Shark Island
Shark Island is one of the islands of the Great Sea in The Wind Waker.
Features and Overview
Tell me, small fry, have you ever been caught in one of those cyclones?
The wind deity, Cyclos, uses those cyclones to fly across the sea instantaneously, or so I've heard. Could be just a rumor.
Boy, if you had that power, you wouldn't have to spend so much time sailing back and forth across the sea all the time. Wouldn't that be nice, fry?
There have been sightings of ships falling from the sky here. How odd.
Shark Island is shaped like a shark, hence the name, and it contains a Secret Cave guarded by a ring of fire.[1] As described by an ominous message written on a Stone Tablet, in order to extinguish the fire, Link must press four different Switches on the island, in any order, and within a time limit of 30 seconds.[verification needed][2] Before attempting to do so, Link can make the task somewhat easier by cutting some of the excessive grass and bushes which grow on the island.
One Switch is a Pressure Plate located on the "tail" of the island, which requires the weight of the Iron Boots to be pressed down. On the "fin" is a Shock Switch that Link can strike with his Sword, Boomerang, or other Items. On the "flipper" is a Hammer Switch, which can only be pressed by using the Skull Hammer. Finally, on the "head" is a simple Floor Switch.[1] If all four Switches are successfully activated, an Updraft appears in the sea to the west of the island, and the ring of fire will disappear. Inside the cave, Link is bombarded by indefinite hordes of Miniblins, Shield Bokoblins and blue Moblins while he deals with several waves of more difficult Enemies, including a Silver Darknut, two Darknuts and two Wizzrobes, and finally, three Shield-carrying Darknuts. A Treasure Chest containing a Silver Rupee, worth 200 Rupees, will appear once all these Enemies are defeated.[1]
As with Northern Triangle Island and the Mother and Child Isles, Cyclos can be encountered near Shark Island, thus the area has been known to have raging Cyclones. It is also one of the islands where a Blue ChuChu can be found; however, it appears on a very high ledge at the island's "head", so Link will need to make use of the newly-spawned Updraft and the Deku Leaf to reach the area. The island is also the location the Korok Irch chooses to plant one of the Forest Trees after the Korok Ceremony has taken place.
Nomenclature
 Names in Other Regions  | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Names | Meanings |
 Japanese | さめ島 (Same Shima)[4] | Shark Island |
 FrenchEUEuropean | Ile du Requin[6] | |
 German | Haifisch-Insel[5] | |
 Italian | Isola Squalo[3] | Shark Island |
 SpanishEUEuropean | Isla Tiburón[7] | |
| This table was generated from Zelda Wiki's translation data. | ||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker—Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Prima Games, pg. 135
- ↑
You must activate all four switches on this island.
— Stone Tablet (The Wind Waker)And you must activate them all swiftly.
Danger will visit all who fail to heed my warning.
(The Seer, S.W. Potchit)
- ↑
Isola Squalo
— Map (The Wind Waker, Italian version) - ↑
さめ島
— Map (The Wind Waker) - ↑
Haifisch-Insel
— Map (The Wind Waker) - ↑
Ile du Requin
— Map (The Wind Waker) - ↑
Isla Tiburón
— Map (The Wind Waker)
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