Zelda: Wind Waker HD is now more retro than the original was when it released

The amount of time that has elapsed since The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD’s release is now equal to the length of time between the original game’s release for GameCube and Wind Waker HD’s release for Wii U.

That’s based on the North American release dates for the original Wind Waker and Wind Waker HD, which fell on March 24, 2003, and September 20, 2013 respectively.

As spotted by Game Explain editor Andre Segers (and calculated by Time and Date), these release dates were separated by 3,834 days, or 10 years, five months and 28 days.

As of today, exactly the same number of days have passed since Wind Waker HD’s release in the US, where it debuted digitally two weeks ahead of its retail launch.

Fun Fact: As of today, the amount of time from Wind Waker HD to now is greater than the time from Wind Waker GCN to WW:HD