So, I've been looking forward to run a 3D Zelda game and after a lot of thinking I've decided it to be Wind Waker HD. 1. Is the run "easy"? Well I know 3D Zelda runs are never easy but how is it in comparison to other 3D Zelda? 2. Do you play with the gamepad or with a pro controller for example? I think it's really hard to hold the huge gamepad for about 5 hours. 3. Is the written route on speedrun.com or still the current one and does the route change a lot? 4. How do you actually learn such a long speedrun? Do you do it in portions or do you do it all in one? I've never been running a game longer then half an hour. It would be really cool if someone could help me out. Thanks

I pretty much answered all of that in this forum post http://www.speedrun.com/twwhd/thread/9bw3e you do use the gamepad because it's faster for Gyro aiming, although you don't need to use it technically since you can also do pauseless equips with the pro controller still

Fireblaze answered everything pretty well but ill give you a second opinion. i agree with fire about everything but ill answer some other things. We play with the gamepad because it gives us faster equips. One of the reasons i dont run this game very much is because of its length. If your okay with a long game go for it this is a great speedgame minus the RNG. if you want to learn the game i would reccomend wathing this run gymnast did here he had really nice commentary on this run and explained stuff very well.