It's just that, at the same time, you could go through the entire game not knowing it exists.

I got halfway though Windwaker and lost my memory card. I didn't even know there was warping, but when I referred to a strategy guide to speed up the process of getting back to where I was, I found that you could get it pretty darn early in the game

>instead of more dungeons, Wind Waker had an entire third of
>the game devoted to repetitive back-and-forth "treasure hunt"
>crap

This was my main problem with the game. Once you get past that treasure hunt bs, the last two dungeons were pretty awesome.

Also, the wind waker was a conductor's baton. Not a flute.