Fantastic! Phantom Hourglass is one of the best DS games EVER.
STORY
Phantom Hourglass is a sequel to the Wind Waker that you might have played on the Gamecube. It starts off with Tetra, Link and their crew sailing the open seas. They have heard legends about a mysterious ship called the Ghost Ship and start talking about it. Tetra supposes that the Ghost Ship is just a myth or some naughty pirates up to no good. Suddenly, their ship is surrounded by fog and a crew member says he can see a ship. Yep, you guessed it. It's the Ghost Ship, but Tetra still doesn't believe it and boards it to explore. Then there is a scream and Tetra is gone. The Ghost Ship then begins to sail away, Link jumps aboard but slips and falls into the ocean below . . .
Link gets washed up onto Mercay Island where a fairy called Ciela finds him and wants to join Link on his quest to find Tetra. Through the adventure you will meet an old man called Oshus who has a secret that you will find out at the end of the game and a sailor called Linebeck who heps Link get from island to island. The story is fantastic! You'll never expect what happens at the end. It's amazingly lovable!
GAMEPLAY
As if you don't know, the whole game can be controlled by the stylus! You slide your stylus across the screen to move Link. Draw lines and circles to swing your sword and draw a path for your boomerang and lots of other things! I am very impressed with how much this game can suit the DS.
The world is HUGE. There is so much places to go to and clever puzzles to solve that even after finishing the game their are heaps more stuff to do. It's very unlikely that you will have done everything in the game before finishing it. There is just so much to do! But there is one thing in it which is why I have rated it a 9.5 instead of 10. In the game there is a temple called The Temple of the Ocean King. You will be forced to go back there again and again and again. You just don't want to do it. And quite commonly you will die in it when you're almost at the end which is just torture. I just wish the Temple of the Ocean King didn't have to ruin it.
GRAPHICS
The graphics aren't as good as you would have hoped. The levels are beautifully designed but the cutscenes just aren't that entertaining to watch.
SOUND
The music just makes you want to grab some headphones and listen to it louder! It's great! It sounds like there's an orchestra playing some of it!
Overall, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is a FANTASTIC game that everyone should get!
STORY----------------------------------10
GAMEPLAY-----------------------------9
GRAPHICS-----------------------------9
SOUND---------------------------------10
OVERALL------------------------------9.5
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