Does the Internet not know the concept of a goddamn spoiler alert?

Ask Nintendo

I know, I know ... it's not your fault.  I read this 4 fucking times before seeing it here.  FOUR.

I couldn't not know this information if my life depended on it.

I miss 1996.

I do, too.
That was actually quite the notable year for me as it was the year that I became crazy about video games. Thanks N64 and SMRPG!

We finally agree on something. There goes a day one purchase for me since the anticipation just wore off.

And on the flip side, this is the first news I have heard that has made me consider picking up the title...

Err... Phantom Hourglass had a customizable vehicle?

And Zelda was a playable character in two previous games.

Lame.

Well atleast some fans are happy.

For some reason, I've always been a late comer when it came to the portable Zelda titles, so I honestly never saw myself picking this one up day one anyway. I was surprised that I enjoyed PH so much, so i don't have any doubts that ST will be a fun title, but i just never seem to get excited for a portable Zelda.. the fact that they might be spoiling what coulda been a neat surprise just makes me even less anxious to play it.

So do you actually play as The Princess Zelda herself, or do you control her spirit which actually let you play as a Phantom?

Zelda's soul takes control of the Phantom Armor, she is not playable per say except for when she is controlling the armor.

Yeah, lame, but I honestly don't care.

So you don't play as her alter ego, you play as her soul!!!

pretty much the same thing ain't it?

Kind of?

Well you're still not playing as Zelda as herself, your playing as her soul which controls a piece of armor that has different abilities than you would expect from Zelda herself.

Eh, if it's in the first 15 minutes as they say it's probably even on the back of the box.

If you don't play as Zelda herself then this isn't playable Zelda.  Hell, Nintendo could retcon one of the earlier games and claim that the Link you were playing was really Zelda assuming his form.  Would that be acceptable?  Would you consider that the same as playing as Zelda?  No, of course not but that's really what this is.

Though none of that would matter if Nintendo themselves didn't feel the need to specifically promote playable Zelda as a feature.

Want me to buy this game, Nintendo?  Give it normal responsive controls.  This is the first Zelda I have no intention of ever buying and I wonder if Nintendo is afraid of too many other Zelda fans having the same view so they're giving this the hard sell by trying to pass it off as a historic Zelda game that no fan can afford to miss.

For me it's entirely the controls.  I can live with trains and Nickelodeon visuals but I can't deal with crappy controls.  I never beat Phantom Hourglass but the time I spent playing it was a frustrating ordeal.  And the worst part was I could tell there was a good game hidden in there. :(  No point paying money to go through that again.

Phantom Hourglass controlled wonderfully.  The only time I ever struggled with the controls was when I needed to get Link to roll.  The entire game was built around the touch-screen controls.

I highly anticipate this game.

The suit of armor will get kidnapped by THE GANNON.

YES?

So... not only do you not play *as* Zelda, but this isn't the first game where you actually *do* get to play as Zelda.

Lame, Nintendo...

So you get to play as Zelda, BUT NOT REALLY.

Great, thanks a lot, Nintendo.

And yes, PH had a customizable boat. Remember? You found parts and traded them with friends and improved the boat's stats. PIMP YO' BOAT, YO.

I had no issue with the controls in PH. Maybe the amount of multiplayer I did made me get used to them.

Also, I loved pimping out the boat. I never found all of the parts I wanted. :/

Anyone want to play PH multi and swap parts?

It's only local, isn't it? Not Nintendo WFC?

No, it uses WFC.

Here is a matchmacking thread I made.

So once again, in order for Zelda to actually be useful to the main character she has to become something masculine, be it Shiek or to implant her soul in a statue.  I wonder if we're supposed to read something into that.  ;)

Seriously, it's nice to see the princess actually doing something for a change, especially after Twilight Princess falsely hinted she would have a major role there.

I saw it coming before I even clicked on the headline.

This DS game will only be good if it's compatible with wii Motion Plus.

I don't get why they fixate on these secondary formulas.. yes it was awesome and totally different controlling two people in that mask quest of MM... but why does it have to be a part of every single subsequent game?

That's right, it did go back that far. I was also thinking of how it played in Twilight Princess as well.

Controlling other objects/things is not a new Zelda feature for sure. I'm hoping another hook comes up for this one.