Why buy a Gamecube when I can play the game remastered on Wii U this fall?

DUDE JFC. DO YOU HAVE ANY LOGIC!?

HERE:

1) You are a (self-proclaimed) huge Zelda fan

2) Wind Waker was released in 2002

3) Gamecube was DIRT CHEAP at the end of last gen.

4) HD remakes are a very recent phenomena. Wind Waker HD was announced THIS YEAR

5) You didn't buy a cheap ass Gamecube for well over 7 years - having no idea that an HD remake would be done.

I have no idea what you are saying.

What style choice is even possible at this stage?

What is the "Dolphin look"?

How could you possibly know which people said what over 10 years ago?

I own Wind Waker, so if they can improve the graphics and make the later half of the game more tolerable while keeping great way Link ends Ganondorf in the Wii U version it will be worth it.

Besides, part of the reason they are doing a remake is because they really don't have anything else to put out at the end of the year.... so yeah.

1. The marketing has been minor compared to what they'll do for actual killer apps.

2.  An oversite team is not a major drain nro would it prevent Nintendo from being able to make a separate internally developed game.

2.2 The implications of your statement are that every single person on the planet over the age of 10 has played WW.

5. We don't fully know the extent of the new content.  So waste precious personal resources slamming the title?  And Greezo are quite capable as we've already seen.

6. It does address your point.  Your point is very narrow focused on a small segment of the market.  You and the very few others like you.  Your compaints are only valid to that small segment.  Should Nintendo not release a game simply because some people may not want it?  Why not think of the remainder, and much larger portion, of the market and then readdress your own questions?

I'd wait at least a few days before judging.

We can assume Wind Waker was not far into development when announced in January; Nintendo weren't even far enough along to show a trailer, and instead opted for a handful of screenshots. Over the next few days we should learn far, far more about it, and the visual style will most likely have evolved.

Now if this is a Director's Cut, and includes cut dungeons, removes the fetch quests and makes other alterations, as well as orchestrated music, it could be something very special. But judging it now--a day before E3 and on the basis of six screenshots or so--is very, very premature.

I'd also point out it doesn't need to be a huge deal in and of itself to be a strong title for Wii U. It is a title a core Nintendo fanbase will pick up. It is part of a line up for the end of the year, rather than the be all and end all, as it should be, and that is vital. It's not like 3DS where the one major title for six months was a remake, it should be the case with Wii U that a remake is one of the major titles coming at the end of the year and on the back of a string of new Nintendo titles.

Dolphin look = how the game looks like when emulated with Dolphin.

New Style = How WW HD looks like on the actual WiiU screenshots.

It's not an HD remaster, it's a complete remake. Of course it will look better on the Wii U and probably have a lot of other things improved.

I dont recall any Ninty fans or anyone touting it as a killer app, doesnt matter what or how Ninty advertises it. One would have to be naive, foolish or just plain ignorant IMHO to think a remake of a two gen old game can be a killer app. Thats not to say it wont be well done, but i would say keep your expectations realistic.

I love Zelda.

Every Zelda gets re-released at some point.

I'm patient.

Relax.