Author Topic: Zelda DS: Phantom Hourglass (Read 122932 times)

ShyGuy · « **Reply #150 on:** June 16, 2007, 09:08:31 PM »

hide your dirty pillows.

mantidor · « **Reply #151 on:** June 17, 2007, 06:07:48 AM »

personally gaming alone is already embarrasing in public. I don't mind blowing, it makes people surprised "wow, technology these days!!" hehe, voice commands would be very annoying though.

UncleBob · « **Reply #152 on:** June 17, 2007, 06:30:58 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane[...] Link's Awakening [...] all take place in Hyrule but the actually areas are quite different.

Ummm.... no.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #153 on:** June 20, 2007, 12:21:15 AM »

Zelda no Densetsu: Mugen no Sunadokei (NDS, Nintendo): 10 / 10 / 9 / 10 - (39/40)

But...but...stylus controls!

Mario · « **Reply #154 on:** June 20, 2007, 02:20:35 AM »

Famitsu gives big franchise game by big publisher big score

mantidor · « **Reply #155 on:** June 20, 2007, 03:12:17 AM »

I doubt Nintendogs is better than this game.

Caliban · « **Reply #156 on:** June 20, 2007, 04:50:59 AM »

A 39/40 is still awesome imo, the only thing that annoys me is that the Japanese get it so soon and we have to wait until fall.

Shecky · « **Reply #157 on:** June 20, 2007, 04:14:27 PM »

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^ Translation is no easy task! ^

Mashiro · « **Reply #158 on:** June 20, 2007, 04:39:11 PM »

Uncle Bob is right, Links Awakening takes place on Koholint Island, although it is a dream world.

Adrock · « **Reply #159 on:** June 22, 2007, 08:07:44 AM »

They replaced Wind Waker's cool stained glass window intro with construction paper. I'm very saddened by that.

Mario · « **Reply #160 on:** June 22, 2007, 04:39:34 PM »

Thanks for the spoiler.

Adrock · « **Reply #161 on:** June 22, 2007, 05:26:35 PM »

Yeah, ok. Cry me a river.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #162 on:** June 23, 2007, 01:19:48 PM »

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Originally posted by: Jeremy Parish, 1up
I’ll write up a full preview in a few days, but I just had to express my amazement. The DS has already developed such a great library, and that this raises the bar even further, etc. etc. Nintendo, you magnificent bastards.

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Originally posted by: Aussie-Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, for more than a year, has remained my number-one, most-wanted DS game. And, I can absolutely declare that the wait – even though not totally over – has been worth it. I was a fan of The Wind Waker and its amazing visual style, so it’s great to have it back. And back, mind you, where it really seems to belong. No doubt even the haters will agree that it’s more at home on a handheld. The use of the Nintendo DS is nigh on perfect. It’s used just enough to complement the Zelda experience without damaging it or leaving more to be desired. I’m yet to experience action spanning two screens, but I know it’s in there. The game looks amazing, plays extremely solidly, and it’s not only going to satisfy the hardcore, like ourselves – it will introduce new players thanks to being so accessible. And, what better place to do it than on DS. I’m more excited about this game than I’ve ever been. Don’t doubt it any longer!

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Originally posted by: Chris Kohler
The first hour or so of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS has me quite excited about the next thirty. So far, everything works perfectly. Walking around and slashing enemies with the stylus is quite polished, and so is picking up and throwing objects.

Yeah, I don't think there's anything to worry about...Score another point for Ninty and the DS...

Caliban · « **Reply #163 on:** July 02, 2007, 03:16:23 AM »

It comes out October 1, now all I have to do is to continue to hold myself from watching all these LoZ-PH videos that have been popping up lately.

Edit: Oh, and you get a special stylus if you register this game on your MyNintendo account. No doubt that I will do so.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #164 on:** July 04, 2007, 01:38:11 PM »

"Hi" from Japan! I picked up the game a couple days ago, and it's fantastic!

Kairon · « **Reply #165 on:** July 04, 2007, 03:15:11 PM »

Darn. This was gonna be yet another Nintendo first-party effort I'd skip over like NSMB... but now I'm hyped for it and want it bad!

MarioAllStar · « **Reply #166 on:** July 04, 2007, 03:30:44 PM »

Why would you skip playing the most the innovative Zelda game since Ocarina of Time?!

"Recommended for Everyone...except Kairon"

Mario · « **Reply #167 on:** July 05, 2007, 02:17:51 PM »

I think most people played Majoras Mask.

Kairon · « **Reply #168 on:** July 05, 2007, 03:19:29 PM »

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Originally posted by: MarioAllStar
Why would you skip playing the most the innovative Zelda game since Ocarina of Time?!

"Recommended for Everyone...except Kairon"

I'm a Nintendo fanboi. I don't need to buy Nintendo games to know they're good.

IceCold · « **Reply #169 on:** July 05, 2007, 06:19:50 PM »

You baffle me sometimes, Kairon. Honestly. I'm all for you buying third party games and praising them, but really, skipping Nintendo games makes it seem like you're just playing games to prove a point.

Requiem · « **Reply #170 on:** July 05, 2007, 07:13:06 PM »

IceCold took the words out of my mouth.

You'll buy and play Bugs Adventure SHOOTER but not something that deserves to be praised?

Mario · « **Reply #171 on:** July 07, 2007, 03:34:38 AM »

Games are to be enjoyed

Kairon · « **Reply #172 on:** July 07, 2007, 07:51:34 AM »

Well, as a Nintendo fanboi, I'm keenly attuned to most Nintendo games. I know the style intimately and it's getting to be old hat. It's no longer the experience of intense, passionate, enjoyment, but rather a more companionate, compassionate, understanding relationship. I've been playing Nintendo games all my life, so on one hand... I'm getting used to them.

*shrug* They're still the best games ever made, no doubt about that.

But for my SECOND reason to not typically be all jazzed up about Nintendo games... seriously, Nintendo doesn't need my help. Their games sell millions anyways. Their stuff is still sitting on the shelves one, two, three years later. I can pick them up anytime, anywhere, anyhow. So even if the game is great, it doesn't warrant me picking it up immediately, just like I don't NEED to read the 7th harry potter book at launch, I'd rather wait until it crosses my path incidentally and naturally.

No, Nintendo is a known quantity, and they don't need my help. But third party games are vivid in their heroic grasping at quality, shocking in their clearly non-Nintendo style, expansive in the range of themes and gameplay they cover that Nintendo doesn't, and provide a more wholesome, more inclusive, and more balanced view of videogames and the industry as a whole.

I made the mistake of buying only Nintendo games for the N64 and GC. Those were the years in which I, personally, exhibited the most close-minded, narrow, hateful, naive, ridiculous tendencies of irrational fandom I can bear to think of. I have made a deliberate choice to not become that person again.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #173 on:** July 07, 2007, 09:04:13 AM »

But for my SECOND reason to not typically be all jazzed up about Nintendo games... seriously, Nintendo doesn't need my help. Their games sell millions anyways. Their stuff is still sitting on the shelves one, two, three years later. I can pick them up anytime, anywhere, anyhow.

Yeah but since they won't be any cheaper by then, why wait?

Mario · « **Reply #174 on:** July 07, 2007, 03:35:14 PM »

So, you buy games for reasons other than enjoyment, and you call that an improvement?

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