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5. Link’s Eyes Solve Puzzles For You - Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker

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If there’s one thing that’ll stop your fantasy idea of being the lowly hero gallivanting across the land to right every last wrong, it’s an awkwardly obtuse dungeon puzzle.

Wind Waker was the last of the more old-school Zeldas in terms of barely giving you any hints as to where to go and what to do - and that’s why this tiny revelation will have been staring you in the face the entire time.

Mentioned in one tiny paragraph in the original GameCube game’s manual, if you actually rotate the camera around to see Link’s eyes, they’ll actually be looking at the solution or wherever you need to go.

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