Zero Punctuation: Zelda Phantom Hourglass

[Techni]

I found the drawing on the map retarded. Just show the icons and stuff like every Zelda game before it. It was annoying and pointless.

And for pete's sakes people, Animal Crossing is not new. It started on the N64. It's had 3 games already. And I didn't get the DS one cause it's pretty much the exact same as the Gamecube one. It already randomized the world and everything you get to begin with, so how can another randomization feel any more like a different game than just starting a new game on the Cube one?

 

[mew4ever23]

I would just like to point out something that was completely skated over - The Salvage Arm was needlessly awkward to control. Otherwise, I completely agree with everything that was said. The time limit unbeatable enemies, and the following forced stealth (until you make the sword that can kill the phantoms, but that's at the end of the damn game, literally before going up against the final boss, so it doesn't count.) of the temple of the ocean king was horrible, as well as having to use the microphone. I get most use of my DS when I'm on the bus to High school, so I'm not about to start yelling at the thing (lucky that you only needed to blow into the mic, or I would never have beaten the game).

 

[Sylocat]

Regarding the end quote:

Sometimes I like to name Link "I Say," because it makes all the other characters talk like Foghorn Leghorn

I started a new game on Ocarina of Time, and tried naming Link "I say," to see if that worked.

I thought the other characters wound up sounding more like Bertie Wooster. :-D

 

[Brodden]

I agree in many parts about the same game coming out for every console Nintendo ever made, however I do feel that the reason why they do this may be: 1. They may think that all generations should be able to play this series hence the same game different cover. 2. They may have images of grandeur about their story telling ability.

 

[AGBlade2008]

I just want to say, that game you mentioned at the very end? "Playing a dog, taking place in Feudal Japan, and attacking with a paintbrush."



You definitely just described Okami for the PS2 (and more recently, the Wii).

Just saying.

 

[spudpuffin]

well im just saying this to all the dumbshits out there who think that the idea that yahtzee was totaly origional...ITS NOT, AND NOW SINCE YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD/PLAYED OKAMI YOU NEED TO HAVE A RAM HIT YOU IN THE BALLS THEN PUSH YOU OFF A 500ft CLIFF TO JAGGED ROCKS & PIRANHAS!

 

[CarbonDragon]

if nintendo did something different with their games I would buy it instantly, how about link going into the future (actual future not when he turns into an adult in orcarina of time) maybe guns or advanced tech for his items... hold on let me copy that for nintendo.

 

[SpiralEater]

I wouldn't mind if Valve remade graphically Half Life 1, then again, there project Black Mesa.

 

[TheeSpongeman]

Alright, I see where you are coming from. Yes, Nintendo really does need to make some new stuff. Old things can only be done so many times. But perhaps because they are the only game company that can do this right (most of the time) is why they are allowed to get away with it. Mario, Zelda, Metroid, are all games that we enjoy seeing again and again (most of the time). Still, exceptions will be found. Phantom Hourglass is one of them. As much as a FANBOY as I am about Zelda, I have to say it sucked... alot. It took everything that I hated from Windwaker and said "Hey you know what? Let's put it in again!" The LONG sea voyages, the constant need to return to places you had been before, etc. But in Twilight Princess, they fixed those. But I share your viewpoint still.... Nintendo, where is the originality? I can only take a new Zelda game so many times. I love them with all my heart, but I can only play the game so many times before I get bored and want to play something new.

 

[Balmung7]

Brilliant review once again, although aside from what you mentioned, my biggest complaint about the Zelda series is that there only seems to be one Link, the Ocarina of Time one, and the rest are just characters who look just like him and have his name but according to the story aren't related to him at all, and just refer to Link as "The Hero of Legend" or something similar and equally vague.

 

[TheeSpongeman]

What, did we all forget that Pikmin landed a few years back? What about when Nintendo tried to mix things up with Red Steel? They do innovate, its just that these new series are inevitably compared to Nintendos years old and perfected titles, and consequently come up short. Its a sort of DID reviewer thing, both attacking Nintendo for lack of originality from half the reviewers and the other half telling them to stick to what they know.

This sounds vehement and ranty. Oh well.

OH DEAR LORD! Praise PIKMIN!!! I do enjoy that game! That's something new and original they put out, and I'm looking forward to Pikmin 3!! (we can pray.... we can still pray) I'm being serious too! I loved that game! Nintendo earns props for that installment. OH! And Baiten Kaitos series as well!

 

[fundude365]

Hero Quest is Fucking Awesome!

 

[Mathew952]

I want a tube that shoots lemons

 

[G-Virus]

I love Phantom Hourglass, really I do, but Yahtzee is right: it's the same thing over and over and over again. Nintendo needs to really get some new franchises out. Zelda and Mario are awesome and all, but at the rate this is going, if they were fruits, they'd be the thirteen-week-old milk that the people at Nintendo insist on keeping in the fridge because they say it's still good when they really should just put it out of its misery.

Not that I'm saying that Zelda should stop altogether, just that it should be put...off to the side. For...like...a long time.

 

[tenco]

ok i know im a little late be i just notes that the game he describes at the end sounds an ofel lot like okami i dont know maybe he did it on purpose but i just fond it odd

 

[Marriot]

Here is my experiences with the zelda series.

&First one&- stopped playing because I couldnt figure out to do.

&Link to the Past&- Stopped playing cuz I couldnt figure out what to do and started the quest to find the master sword every single fucking game afterward and started the light and dark world that Nintendo gets so aroused about.

&Ocarina of time&- only one I beat and the best one.

&Majoras Mask&- Never even wanted to play because its the exact same as ocarina of time.

&Windwaker&- looked stupid and we all have been there before with finding the mastersword except in a cell shaded manner.

&Twilight Princess&- stopped playing after first temple, because I realized "oh fuck here we go again with no originality and the stupid light and dark world thing again.

Come on Nintendo make a different game so I will be somewhat intrigued

 

[NiceGurl_14]

Actually, even though I've played a majority of the Zelda games, now they really suck. and I just thought that I might point this out that at the end, anyone else notice that he basically described the game Okami? or was that just me.

 

[Sephlock]

Damn, he was halfway to Inuyasha with that game suggestion.

 

[MB202]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who didn't like Phantom Hourglass, and it's pretty much for the same reasons...

Almost. I didn't like using the touch screen as much, but everything else was the same.

 

[BBQ Platypus]

"Fagballs" still cracks me up.