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Jun 20, 2007
DS News from N4G | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
DS - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Zelda DS scores HIGH in Famitsu The first reviews of Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the series' first instalment on DS, are starting to trickle in from Japan - and it's scoring big. Three out of Famitsu's four reviewing editors gave the game top marks, with the other rebel reviewer dishing out a near-perfect 9/10. The final score is 10 / 10 / 9 / 10 - (39/40), the highest scoring Zelda game ever behind GameCube's Wind Waker (cough, cough).
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Jun 18, 2007
DS News | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Although there's no doubt that Zelda: Phantom Hourglass has always looked good, fans have been concerned that the new stylus-only control system might spoil the game, and Mr. Miyamoto admits that he was, too. "When we decided to develop a Zelda title for the DS, we wanted it to be a fun game with the essence of the DS," the Zelda daddy explains. However, he goes on to confess: "we were worried whether we could make a good Zelda game that used the stylus control scheme of the DS." But his ...
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Jun 9, 2007
DS News from N4G | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
DS - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Japanese Trailers A couple of new Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass trailers have hit the web showing what we could expect in terms of gameplay. In the first trailer trailer, the main focus is on how to command link to attack enemies. Link can attack not only forward, but his signature spin attack is easily performed with a simple circular motion.
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May 30, 2007
DS News | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Phantom Hourglass is looking better every time Nintendo hits us with a new batch of screens, and this latest load is no exception. Check out the detail in the house interior screen, or the way the sand kicks up in the dungeon and the water splashing off Link's boat out at sea. We've seen flatter water in PS2 games, and it's the sort of tech that you'd assume impossible on ...
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May 25, 2007
DS News | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass will make extensive use of the DS touch-screen, with Link performing three different sword attacks depending on how you swish your stylus. He'll also leap or run to distant areas you poke at, while walking toward closer places you touch. These morsels of control info come from Japanese gaming mag Nintendo Dream. Our recent previewof the game hints at other controls (like nautical combat) however the only release we have so far is the Japanese street ...
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May 23, 2007
DS News | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Mention Link today and most people will envisage the young wolf boy that inhabits Twilight Princess complete with his signature sword, shield and green tunic. And while theres no denying that this is certainly the best Link has ever looked, hes come along way since he first graced our consoles way back in 1986. Of course it comes as no surprise that Link has taken on a wealth of different looks over his years of adventuring and exploring. He began his adventures as a tiny sprite in The Legend ...
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May 17, 2007
DS News from N4G | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
DS - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - First sightings of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection It's the most anticipated DS game of the yea with a rapidly approaching Japanese release date of June 23rd. Pocket Gamer has spied The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass sneaking out onto the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The question is: who's playing it?
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May 15, 2007
DS News | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
The hourglass named in the title of Link's highly-anticipated DS quest will come into play by keeping you alive in a cursed dungeon that constantly drains your health. According to NeoGAF translations of the latest issue of Famitsu, Link will tackle the caverns of an underwater shrine which is under a curse that slowly drains his health while he's inside. The only way to survive is to use the Phantom Hourglass, which protects you from the curse for a limited amount of ...
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Apr 16, 2007
DS News from N4G | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
DS - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass voicechat rumour still just a rumour Being the most keenly anticipated game for the DS since the excellent New Super Mario Bros can only mean one thing for Link's first outing on DS: rumours, rumours and more rumours.

So what can fans expect from the Phantom Hourglass? The ability to play as Ganondorf in wi-fi multiplayer battles? Or maybe Link will get some new weapons, like a sawn off shot gun or a chainsaw? These sorts of rumours are hard to swallow, mostly because we just made them up. Some speculation however seems unwilling to die, no matter how vigorously it's beaten back with the fact stick.
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Apr 11, 2007
DS News from N4G | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
DS - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Zelda and Ouendan 2 Dated in Japan IGN reports that April is looking as big as can be for the DS over in Japan, with Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings closing off the month. So how's Nintendo going to top this big Square Enix blockbuster in the months that follow?

The release chart in the latest issue of Famitsu provides the answer. The magazine reveals that Nintendo Japan will be publishing Ouendan 2, the sequel to the Japanese inspiration for our Elite Beat Agents, on 5/17. And if that's not big enough for you, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass will hit Japanese retail a month later, on 6/23!
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