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Short but Sweet.


I really enjoyed Phantom Hourglass. Its probably the most fun I've had with my DS so far, I mean DS unique games of course. Sonic and mario are just platformers, phoenix wright didnt really NEED the touchscreen [the tapping on clues could be done other ways, and skiping text gets tedious.] But Phantom Hourglass seems to be the game that the DS was made for. It uses every function and uses it well. There is some decent character development in the form of Linebeck and the oldman/fairy. And its split up into a nice plot, instead of the standard save the princess fare, they inject some nice humour into the old standbys [Link holding up an item going DA DA DA DAA as the old man snatches it and link falls over was great] and the ending which i'm not going to ruin, but it was nice to have a bit of a more unqiue plot. Of course Im gonna say it was too short, that was my same gripe with windwaker and twilight princess, but Its pretty much the only series I wait for new releases on so I kinda want a game that'll last me in replay till the next one comes out.

I hope they do make some more windwaker DS tales in this vein though, its brilliantly suited to it, and I can see it being quite quick and efficient to do [as opposed to one zelda per main nintendo console, as seems to be the developing standard]


And naturally I've already got my assumptions when it comes to where this fits in the timeline, but I'm not gonna bore you with those here, I've already got a massive zelda timeline worked out in my head linking all the games. Love the little references to windwaker and links awakening in this though. And of course I think the Ocean King and the Windfish are related.



End Ramble.


Nice to have a game where the badguy wasnt Ganon or Vaati though!