Ballad of Gales: Down, Right, Left, Up - Learned from Cyclos after hitting him three times with arrows.Songs are played in 4/4 time by holding the control stick to the left while playing the song. Song of Passing: Right, Left, Down - Learned from Tott on Windfall Island.
Arguably the most useful song in the game allows Link to change the direction of the wind.
Both the timbre and the pace of the played music vary according to the time, and each song can only be played while conducting in the appropiate time. The C-Stick is then used to play one of five notes: up, down, left, right, and center. There is a total of six Wind Waker songs that can be learned throughout the course of the game.īy moving the Control Stick, songs can be conducted in 3/4, 4/4, or 6/4 time, with each time signature having two separate songs. Link conducting with the Wind Waker artwork It also has the power to open doors to ancient temples, awaken the sage within someone, allow him to travel in cyclones, take control of others and more.Īccording to an interview with Eiji Aonuma in the documentary Zelda no Video, the idea that eventually evolved into the Wind Waker initially started off as a theremin-like device. Link uses this to move around the Great Sea with much ease in The Wind Waker. The Wind Waker is said to have the power to change the direction of the wind, as well as being able to call upon and borrow the power of the gods. Long ago, it was used by the King of Hyrule to conduct the Sages when they played their song to call upon the gods. The Wind Waker is a magical conductor's baton that is given to Link by the King of Red Lions when he reaches Dragon Roost Island.