The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Nintendo DS - Australia - 1st edition.

Developer Nintendo Publisher Nintendo Published 2007-06-23 Platforms Nintendo DS Genres Action-adventure, Exploration, Metroidvania Themes Adventure, Cartoon, Fantasy Series The Legend of Zelda Distribution Commercial

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS on 2007-06-23. It is based in the Zelda universe and uses the art style of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Personal

Own?	No.
Won?	No.

I started playing this game because it's a Zelda title, but became bored with the game and frustrated with the controls after only a couple hours into it.

Review

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Best Version: Nintendo DS

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The art style in the introduction is pretty cool looking.
• Link looks hilarious when he holds up an item.

Bad

• The game annoyingly holds your hand through everything.
• More damsel in distress trope. Ho hum.
• The NPC facial design looks really weird.

Ugly

• It's very difficult to accurately get Link to do what you want with a stylus. The controller would have been a much easier choice.
• The cut scenes are often very long, very boring, can't be skipped, and there are too many of them.

Media

Box Art

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  This art is used in the North American and Australian regions.

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  This is the European art. I prefer this art.

Documentation

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  Manual - Japan - Digital.

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  Manual - USA - Digital.

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  Game Guide.

Graphics

• flickr.com/photos/historyofhyrule/albums/72157629268227359 - Official published art.

Fan Art

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  Fan comic.

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  Fan comic - Alternate ending.

Videos

Longplay.

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There are multiple female though Tetra is very limited in this game. Jolene is pretty tough, but one-dimensional.
Bechdel test?	Fail	No women ever talk to each other.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	Many of the characters appear to be people of color, though they're fictional races, and none are really strong.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

Titles

Language	Native	Transliteration	Translation
English	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Japanese	ゼルダの伝説 夢幻の砂時計	Zeruda no Densetsu Mugen no Sunadokei	The Legend of Zelda: Hourglass of Dreams
Korean	젤다의 전설 몽환의 모래시계	Jeldaui Jeonseol Monghwan-ui Molaesigye	The Legend of Zelda: Hourglass of Dreams

Links

           

• zeldadungeon.net/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Phantom_Hourglass - Zelda Dungeon.