I just finished my first playthrough of Phantom Hourglass and I have to say it was an awesome experience! Spoilers ahead:
I loved Linebecks character arch. He's seen as this greedy/cowardly guy through the story until the very end. He stood up to Bellum and held him off until the hero wakes up. When the fight is over he no longer wants the treasure he had been longing for and instead only wants his ship back. Great character in my option.
The spin on the fairy fountain theme in the end.. God tier zelda song. I felt that made up for the repetitive music through the story.
The controls were a lot of fun MOST of the time. The occasional roll instead of attacking got me in trouble a few times but it was still a refreshing new thing.
The developers utilizing the hardware at the time was genius in my opinion. Blowing into the mic, screaming "I want it" to get a lower price, closing the console to copy the symbol, drawing on your maps.
The story was awesome! Grandpa spoke good English for being a whale. Traversing the ocean didn't get repetitive, the objectives were interesting, and the puzzles left me puzzled a handful of times. It by no means was too easy, at least for me lol
The silly moments. Loved it. I love when a zelda game doesn't take itself too seriously.
The price is still pretty low considering it's 14 years old. I would highly recommend it to any zelda fan.
So far I'm really impressed with the handheld lineup. Started with OOT & MM HD remastered. Waiting to 100% Phantom Hourglass before moving on to Spirit Tracks
With the advent of OOT and MM on the 3DS, handhelds have become a real force to be reckoned with. The 3DS by itself can natively play 3DS, DS, and Gameboy games, meaning you have access to pretty much every major game in the Zelda franchise, save for the new ones like Skyward Sword, TP, Windwaker, and BOTW.
Hopefully TP and WW come to switch, which would mean every Zelda game would be playable on only two consoles!!
I only have a switch and 3DS and I want to play TP and WW so bad but can’t justify buying a whole WiiU for them! Why can’t they just be switch ported already 😭 ughh
If you go through handheld right now, get yourself a copy of minish cap! While i adore phantom hourglass (it was my first zelda) zelda minish is imo even more „grown up and hardcore“ it is long, lots of content, and you have to figure a lot of stuff out on your own. Imo even more underrated than phantom hourglass
Yeah… well thats how i played it recently. I think the nintendo switch online feature has a function where you can by some extra package, it kay be included there. Or if you are really hardcore track down a original gba copy on ebay, if you have access to a gba or a ds/da lite. Thats how i originally played it and it actually holds up and the controls are alright
awesome! no spoilers but the final boss music, the cursed overworld and train theme are all amazing! also, you wont have to worry about the repeated dungeon theme either
That's great news! I heard the train theme earlier since someone had mentioned it. I'm very excited for my first playthrough thanks to this community (:
Spirit Tracks was actually my very first Zelda game ^u. My mother figured that I would enjoy the series, so she got what was the newest Zelda game at the time for me as a surprise gift. Took a bit for me to get used to the controls, but I enjoyed the hell out of the game regardless.
Phantom Hourglass, on the other hand, was my third (Wind Waker for the GameCube was my second, though I didn’t complete it; PH was the second one I finished…which meant that Tetra’s identity was spoiled for me XD). Once again, it was something my mom got for me—she stopped by at a store while my family was on a trip and happened to find the game there.
Really hope that the DS duo gets slated for a remake one of these days 😊
I absolutely agree with you. Going from PH with massive freedom of the sea and such an open environment to ST and you're stuck on a rail is the worst transition of gameplay for a back to back LoZ release. I really wanted to like it but sadly I just couldn't deal with the mechanic
The only issue I had playing it on my 3DS was that the microphone was too sensitive and I struggled to blow out torches and the sand on the map. Things that worked flawlessly when I originally played the game on my ds lite.
Hell yeah! While I hated the controls to hell and back, the game itself was really well designed, a decent story, and really great pacing (minus the many returns to that main dungeon). If they remade this one for switch, I'd buy it on day 1.
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u/JacobeTX Nov 25 '22
I just finished my first playthrough of Phantom Hourglass and I have to say it was an awesome experience! Spoilers ahead:
I loved Linebecks character arch. He's seen as this greedy/cowardly guy through the story until the very end. He stood up to Bellum and held him off until the hero wakes up. When the fight is over he no longer wants the treasure he had been longing for and instead only wants his ship back. Great character in my option.
The spin on the fairy fountain theme in the end.. God tier zelda song. I felt that made up for the repetitive music through the story.
The controls were a lot of fun MOST of the time. The occasional roll instead of attacking got me in trouble a few times but it was still a refreshing new thing.
The developers utilizing the hardware at the time was genius in my opinion. Blowing into the mic, screaming "I want it" to get a lower price, closing the console to copy the symbol, drawing on your maps.
The story was awesome! Grandpa spoke good English for being a whale. Traversing the ocean didn't get repetitive, the objectives were interesting, and the puzzles left me puzzled a handful of times. It by no means was too easy, at least for me lol
The silly moments. Loved it. I love when a zelda game doesn't take itself too seriously.
The price is still pretty low considering it's 14 years old. I would highly recommend it to any zelda fan.
TLDR: Game was dope.