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After playing Wind Waker so long ago, I'm still fascinated about how the Hyrule there actually looks like. You're always on this vast sea with a few islands, and at most you get to explore the castle and a bit of the environs of Hyrule iself.

But I think as everyone else I guess that wasn't enough for this lovely game. I went searching the net for any fanmade Wind Waker Hyrule, and I find NOTHING. Maybe didn't search THAT much, but I expected to yield some results.

That's when I decided to take this project upon myself.
When making this map, one of the annoying issues was the amount of islands on the Wind Waker map I based it of.
That is mountain tops. They are many, which makes Hyrule almost too spiky, so I also ruled out a bunch. Some island I guess could be artificial or floating (in some way). In that way, I reduced the amount and made my Hyrule a little less spiky.

Then I tried to get as much glimpse of the Hyrule Castle area I could to make a nice rendering.

Another nice touch is the relation to all areas I've placed out.
Familiar areas from the loose prequel, Ocarina of Time.
Also the connection of the Hyrule days to the Great Sea present day. The square grid is helpful for Great Sea comparison.

- Lost Woods where the Great Deku tree takes super growth to stay above sea level.

- Zoras Domain at the base of what would be Greatfish Island, Jabun's place where he would later move.

- Gerudo Desert with Gerudos Domain also has an interesting idea. Tetra mentioned that Forsaken Fortress used to be a base for other pirates than themselves, this could've pointed towards the Gerudos.

- Kakariko Village is close to what would later be Windfall island, a possible mountain top for their descendents.

As a bonus I've also added some few new locations of this Hyrule which could be interesting. Some might even be dungeons to explore. Too bad that there might not have been a Link living in this era though.

The whole result of this work is a Hyrule in Wind Waker's cel-shaded style that all will hopefully enjoy!
For details you can download the original full-sized image.
Enjoy!

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker © Nintendo

Description
After playing Wind Waker so long ago, I'm still fascinated about how the Hyrule there actually looks like. You're always on this vast sea with a few islands, and at most you get to explore the castle and a bit of the environs of Hyrule iself.

But I think as everyone else I guess that wasn't enough for this lovely game. I went searching the net for any fanmade Wind Waker Hyrule, and I find NOTHING. Maybe didn't search THAT much, but I expected to yield some results.

That's when I decided to take this project upon myself.
When making this map, one of the annoying issues was the amount of islands on the Wind Waker map I based it of.
That is mountain tops. They are many, which makes Hyrule almost too spiky, so I also ruled out a bunch. Some island I guess could be artificial or floating (in some way). In that way, I reduced the amount and made my Hyrule a little less spiky.

Then I tried to get as much glimpse of the Hyrule Castle area I could to make a nice rendering.

Another nice touch is the relation to all areas I've placed out.
Familiar areas from the loose prequel, Ocarina of Time.
Also the connection of the Hyrule days to the Great Sea present day. The square grid is helpful for Great Sea comparison.

- Lost Woods where the Great Deku tree takes super growth to stay above sea level.

- Zoras Domain at the base of what would be Greatfish Island, Jabun's place where he would later move.

- Gerudo Desert with Gerudos Domain also has an interesting idea. Tetra mentioned that Forsaken Fortress used to be a base for other pirates than themselves, this could've pointed towards the Gerudos.

- Kakariko Village is close to what would later be Windfall island, a possible mountain top for their descendents.

As a bonus I've also added some few new locations of this Hyrule which could be interesting. Some might even be dungeons to explore. Too bad that there might not have been a Link living in this era though.

The whole result of this work is a Hyrule in Wind Waker's cel-shaded style that all will hopefully enjoy!
For details you can download the original full-sized image.
Enjoy!

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker © Nintendo