I'd like to start out saying I'm a huge Zelda fan. This game is fun. If you own a GameCube, you should own this game. This is not the best game ever made, though. It is incredibly easy. It seems as though the difficulty is set on diapers. There also tends to be too much sailing in the game. It takes you five minutes to get to the next place you're going. At least in the other Zelda games, you could pull out your sword and whack things as you traveled from place to place. In this game, I just run.
The game is long, and I enjoyed every minute of it. There are lots of things to do, lots of places to see. There are plenty of side quests in there for people that want to get the most out of their game. The Wind Waker is a pretty bad idea, it seems like they are just trying to live off of what the Ocarina did for the series, however, there are plenty of fun goodies to play with. Deku sailing is great fun. The story was enough to want to play the game. Although not complicated, it brings me back to my roots of the original Zelda games. Go search.