Windfall Island
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| Windfall Island | |
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 Windfall Island | |
| First appearance | The Wind Waker (2003) |
| Country | Great Sea |
| Point(s) of interest | Auction House Bomb Shop Chu Jelly Juice Shop Mrs. Marie's School of Joy Windfall Café Windfall Jail Windmill |
| Inhabitants | Various Humans and Hylians |
Windfall Island is a location from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The most populated island on the Great Sea, it is a thriving market town, in which the most notable feature is the windmill, which also acts as a ferris wheel and lighthouse. Aside from the windmill, however, there is also a potion shop, a school, a Bomb Shop, a café, a jail and an auction house.
Link visits Windfall Island at least twice during his quest; the first time to purchase a sail after being rescued by the King of Red Lions, and a second time to discover the fate of Jabun from Tetra's Pirates.
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[edit] Points of interest
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
[edit] Mrs. Marie's School of Joy
When Link goes on his quest to find the eight shards of the Triforce of Courage, one of the locations of the Triforce Charts is in the Windfall Island schoolteacher's personal cabana. To get the deed to it, Link must assist Mrs. Marie, the teacher, with a group of troublesome students known as the Killer Bees. They are a group of rambunctous boys who frequently skip school, with the interest of causing trouble instead.
After speaking to Mrs. Marie about them, she will request that Link talk some sense into them. He obliges, and talks to the leader of the Killer Bees, a boy named Ivan, who says he'll do what Link says, but only if he can best the group of boys in a game of hide-and-seek. The children scatter themselves around the island, and Link chases each one. After finding them all, they admit defeat and promise to attend school remarking how they may have lost their touch.
After giving Mrs. Marie the good news, the children show some affection for the teacher, and mention her birthday is approaching. One of the Killer Bees will remark that they should get her a gift, but Ivan rejects the idea saying, "We ain't no teachers pets!". He does, however, mention to Link that Mrs. Marie is interested in Joy Pendants lately, and that he remembers seeing one climbing a tree the other day.
When Link rolls into a tree nearby the Bomb Shop, a Joy Pendant pops out of the top of the tree, and the Killer Bees reappear telling him they were planning to give it to Mrs. Marie all along, but that Link should have it instead if he would give it to her for them. When Link does give Mrs. Marie the Joy Pendant, she is overcome with happiness, and thanks Link, but tells him she would really like twenty of them. If Link is in the possession of the twenty Joy Pendants, he can give them to Mrs. Marie who will grant him the Cabana Deed which gives him access to the cabana at the Private Oasis. If Link gives her twenty more, she will give Link Hero's Charm.
[edit] Windmill
The largest landmark on Windfall Island, the windmill is home to several Pieces of Heart and a few minor characters as well. Salvatore, a depressed man, runs a sort of target mini-game on the ground floor inside the windmill, where Link can win various items. Kreeb, a self-proclaimed windmill enthusiast, can be found outside the windmill at night. If Link can reactivate the windmill by combining wind and a switch to turn the large machine on, Kreeb will be very excited, telling Link the windmill up and started by itself. Now running, the windmill regains it power as a sort of ferris wheel.
Link can now take a ride on one of the carts and ride up the the top, where can shoot a Fire Arrow into the doused lighthouse, which will illuminate and act once again as a lighthouse to sea-faring boats in need of assistance. After speaking with Kreeb again, he will proclaim this as a great turn of events, and grant Link a Piece of Heart in his happiness.
With the lighthouse now operational, Link can visit the side of the Bomb Shop and turn the direction of the wind to face a small island just off the shore, that houses a now visible Treasure Chest. If Link uses his Deku Leaf to fly to the island, he can open the chest to obtain yet another Piece of Heart.
[edit] Windfall Jail
When Link first arrives on Windfall after a failed invasion attempt at the Forsaken Fortress, he can visit the Windfall Jail to find a mysteriously short man inside a jail cell. After releasing him by pressing a switch hidden behind several vases, the man will introduce himself as Tingle and grant Link the Tingle Tuner and Tingle's Chart.
Link can later visit him at Tingle Island for his help in deciphering the Triforce Charts he has found around the Great Sea, like the one found inside the cabana at the Private Oasis.
[edit] Bomb Shop
A small focal point in the middle of the plotline, the Bomb Shop serves as merely an overpriced shop when Link visits it before finding destruction at Greatfish Isle. After Link discovers Jabun has fled Greatfish Isle, he goes in search of the pirates who are rumored to have something to do with it. When Link finds their ship docked at Windfall, but they nowhere to be found, he takes the secret entrance from the back of the Bomb Shop to discover them inside, stealing Cannon's bombs. Link can witness several key plot points during this scene, and after being seen by Tetra, is saved from racing against the pirates to Outset Island by Tetra's agreement that the pirates should stay the night at Windfall, only to leave first thing in the morning.
Luckily, because of the curse placed on Greatfish, nighttime has not stopped since Link's visit, and the pirates appear nowhere to be found.
[edit] Windfall Café
The Windfall Café is another minor location in The Wind Waker, which is run by a woman named Gillian, and has few guests during the day, but many at night.
If Link is trying to obtain the Deluxe Picto Box from Lenzo, he must first take Pictographs of several people on Windfall Island. One of these people is Gossack, a timid, easily frightened man that spends his time at the Windfall Café during the day. By shattering dishes or rolling into a wall, Garrickson will jump allowing Link to take a picture of him in the right situation.
At night, the café is filled with pirates that discuss the issues of the Great Sea, along with Gillian, who remarks that Link is too young to understand.
[edit] Auction House
At the Auction House, Link can obtain various items by bidding on them against other residents of Windfall Island. It is run by Zunari, but only at night. Among the items Link can win are several Treasure Charts and a Piece of Heart.
[edit] Chu Jelly Juice Shop
The Chu Jelly Juice Shop is a type of potion shop run by a man named Doc Bandam. When Link brings him enough red, green, and blue Chu Jelly, he can make potions for Link. Notably, the only potion he has at the beginning in the Red Potion, but if Link brings him Green Chu Jelly, Doc can make a Green Potion. If Link can find twenty Blue ChuChus and collect their jelly, Doc can make the exclusive Blue Potion, which has the combined effects of the Red and Green Potions.
[edit] Theories
Theory warning: This section contains theoretical information based on the viewpoints or research of one or several other users. It has not been officially verified by Nintendo and its factual accuracy is disputed.
[edit] Kakariko Remains
The windmill and the nearby location of Dragon Roost Island (which is speculated to be Death Mountain) and Spectacle Isle (thought to be Spectacle Rock) has led players to the conclusion that Windfall Island is possibly what remains of Kakariko Village.
Other supporting evidence includes that when entering Kakariko Village in Ocarina of Time there is a tree in front of the entrance. Coincidently, there is also a tree in Windfall Island. Also, the Hero's Mask item is obtained at Windfall. The eyes on this mask resemble Sheikah Symbols and Kakariko was once a Sheikah village. Also, Mutoh stands in front of a tree in Ocarina of Time; Mila's Father, who has a slight resemblence to Mutoh, stands in front of what is believed to be the same tree. Finally, since Impa's home is one of the only buildings in Kakariko Village, it may now be Lenzo's home or Mila's Home if Windfall Island is indeed Kakariko Village. Also the music played on Windfall Island has several similarities to Kakariko Village's music.
[edit] Graveyard Remains
The remains of the graveyard in Kakariko Village is also possibly located on Windfall Island: one remaining grave, which is the tombstone that Tott continously dances in front of. It is possible that there used to be more graves, but since the tombstone is located at the tip of a slightly uneven cliff, the rest of the graveyard may actually be underwater due to erosion and weathering of the cliff.
Theory warning: Theories end here.
