Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Genre: Adventure
Summary:
Journey as the adorable toon link across the islands of the ocean, a direct sequel to wind waker but in a new land! Work with the best pirate you’ve ever seen to rescue Zelda from a ghost ship, and discovered the secrets of a magical temple!
Availability: Nintendo DS, Wii U virtual console
Time to Beat: 17 hours
Personal Opinion: This is one of my favourite Zelda games (after majora’s mask) and is very nostalgic to me. I’ve played through it several times so hopefully should be able to answer any questions if people are new to it. I considered nominating a different Zelda but thought I might as well nominate one I think is fun, and there’d be offshoot potential.
Pros
- THE BEST PART! It has kanji, but when you tap on a word it shows the furigana in a pop up box
- Toon link and everyone else is very cute!
- Traveling the ocean does not take as much time as it does in wind waker
- Fairly straightforward, you’re told directly which island you need to go to next
- Offshoot potential
- Linebeck
Cons
- Limited availability but ds emulators are pretty easy to set up
- There is a specific puzzle that requires a specific thing only a DS can do, but apparently there is a simple workaround if you’re using an emulator but I haven’t tested it out (hopefully true)
- There’s a few other puzzles that requires blowing into the mic, so if you’re using an emulator it’ll need to be one that has a mic hotkey (simulates blowing into the mic)
