A Link to the Past. Did anyone else notice that?

Dude this game is my LIFE. If everyone would've had the privilege to grow up with ALTP, OoT, MM and WW there would be no wars.

I'm gonna say this outright and say that Wind Waker is the best LoZ game. Sure OoT was fantastic and TLttP was just as fantastic, but neither game feels timeless like Wind Waker, and this game has that EPIC feel to it. Like Shadow of the Colossus or Ico levels of EPIC. But in a cute art style that's taking forever to age.

This is false. The 'original' version he shows was never intended to be a released game. It was a tech demo for the Gamecube

That unused Wind waker theme actually sounds identical to the title theme for a link between worlds.

wind waker is always and will be one of the best legend of zelda titles ever no doubt.

Wind Waker is my favorite Zelda. I really like the Style.

Well... now I have to go play wind waker

OMG The Jabun sounds are terrifying O_O

The original E3 theme sounds just like the original Link to the Past theme but with seagulls.

A Test Map Named TF_03 In The Wind Waker? Team Fortress 3 Confirmed!

I don't get the hate that the cartoon style gets. To this day I think it still looks better than the realistic graphics of Twilight Princess

The spaceworld video was a tech demo, not a trailer or teaser for anything. Just showing off what the GameCube could do. Otherwise, cool stuff here.

I love the idea of Link growing as the game progresses.

XD the test sphere's face kinda resembles Iwata lol

3:23 iwata ball

Wind Waker is such an awesome game :D And since my alarm for everything is the Wind Waker theme, this whole video made me be on alert XD

Love how the Windwaker theme has a bit of Zelda’s Lullaby in it. What a beautiful song!

It makes me feel weird so weird to see my favorite game picked apart to show all its textures and inner workings. There's so much heart in this game it kind of hurts.

Wind Waker will be the first Zelda game I ever played. I still haven't played it yet.

I've actually seen the swimming animation on the GC version, when I got stuck under a giant flower in Forest Haven and everything got clipped out except for Link.

I love Wind Waker but I'd seriously love the tech demo to be a game too. It looks really cool and if they had made a story for it already then I really would've loved it to be real.

that was a tech demo though...

Nostalgic Goosebumps at 5:15!

the "beta" version, ,wasnt a beta version, it was a techdemo for the gamecube.

It always warms my heart when I hear people talk about Windwaker.

Dude, that demo shown before the announcement of Wind Waker was NEVER meant to be an actual game, it's just a cutscene meant to show off the capabilities of the system, just like the one they did for the Wii U.

Wow you are really young arent you Beta64?

It’s a tragedy that the GameCube did not get the recognition it deserved until years later after it’s release

Can't believe this game is 11 years old already...time sure flies

20 years later, Wind Waker looks and plays just as good today as it did on release… and that’s before the HD remaster.

oh man that unused windwaker theme wouldve had fans screaming in excitement

9 years ago... Time flies

10:22 it's clearly a rare pepe

the e3 theme was used for a link between worlds

In the Spaceworld demo, Ganondorf does his "Warlock Punch" yell from Melee before him and Link do that final clash. Also, did you know that the Ganondorf model for Super Smash Bros. Melee is the same one used in the demo?

Wind Waker was the first Zelda game I beated when I was a kid, it was one of my favorites since then.

Wow I’m watching this in 2021 And then I heard with the announcement of wind waker hd and I realized this video is 8 Years old

Nowadays, all Zelda fans cares about are graphics. I keep hearing "Twilight princess is the best zelda game ever because it's dark and realistic" or "Zelda MM is the best zelda game ever because it's dark and realistic". Zelda fans also complain that the new Hyrule Warriors game graphics look lame. Since when the hell has Zelda been just about graphics?

3:02 I remember watching this when I was... 9 or 10, and being terrified of this and wanting to sleep in my parents room that night? I have no idea why I was so afraid of it at the time. It’s hilarious now.

The WindWaker theme from E3 gave me chills I love it!!

Personally I find the graphics awesome. That was actually one of the things that drew me into this game. It's so bright and colourful. Full of personality.

Oh, and what looks to be the Tower of the Gods (at 6:28), that looks badass! Wish that made it into the final game!

I felt like i was the only one who had twilight princess for gamecube, was i? I mean i bought the game from Sams Club.

Imagine if they kept the adult link idea... it would be sooo cool!!!

The E3 theme sounds so freaking majestic :)

An example of a good quality game, its rare to see one of those nowadays

Oh come on! That first one is CLEARLY an unrelated tech demo. Like the Wii U one with TP-like graphics.

"Click the Link in the description" lol.

okay, I LOVE the actual WW opening, but the E3 one was pretty good too

That unused wind waker theme is AMAZING!!

Am I the only one who knows that face is myamoto?

I don't know if it was only me but...JABUN SCARED THE F**K OUT OF ME AS A CHILD.

That's Iwatas face on the texture ball(3:19)

That "Wind Waker Theme for E3" is actually a remixed version of the title screen theme from A Link to the Past, and I must say it's pretty awesome.

Sailing the seas, and exploring the islands was such a wonderful adventure, and it looks like you had one, too! I'd love to play a mod of this that has those unused rooms accessible by normal means, especially the brightly-colored checkerboard ones with the numbers all over; they look like their own little playgrounds. Also, is it just me, or do the ones that have the door high above a rocky valley resemble the end of one of the stages of Painkiller?

6:40 A hookshot?!

I'd like to see someone remake Wind Waker in a Twilight Princess style and vice versa.

7:50 Link: Screw this, I'm outta here!

One of the rooms shown has a bunch of golden zunari statues with what looks like the attachment for placing flowers on windfall. These were probably used as the final step in the Goron trading quest. Pretty cool to imagine windfall being covered in golden zunari statues

I just noticed something about the E3 music... It sounds strikingly similar to the entrance music in a newer game that was released on 3DS (which is as great as Wind Waker,) A Link Between Worlds. I got chills when I heard that, because it was so weird to hear that music after having played ALBW so much the first week and a half it was released.

6:08 I KNOW that Japanese text means SOMETHING on the map.

ya know what ive always wondered since i was a little kid? Why do the developers keep those unused rooms, textures, sounds, and ECT if they are never going to be used for any actual gameplay purpose. my theory is that these rooms and everything were kept for technical reasons. This theory comes from me removing unused content from other games that i do infact own. When i removed some of the content the game that i removed the content from started to act strangly, these ways include : random crashed, ear piercing sound glitched, and texture glitches. This could be the reason why some games were VERY short during their times but i have no proof that the unused content was the reason. The only reason why i even think of such is because the content took up a significant amount of space on the games disc. Now back to my original question, why would they leave all this content in file if it is never to be used? I mean if you really know what you are doing you can infact make these rooms appear when going through a door or ect but otherwise there is nothing to do in those rooms unless there are some old scripts that were originally going to be used in the particular room itself. This is one of the main reasons i personally want to become a game designer so i can get all of these questions answered for games i would be a part of.

3:20 ... It strangely looks like Eiji Aonuma ... Delirium, modeler and programmer ?

I feel like the tech demo for what people think was Wind Waker was actually for Smash Bros. Melee, because one of the sword swinging sounds was in Melee along with the last yell sound from Ganondorf at the end of the tech demo.

That footage of Ganondorf and Link fighting at the beginning was strictly a tech demo for the Gamecube and not an early iteration of Wind Waker. However since Nintendo is so secretive, people assumed it was footage for the next Zelda game when in reality, it was not.

If you look at the "realistic" wind wakker trailer You see that he has the same shield as the Link in Majoras Mask so maybe it was supposed to be a sequel to Majoras Mask! D:

a game where he ages would have been so cool.

it said "manuel" next to the camara icon? 06:06 why? typo? i guess they didn´t know that manuel is a spanish name

5:55-9:18 Brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. My favorite song in gaming history. :')

You should have talked more about the room at 9:30. It was referred to as the "Pig Dungeon" when it was first discovered. The subject of focus was the ominous yellow carving that might be a door. The scene appeared to be a crucified Christ in a graveyard. Very eerie. Maybe it was meant to depict the hero of time. That, together with the figurine carvings on the walls just goes to show how dark the original game was willing to go.

omg i love the wind waker title music

anyone who says they hate wind waker's graphic doesn't actually mean it.. lol

10:24 Honestly it looks like Shrek in the cartoon art style with a fairy.

“Link had a sneaking function, possibly to be used when sneaking...”

As a long time Zelda fan (since it first launched on the NES) I loved Wind Waker. At least #3 from the entire series.

that song is stuck in my head

I really want to play another Zelda game before Breath of the Wild. Which should I play: Wind Waker or Skyward Sword?

og windwaker was obviously twilight princess

I wish they had included that art studio room! Or the steam one with the hot springs. The game needed more places that felt lived in outside of the 3/4 main islands.

Came for the beta footage, stayed for the wind waker theme music. Jeez that is beautiful.

9:37 TF_03 stands for Team fortress 3

I love the art style I only have the wii u version

9:52 *Tincle is love Tincle is life*

My first Zelda game ever was Majora's Mask. I remember the first time I saw Toon Link, I was surprised at the difference in art style! But, after getting and playing the game, it was something I came to appreciate. The game wouldn't be the same without it! :D

Okay... When you started playing the music during the test room slideshow, I just about started crying, wishing i could play this game again.... * sniff *.. Stupid GameCube memory cards..

Why do tests rooms have numbers on the walls and Floor just like the test room in super mario Sunshine

Toon Link is better than plain Link

Best Zelda ♡

Windwaker is not only my favourite Zelda game, but make favourite game ever...I love this game so much

As a Zelda fan since Link to the Past I think WW is one of the best in the series. They really get a lot of character out of the cartoon graphics. The music is also excellent with a lot of inspiration from earlier titles. Lots of weird little references in general. Main problem is that the fetch quest towards the end should have been dungeons.

why every beta of a game is always in 60fps?