Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto

Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto (ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト (Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto — "Baton of Wind / Wind's Baton")) — GameCube, Japan, Nintendo, 2002. JP December 13, 2002. From GameCube & Game Boy Advance in the Zelda Games Gallery.

JP subtitle *Kaze no Takuto* names the baton object, not the person — "Wind Waker" (the person/item in English) is a localisation invention.

JP pre-orders carried the famous bonus disc with Ocarina of Time + Ura Zelda for GameCube (announced on Nintendo's JP Kaze no Takuto site Nov 22, 2002, per Lozwiki/Wikipedia release coverage) — that bonus disc is censused separately as MQ-JP; it was given at pre-order, not packed inside the WW box, so a WW-JP box alone does not imply the disc. First Zelda on GameCube and first cel-shaded entry — the art split from Ocarina's style is the box's whole visual identity.

Across the Pacific in this gallery: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Identification: this box carries the product code DOL-GZLJ-JPN, read off the printing itself.

Shown here at its verified native size, 568×800, the largest honest copy the Library holds for this box.

This page carries the verified front-and-back pair: use the flip control on the cover to turn the box over.

The Japanese back panel: JAN 4902370506198, (C)2002 Nintendo, FOR JAPAN ONLY.