How many people are actually going to buy Phantom hourglass?

[The shoemaker]

Well I am but some people say no. Since this is the wind waker 2 I want it. It does sound like a good game but all of the controls are with the DS thingy (I have no clue what it's called) I can understand fighting and weapons but I really hate walking with the thingy. Stylus? But Then again if it's completely only with the stylus the controls have to be good...right?

[Mendez]

I don't really like the graphics, I'm trying to save up some money to forget about until I really need it (I've only successfully done £40 so far) and I'll already be pre-occupied with Paper Mario 2, Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy.

[Pegasus]

Pre-ordered it a while ago, and I should be getting it tomorrow. =) Good thing I have the next two days off.

[Shortay]

I'm importing it for tomorrow too, I can't wait. I mean what Zelda games can be bad? Plus the reviews have all been at least 9.5/10 :)

[The shoemaker]

It comes out in 2 days for me. But I only have 20$.

[Phantom]

I'll be getting the game when it comes out over here...probably will trade in pokemon D to get it..yeah
I'll also be buying wind waker too, it annoys me that I never finished it last time I owned it!

[neuzd]

I'm buying it, too many good reviews and I got the impression that it is the transition episode from the actual Zelda formula (Ocarina's) to finally a new generation of titles.

I'm not for Stylus every time you can, I love how some designer are keeping classic controls for their games, but it seems that PH is heavily designed to be played with the stylus, so it makes a different situation.

The average score (which means nothing, I know!) is the best of any Zelda ever published. It's a portable title and its release date was not that distant from TP......think about it.

[EYEREX]

Definitely getting when out

[Jazzem]

It's going to be under my Christmas tree this year =D

[yoshi175]

I've preordered it now.
I'm gonna aim to complete wind waker before it arrives (hopefully on the day before realease).

[Shortay]

Just got Phantom Hourglass today. Only about 10 mins into it and already it's great. Controls work really well but take a bit of getting used to. The map on the upper screen is my favourite feature so far though, you can move it to the touch screen and draw/erase little notes to remind yourself of what people, places, puzzles etc. are :)

[The shoemaker]

Yeah I was hopeing I could get this game today but I don't have the money. So is it annoying walking with the styless, Is the graphics ok?

[Pegasus]

Played the game for an hour or two. Quite fun. The stylus controls work extremely well. I'm only having problems with rolling. Graphics-wise it looks great. I like it how it zooms in when I talk to people. In general, the 3D environments look nice, but gameplay-wise it is pretty much like the older 2D Zeldas with better precision controls.

[The shoemaker]

Yeah the screan shots look like a link to the past. Can you change the camera?

[Pegasus]

Only when you're ferrying about on the boat. On land it is more or less stationary.

[Makeda]

I liek the game and I'll pick it up whenever I get round to buying a DS

[Mendez]

I liek the game and I'll pick it up whenever I get round to buying a DS
How do you know you like it if you don't have it?

These comments about the controls being really good are starting to make me want it, I'm not getting it straight away though.

[Shortay]

How do you know you like it if you don't have it?

These comments about the controls being really good are starting to make me want it, I'm not getting it straight away though.

You really should, there's no reason that I can think of not to. The controls really do work great and just simply touching enemies to slash them with the sword is a brilliant idea and stops the annoying part of re-killing them.

[crops55]

Can anyone tear themselves away from their DS and give me some more feedback? How is it compared to Wind Waker? Whats the first dungeon like? How long do you see this quest taking? Things of that nature.

[SKTTR]

I preordered it just a few days ago so I'm gonna playing it on DAY 1 or maybe a few days earlier.

I love Zelda, and my favourite Zelda game is The Wind Waker, so it's obvious for me to grabbing up Wind Waker 2: Phantom Hourglass as soon as possible.

[PowerLegend]

Getting it REAL soon

[jmhanson11]

If i get a ds ;)

[Makeda]

How do you know you like it if you don't have it?

From what I have seen on videos of the game.
You seriously think everyone buys blind?

[Pegasus]

Just finished the game. It was fun, but, at the same time, too easy and too short. 7/10

There really wasn't much challenge in the game, with maybe the exception of Maze Island. Too much aimed at the casual crowd. ... I had no issues with the controls, other than the aforementioned rolling, which is relatively unnecessary. One does actually use a few buttons to make menu and item access/use a bit easier. Overall, the game just seemed a bit too simple to me, all around. Somewhat disappointing actually.

I guess this'll be my first and last handheld Zelda I'll ever bother with. That, or they should finally incorporate into the series different difficulty settings from which one can choose. I very much like Twilight Princess, which did provide challenges, but Phantom Hourglass was a tad ridiculous.

[Shortay]

I'm enjoying it so far, but taking it slow at the minute. Good game, I'd rate it about 9/10 so far, for the boomerang controls alone :D

[The shoemaker]

Well If it's like wind waker it will be good. But really I've found every zelda game I've ever played easy. But it will be good for those long trips in the car.

[Shortay]

Well If it's like wind waker it will be good. But really I've found every zelda game I've ever played easy. But it will be good for those long trips in the car.

I found Wind Waker quite difficult at times, especially in the "finding out what to do next" sort of situations. Twilight Princess was too easy for me though, 2 more dungeons would have been nice.

[Mendez]

I found Wind Waker quite difficult at times, especially in the "finding out what to do next" sort of situations. Twilight Princess was too easy for me though, 2 more dungeons would have been nice.
I like an easy game really, as long as it's one I'll want to play over and over. Difficulty settings are a very good thing to have though. I'm still trying to complete Professional on RE4 after 2 years and 6 completions of the other difficulty's. It really adds a lot of life to the game.

[Pegasus]

Good luck trying that with Phantom Hourglass. As far as I'm concerned, it has zero replay value. I'm actually contemplating trading it in with a few other games I'm very unlikely to ever touch again towards a better purchase.

[Jakurdo]

Prolly getting it at the EU release, I'm pretty excited about it.

[The shoemaker]

sadly this might be my last DS game I'm gonna buy.

[Shortay]

sadly this might be my last DS game I'm gonna buy.

Why? :confused:

[The shoemaker]

well once I buy this game I might move on and just stick with the wii. But I know there are still loads of DS games comeing so if a really good game comes out then i might buy it, but if no phantom hourglass will be my last. But I'm kinda looking forward to mario party DS, but the game boy mario party wasn't to good. But maybe this will be the first mario party online!

[yoshi175]

I just finished wind waker in tiem for phantom hourglass.

[yoshi175]

Mine arived early today, it's a good game:D

[Phantom]

I'll be getting the game when it comes out over here...probably will trade in pokemon D to get it..yeah
I'll also be buying wind waker too, it annoys me that I never finished it last time I owned it!

I definitely gonna do that tomorrow in GAME....Phantom Hourglass for £10 and you get a free Zelda..thing.

Couldn't find wind waker yet though...

[Shortay]

Whoa, I'm really enjoying this game at the moment. I love collecting ship parts and all the treasure maps, plus all the treasure maps and the sea-warping like in Wind Waker. I've done the first 2 dungeons but I'm yet to come across any obvious heart pieces as I haven't really looked for any yet, although I'm very surprised...

Any more opinions on PH?

[Pegasus]

As nicely put together as it was, it still was the worst Zelda I've played.

["L"]

why, pegasus?

[Pegasus]

Too easy, too short, and no real replay value.

[Shortay]

Too easy, too short, and no real replay value.

What Zelda game(s) did you consider to have replay value though? I don't think of Zelda games to have any...

[The shoemaker]

I do. Once you play a zelda game it feals like its over your done with it. But If you see a commercial or anything of zelda you get a big urge to play it again.

[coire]

As nicely put together as it was, it still was the worst Zelda I've played.


Which Zeldas have you played? Clearly not the CDi ones :big-boo:

[The shoemaker]

havent played it yet but I think it's gonna be the worst one but i still want it because even if its the worst zelda it still must be good because it's well zelda :p

[Shortay]

I'm not actually finding PH too easy, sure its easier than other Zelda games but I'm actually stuck at the moment TBH :p

[SKTTR]

Played it now for 24 hours, i think Phantom Hourglass is a bit difficult in the beginning, when youre low on hearts. If you don't save at every new place you'll get a lot of Game Overs. I have seen the Game Over screen not just once or twice. It takes a bit of practise because of the new way of controlling and somehow enemies take more energy. plus there are dungeons running on time (hourglass) and original map/touchscreen puzzles. it's really cool sometimes. the difficulty is just fine.
And it's getting better with every minute you're playing it.

[Shortay]

Played it now for 24 hours, i think Phantom Hourglass is a bit difficult in the beginning, when youre low on hearts. If you don't save at every new place you'll get a lot of Game Overs. I have seen the Game Over screen not just once or twice. It takes a bit of practise because of the new way of controlling and somehow enemies take more energy. plus there are dungeons running on time (hourglass) and original map/touchscreen puzzles. it's really cool sometimes. the difficulty is just fine.
And it's getting better with every minute you're playing it.

Yeah, I'm finding it a lot harder than Twilight Princess so far, although TP's difficulty was somewhat laughable.

[Pegasus]

Pfft. Harder than TP? Right-o. :rolleyes:

[Shortay]

Pfft. Harder than TP? Right-o. :rolleyes:

Yep, I think it is.

[The shoemaker]

I just got it 3 days ago and i love it so much i havent been able to do anything else but play it. And I think it's a worthy wind waker 2. only 2 things that arn't as good as wind waker that don't much matter. there's no switching between day and night. and so far i think it might be short. I have half the sea chart and it doesn't seam like there's enough islands. But other than that i can't exsprese my love for this game.at first it seamed ok but now it's so good. The phantom hourglass part i thought you would use more but whatever. and difficulty um well just like every zelda game kinda easy. but this game i died more than twilight. and I got stuck on a lot of puzzles. I'm stuck right now but I don't want any help so I'm not gonna say where I am. and well this game really well satisfied my zelda needs, And I think it will have a lot of replay value. And I love changeing my boat and fishing and all of that. And I'm surprised on how well the touch screan controlls work. So far this is my favorite Zelda and I would give it 9/10 or 9.5/10 and now I'm gonna go play it.

[The shoemaker]

Ok well I'm in the ghost ship and I'm stuck on a puzzle that makes no sense at all. I'm In a room with five switches and a reepling. this tablet says to pull the switches in yhis order 2 4 5 1 3 but whenever I pull it it makes noise that tells me it's wrong. So now I have no clue what to do.

[neuzd]

Ok well I'm in the ghost ship and I'm stuck on a puzzle that makes no sense at all. I'm In a room with five switches and a reepling. this tablet says to pull the switches in yhis order 2 4 5 1 3 but whenever I pull it it makes noise that tells me it's wrong. So now I have no clue what to do.

Can't it be some puzzle where to use the boomerang?
Like you have to hit the switches in that order with a single move...
I don't have the game...just curious if that's the kind of puzzles that have been put in.

[The shoemaker]

Um no there more like things you have to pull. But it doesn't matter I beat it already.

[Shortay]

I've sort of lost interest in PH as of late, it just doesn't seem as addictive and epic as other Zeldas I've played, although it's still a great game. I must get to playing it again :)

[SKTTR]

I'm stuck again in the Hourglass temple. (played for about 35 hours.)

It's not as easy as TP. There are some very tricky puzzles and the Hourglass temple is quite difficult. It's not Zelda-II-difficulty but it's not comparable to the other rather easy Zelda's as well.

It takes a bit of practice to get around this damn particular dungeon you must enter after every few quests.

[Spore]

35 hours?! I hope you did every single side quest up to that point to be at such a high time for such a small game. Yes, that temple is a pain and is only there because the developers were to lazy to throw new concepts at us.

[SKTTR]

Yes, I did every single side quest I found, and I have backtracked a lot.

And I've spent much time just doing the Goron race (good stuff to win there).

But how am I supposed to get better fishes?

[Pegasus]

35 hours, eh? I wrapped up the game under twenty, and I didn't even try to rush through it. Frankly, the only reason I had a dislike for the Ocean King's dungeon is because I had to do it over and over again - not due to its, to me, very mild difficulty. As said, Maze Island was about the only place that provided any real challenge in the entire game. Anything else wasn't much more than fluff. Yes, the game can be creative, but it falls quite short (in more than just play-time), in the end... and the story was pretty mediocre.

The multiplayer feature was nothing to write home about.

[The shoemaker]

Yeah I got stuck a few times on the ocean king temple too. I think I'm done with that temple now, I have all of the sea charts. I try to get as much as I can out of the game to make it funner. and well it is trying to run away from that women pirate, finding treasure and stuff. But has anyone else noticed the goron temple was VERY short. all of the others so far were average. The Goron temple was as easy as the first. But I haven't been playing for a while because of Mario Galaxy. But if this game wasn't sailing through sea and finding islands it wouldn't be to good I would be done in 3 days. And Also I think the sea should be bigger and each chart you find should have more than four islands. I think I only have 2 temples left. Oh and I have all the fishes, and tghe way to get all of them is for you to find out! But heres one hint have you gone to wayfers island or whatever. ( the big island with that one bored guy wanting to play a game?) NW

[The shoemaker]

Just one tmple left. It's actually a great game, but for some reason it feels differnt from the others. (and I'm not talking about how you move link with the touch screen, or that it's not on a big sreen.)

[The shoemaker]

I beat it yesterday I hade a few side quests left though. But I think wind waker might be better.

[Shortay]

Um no there more like things you have to pull. But it doesn't matter I beat it already.

I'm actually stuck at the bit you were referring to now, it's annoying me so much :rolleyes:

[The shoemaker]

do you want me to help

[Shortay]

do you want me to help

Gimme a clue? I think I'm on the right track but I don't know...

[The shoemaker]

Well first of all I'm gonna make up a number 2 3 5 4 1, it doesn't mean second to the right then middle, etc. think of it like those numbers were over the levers indicating which levers to pull.
If you didn't understand here's a little picture

2 3 5 4 1
l l l l l

The l are the levers

[Shortay]

Well first of all I'm gonna make up a number 2 3 5 4 1, it doesn't mean second to the right then middle, etc. think of it like those numbers were over the levers indicating which levers to pull.
If you didn't understand here's a little picture

2 3 5 4 1
l l l l l

The l are the levers

Thanks for the help, I figured it out just before reading your post.

[whiterabbit]

Well I just got the game. It's great so far, just got the second map.

[Tull]

After finally getting my hands on this: THIS feels like a Zelda game like TP diddnt do forme.

[ICEknight]

Just finish it, and I must say it's the most engaging Zelda I've played in years.


Link's Awakening used to be my favourite Zelda game, and this one has many stuff based on it (which I'm not gonna spoil). It really feels more like an evolution of the original Zelda series than the 3D games.

[The shoemaker]

yes it is really a great game. a little short and a bit easy at times but really fun. I still haven't done everything yet

[The shoemaker]

BUMP

I'm replaying this game again, it's pretty fun, I just beat the wind temple. But since the game is really easy, I'm gonna try and beat the game with only four hearts, the game might actually be a challenge now. Because a lot of the enemies later on in the game can take off 2 hearts per hit, so it might be a challenge.

I gave the online another try today. Like I said it's a nice little add on, but it's not much. It's mostly fun until you start to lose, which for me is often. But it sucks today because I had all of the force gems and the game was so close to being over, when the game froze and I was disconnected. Damn you Nintendo Wi-Fi!

[skatrrklamp]

yeah I'm enjoying it but it's just too short.So far that's the only problem.
the puzzles are great and I love the Windwaker look of it,but there just isn't as much as a regular Zelda game.

Still a great game though!!!!:D

[The shoemaker]

for some reason I'm liking the game more the second time around. It's much more enjoyable with four hearts.

[slangman]

I have the game but i never got the chance to complete it since the touch screen on my DS is busted. I might be getting a DS Lite for my birthday so hopefully i will play this game again.

[Fierce Deity]

Was a fun game but was too easy.

[The shoemaker]

played for three hours straight today, doing nothing but upgrading my ship and playing mini games. But my quest to beat the game with four hearts has ended since I got a heart for a prize for winning some fighting thing