Wind Waker HD FAQ

------------------------------------ Isn't the Gamecube version faster than the Wii U Version? ------------------------------------

Nope, with the new strats such as item sliding the HD version is now officially faster than SD.


------------------------------------------------------ What is item sliding? ------------------------------------------------------

Item sliding is a glitch in Wind Waker HD that allows you gain a ton of speed, allowing you do a ton of clips and super swim just like the original version.

It is activated by taking out an item that uses first person such as the Grapple Hook and Boomerang.

Tap the item button and once you have it in first person mode hold a direction all the way.
Pause the game whist holding that direction.

During the pause start holding ESS in the opposite direction. (ESS is when you hold the analogue stick very slightly, keeping link in a busy state)
Un-pause whilst holding ESS and you will see link building up speed.

Once you have enough speed you can hold fully in the direction you were doing ESS in
To control the speed afterwards:
- Tap ZL once , then turn
- Take out a bomb, Press B to drop it (or hammer) and this will stop Link gaining speed, then turn

To super swim you need you slowly turn into the water, use the camera you can slowly move Link


------------------------------------------------------- Why Wind Waker HD? ---------------------------------------------------------

Right now there's a lack of speedrunners for this game and I feel like its a pretty cozy run to watch due to watching Narcissa (Cosmo) run this in the past. Ocarina of Time is over saturated right now with runners and it'd be nice to have something unique with my content.

Able to skip the intro cut-scene

HD has a lot less run killers overall

Game looks great


---------------------------------------------- What are your goals in Wind Waker HD? -----------------------------------------------

Currently I'm trying to get a feel for the game as I learn the rest, but maybe over time we'll push for a really good time / possibly world record if I feel comfortable enough

For now the runs are going to be sloppy due to not being used to the controller and having full consistency on the strats, but I'll enjoy the ride with the motivation to improve!


--------------------------------------------- What happened to Mario Party Speedruns? ----------------------------------------------

I'll still do them occasionally, maybe I'll do a specific day with mostly mario party speedruns similar to Melee Mondays

They are really fun but I hit my goal of hitting all 10 Mario Party world records on the hardest difficulty for each

I just have a lot more motivation to get invested into a full speedrun right now


------------------------------------------------ What happened to Melee Speedruns? -------------------------------------------------

Same with mario party speedruns. I'll still try to do them on Mondays but not always. It's rough when your PB's are pretty optimised and have no competition. I will however be doing Brawl Subspace Emissary speedruns every now and then =D