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On October 1, 2007, the first DS Legend of Zelda game was released in the U.S. That game is known as The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and it's the sequel to the Gamecube classic The Wind Waker. Seeing how popular and successful The Wind Waker was, one would have to ask themselves how it's sequel would be. Well, I'm going to answer that question for you by making this review.

Graphics: 9/10 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass has really good graphics for a DS game. The character designs are very similar to the ones in The Wind Waker. For being on the DS, they look fantastic. Link, Tetra and her gang of pirates look almost as good as they did in Wind Waker. The new characters such as Linebeck and Oshus look fantastic for a DS game as well.

Now as for the environments, there's plenty of variety. Along with the ocean and grassy areas, there's a volcano, a snowy area, and even an area with Gorons, something that was missing in Wind Waker. There's also 2 different perspectives which you view the game in. When you're on land, the game's in a 2D overhead view. The only parts in the game that are 3d are when you're on the ship and during certain boss battles. The 3D parts are a great example of what the DS is capable of graphically. I just wish there would've been more areas that were in 3D, but that's only a minor complaint. Overall, the graphics in Phantom Hourglass are a great example of how good a DS game's graphics can be. Because of this, I'm giving the graphics a 9.

Sound: 8/10
One thing The Legend of Zelda series is known for besides the dungeons is their soundtracks. Phantom Hourglass is a good example of how great these soundtracks can be. It has some great music such as a remix of The Great Sea theme from Wind Waker. Some other great music in the game includes the boss theme, the final boss theme, and Linebeck's theme. All these tracks are good examples of how good a soundtrack for a DS game can be. While I will say that there are better DS soundtracks out there such as Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and a majority of DS Pokemon games, the music in Phantom Hourglass is good enough for me to give it an 8.

Addictiveness: 8/10
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass makes great use of the DS stylus and touch screen. You use the stylus to do just about everything. You use it to move Link, to use the sword, items, and to do other actions as well.. The best use the stylus has is for the boomerang. You draw the path you want the boomerang to take and it'll follow that path. The boomerang has never been more fun to use. The dungeons and boss battles are fun to, though they aren't the best the series has to offer. Fortunately, there aren't to many bad ones, other than the Temple of the Ocean King. Every time you need a new sea chart, you have to come back to the Temple of the Ocean King and go deeper than you did the previous time. This constant backtracking can get very annoying and tedious very quickly. Other than that one temple though, Phantom Hourglass is a really entertaining game. For these reasons, I'm giving the addictiveness an 8.

Story: 9/10 The story in Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is just as good as storylines from other games in the series. The game starts with you hearing a summary of the events from the Wind Waker. Afterwards, Link, Tetra and her crew come across a ship that's known as The Ghost Ship. It's said that people that come across the ghost ship are never seen again. Tetra doesn't believe the rumors, so she decides to board the ghost ship to see what kind of treasures may be on it. Unfortunately, things go wrong as she screams for help. Link tries to board the ship, but he's unable to climb on and falls into the ocean. He eventually wakes up on an island and meets a fairy named Ciela, who's lost her memory and lives with a man named Oshus. Link visits Oshus and is told to find a man named Linebeck, who's a captain of a ship known as the S.S. Linebeck. Link finds him in the Temple of the Ocean King and he must save Linebeck from a trap he got himself into. Afterwards, Link goes deeper into the temple and finds a sea chart. With this in hand, Link joins Linebeck aboard his ship and together, they begin their journey to find the Ghost Ship. Will Link be able to save Tetra? What secrets will they find aboard the Ghost Ship, and what sort of evil could be responsible for kidnapping Tetra in the first place? You'll have to find out by playing the game. Overall, I think Phantom Hourglass has one of the best storylines in the series. It also has some funny dialogue as well. I definitely feel like this game's story is worthy of a 9.

Depth: 9/10
Like the rest of the series, Phantom Hourglass has everything you'd expect to see in a Zelda game. There are 8 dungeons to complete (including the dreaded Temple of the Ocean King), there's plenty of hidden items and locations to explore, such as uncharted islands. Like other games in the series, there's plenty of heart pieces to find, and there's plenty of ship parts for you to find. These are used to customize your ship to make it look the way you want it to. There's plenty of fun minigames throughout the game as well. With all this content, Phantom Hourglass will keep you busy for hours on end. For these reasons, I'm giving the depth a 9.

Difficulty: 6/10
For the most part, Phantom Hourglass isn't a super difficult game. A lot of the dungeons and bosses aren't super tough and they likely won't cause you  However, there is one temple in the game that can cause players some trouble, and that's the Temple of the Ocean King. One reason why this temple can be frustrating is because there's a time limit for you to complete it. Another reason is because of the enemies in the temple known as Phantoms. If one of them sees you, they'll chase you until you reach a safe zone. The safe zones are the only areas where the time in your hourglass doesn't go down and the phantoms can't touch you. Other than that, the phantoms can strike you, causing you to lose 30 seconds from your hourglass and sending you back to the beginning of the floor you're on. Also the traps and puzzles in this dungeon can get pretty tricky, but because of the time limit, you can't afford to dawdle outside of the safe zones for too long trying to figure out what you're supposed to do. For these reasons, The Temple of the Ocean King is the toughest location in the game.

Aside from that, the only difficult part about the game is the cannon controls for your ship. You tap your stylus to shoot a cannonball, but sometimes if you tap the screen at the wrong spot, the cannon will shoot backwards. This can get extremely annoying especially if when you're trying to kill enemies. Other than this and the Temple of the Ocean King, the game is fairly easy and the controls are very smooth. The boss fights and the other temples won't cause you too many problems, but because of how annoying the Temple of the Ocean King can be and the cannon controls, I'm giving the difficulty a 6.

Overall Score: 8.5/10
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass was a great way to bring the series to the DS for the first time. It has really nice graphics, a great soundtrack, a compelling story, great gameplay that makes great use of the touch screen and stylus, and it's a long game that'll keep you occupied for hours on end. If it weren't for the constant backtracking to the Temple of the Ocean King and poor cannon controls, it would've been my favorite portable Zelda game ever. Still, I feel like Phantom Hourglass is a worthy sequel to The Wind Waker and it's just as good as other handheld titles in the series. Overall, I give The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass an 8.5 out of 10.
On October 1, 2007, the first DS Legend of Zelda game was released in the U.S. That game is known as The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and it's the sequel to the Gamecube classic The Wind Waker. Seeing how popular and successful The Wind Waker was, one would have to ask themselves how it's sequel would be. Well, I'm going to answer that question for you by making this review.

Graphics: 9/10 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass has really good graphics for a DS game. The character designs are very similar to the ones in The Wind Waker. For being on the DS, they look fantastic. Link, Tetra and her gang of pirates look almost as good as they did in Wind Waker. The new characters such as Linebeck and Oshus look fantastic for a DS game as well.

Now as for the environments, there's plenty of variety. Along with the ocean and grassy areas, there's a volcano, a snowy area, and even an area with Gorons, something that was missing in Wind Waker. There's also 2 different perspectives which you view the game in. When you're on land, the game's in a 2D overhead view. The only parts in the game that are 3d are when you're on the ship and during certain boss battles. The 3D parts are a great example of what the DS is capable of graphically. I just wish there would've been more areas that were in 3D, but that's only a minor complaint. Overall, the graphics in Phantom Hourglass are a great example of how good a DS game's graphics can be. Because of this, I'm giving the graphics a 9.

Sound: 8/10
One thing The Legend of Zelda series is known for besides the dungeons is their soundtracks. Phantom Hourglass is a good example of how great these soundtracks can be. It has some great music such as a remix of The Great Sea theme from Wind Waker. Some other great music in the game includes the boss theme, the final boss theme, and Linebeck's theme. All these tracks are good examples of how good a soundtrack for a DS game can be. While I will say that there are better DS soundtracks out there such as Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and a majority of DS Pokemon games, the music in Phantom Hourglass is good enough for me to give it an 8.

Addictiveness: 8/10
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass makes great use of the DS stylus and touch screen. You use the stylus to do just about everything. You use it to move Link, to use the sword, items, and to do other actions as well.. The best use the stylus has is for the boomerang. You draw the path you want the boomerang to take and it'll follow that path. The boomerang has never been more fun to use. The dungeons and boss battles are fun to, though they aren't the best the series has to offer. Fortunately, there aren't to many bad ones, other than the Temple of the Ocean King. Every time you need a new sea chart, you have to come back to the Temple of the Ocean King and go deeper than you did the previous time. This constant backtracking can get very annoying and tedious very quickly. Other than that one temple though, Phantom Hourglass is a really entertaining game. For these reasons, I'm giving the addictiveness an 8.

Story: 9/10 The story in Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is just as good as storylines from other games in the series. The game starts with you hearing a summary of the events from the Wind Waker. Afterwards, Link, Tetra and her crew come across a ship that's known as The Ghost Ship. It's said that people that come across the ghost ship are never seen again. Tetra doesn't believe the rumors, so she decides to board the ghost ship to see what kind of treasures may be on it. Unfortunately, things go wrong as she screams for help. Link tries to board the ship, but he's unable to climb on and falls into the ocean. He eventually wakes up on an island and meets a fairy named Ciela, who's lost her memory and lives with a man named Oshus. Link visits Oshus and is told to find a man named Linebeck, who's a captain of a ship known as the S.S. Linebeck. Link finds him in the Temple of the Ocean King and he must save Linebeck from a trap he got himself into. Afterwards, Link goes deeper into the temple and finds a sea chart. With this in hand, Link joins Linebeck aboard his ship and together, they begin their journey to find the Ghost Ship. Will Link be able to save Tetra? What secrets will they find aboard the Ghost Ship, and what sort of evil could be responsible for kidnapping Tetra in the first place? You'll have to find out by playing the game. Overall, I think Phantom Hourglass has one of the best storylines in the series. It also has some funny dialogue as well. I definitely feel like this game's story is worthy of a 9.

Depth: 9/10
Like the rest of the series, Phantom Hourglass has everything you'd expect to see in a Zelda game. There are 8 dungeons to complete (including the dreaded Temple of the Ocean King), there's plenty of hidden items and locations to explore, such as uncharted islands. Like other games in the series, there's plenty of heart pieces to find, and there's plenty of ship parts for you to find. These are used to customize your ship to make it look the way you want it to. There's plenty of fun minigames throughout the game as well. With all this content, Phantom Hourglass will keep you busy for hours on end. For these reasons, I'm giving the depth a 9.

Difficulty: 6/10
For the most part, Phantom Hourglass isn't a super difficult game. A lot of the dungeons and bosses aren't super tough and they likely won't cause you  However, there is one temple in the game that can cause players some trouble, and that's the Temple of the Ocean King. One reason why this temple can be frustrating is because there's a time limit for you to complete it. Another reason is because of the enemies in the temple known as Phantoms. If one of them sees you, they'll chase you until you reach a safe zone. The safe zones are the only areas where the time in your hourglass doesn't go down and the phantoms can't touch you. Other than that, the phantoms can strike you, causing you to lose 30 seconds from your hourglass and sending you back to the beginning of the floor you're on. Also the traps and puzzles in this dungeon can get pretty tricky, but because of the time limit, you can't afford to dawdle outside of the safe zones for too long trying to figure out what you're supposed to do. For these reasons, The Temple of the Ocean King is the toughest location in the game.

Aside from that, the only difficult part about the game is the cannon controls for your ship. You tap your stylus to shoot a cannonball, but sometimes if you tap the screen at the wrong spot, the cannon will shoot backwards. This can get extremely annoying especially if when you're trying to kill enemies. Other than this and the Temple of the Ocean King, the game is fairly easy and the controls are very smooth. The boss fights and the other temples won't cause you too many problems, but because of how annoying the Temple of the Ocean King can be and the cannon controls, I'm giving the difficulty a 6.

Overall Score: 8.5/10
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass was a great way to bring the series to the DS for the first time. It has really nice graphics, a great soundtrack, a compelling story, great gameplay that makes great use of the touch screen and stylus, and it's a long game that'll keep you occupied for hours on end. If it weren't for the constant backtracking to the Temple of the Ocean King and poor cannon controls, it would've been my favorite portable Zelda game ever. Still, I feel like Phantom Hourglass is a worthy sequel to The Wind Waker and it's just as good as other handheld titles in the series. Overall, I give The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass an 8.5 out of 10.
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Nice review, you pretty much nailed it especially with the story section. You really pulled me in, now I'm curious to find out what happens next. I use to have this game but it got stolen sadly. I should have played it before that happened, I doubted the game and assumed it wouldn't be a good sequel. You sure proved me wrong. Good Job!
Nice review, you pretty much nailed it especially with the story section. You really pulled me in, now I'm curious to find out what happens next. I use to have this game but it got stolen sadly. I should have played it before that happened, I doubted the game and assumed it wouldn't be a good sequel. You sure proved me wrong. Good Job!
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cnw64 : I'm glad you liked my review. That really stinks that your copy got stolen though, because it really is a great game. If you get the chance, I think you should buy the game again. It's definitely a game worth buying.
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This Phantom Hourglass review is outstanding. I think you did an amazing job with it. You nailed every category and you made me want to keep reading. I can't wait to see some more of your reviews.
This Phantom Hourglass review is outstanding. I think you did an amazing job with it. You nailed every category and you made me want to keep reading. I can't wait to see some more of your reviews.
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Great job on the review! I enjoyed reading it.

I love the Zelda series, and find this game to be fun, but I kinda got sick of all the Stylus (let's call them "gimmicks") in the game. I would have preferred if users had the option to control it like any other Zelda game. But that's probably just a personal preference.
Great job on the review! I enjoyed reading it.

I love the Zelda series, and find this game to be fun, but I kinda got sick of all the Stylus (let's call them "gimmicks") in the game. I would have preferred if users had the option to control it like any other Zelda game. But that's probably just a personal preference.
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Jordanv78 : Thanks! As far as the stylus controls go, I can see why some people would rather play the game without having to use it. I felt that way about some DS games but as far as this one goes, I felt like they did a great job.

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Wow... I don't know what to say, other than it's an excellent review! It's clear, it's detailed and it's well-written. A very solid 5 for you, my friend
Wow... I don't know what to say, other than it's an excellent review! It's clear, it's detailed and it's well-written. A very solid 5 for you, my friend
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