If you hated Wind Waker, you'll really hate Zelda U.

[Frogger]

z101 said:

Slow sailing above an endless blue ocean in WW was boring. It was not as boring as the ocean in Assassins Creed 4 (that was REALLY boring) but it was boring nonetheless.

Wind Waker HD speeded up the boat from the beginning and that paced the game a lot. You can not compare sailing over an flat blue ocean and riding through a landscape the latter is far more varied by nature.

From a game design perspective, the only difference is the aesthetics. They function identically.