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- Japan Time! The Official Phantom Hourglass (JP) Thread
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ant1532 said:
Heh. I like horse more than sailing, generally speaking, but I love the Wind Waker style about a billion times more than that 'realistic' style or whatever they went for in Twilight Princess. This game is like a cocktease... it tries so hard for the little DS, but for obvious reasons cannot deliver even close to the awesome of the GCN game style. Now it makes me want a new cel-shaded Zelda for Wii so bad.
Like you, I don't mind if they try something new, but make it as hyperstylized please!
I'm trying to think of some other form of transportation that'd fit Zelda, that would also be a pretty big departure for the series while still fitting the universe. But I can't really think of any... unless Zelda just got, like, fairy wings tool.
rollingstart
Banned
SantaC said:
I hope they keep sailing, but not have it be the biggest part of the game, like almost make the game map like that old Zelda 1+2 map and let you sail between areas.
I cant wait to just see how big the world will be in Phantom Hourglass, I spent a lot of time just sailing around random areas in Wind Waker.
and yeah, the next Zelda on Wii will hopefully be something that would be a big surprise since it will be full on made for the Wii, and I do hope it is cell shaded, but the style is more realistic, almost like the art for LA or LTTP.
My favorite thing in any Zelda game.
Sailing in Wind Waker. The cell shading, the music, the style, the weather(RAIN WAS HELLA COOL!), the freedom, just mother ****ing everything.
Nothing better than it's puring rain and your in the middle of the ocean sailing and you get out of your boat for a quick dip and a mother ****ing (purple..) shark comes after you!
The only thing I could ask for in a console sequel to Wind Waker would be to let you dive in the water. That would be HELLA sick.
Oh yeah, and Wind Waker is the best Pirate game ever. And if you can't tell by now I'm obsessed with the ocean.(check avatar)
Sailing in Wind Waker. The cell shading, the music, the style, the weather(RAIN WAS HELLA COOL!), the freedom, just mother ****ing everything.
Nothing better than it's puring rain and your in the middle of the ocean sailing and you get out of your boat for a quick dip and a mother ****ing (purple..) shark comes after you!
The only thing I could ask for in a console sequel to Wind Waker would be to let you dive in the water. That would be HELLA sick.
Oh yeah, and Wind Waker is the best Pirate game ever. And if you can't tell by now I'm obsessed with the ocean.(check avatar)
Amir0x said:
Damn Nintendo. Hmmm... I was just thinking of all the games I have to play that I own and DS games keep on coming in the way of me even touching them
(playing Phoenix Wright now for the first time)I think I might just hold out. Maybe....
rollingstart
Banned
Amir0x said:
last I heard it was september, but that was from someone in EBgames, and chances are that is wrong.
I question why im importing this game too, I just caught up on my PSP games ive held off on because of a trip, but I still have a few games I need to finish/play.
ant1532 said:
best sailing game? maybe, but the ship-to-ship combat in Sea Dogs 2 is just too awesome. If only they could mix the sailing of Wind Waker, ship combat of Sea Dogs, actual Pirate atmosphere of Sid Meier's Pirates, and combat of a game I cant remember right now, that would be amazing.
October, Decemeber. It's too long to wait. I want to return to the world of WW and I'm not letting some language barrier stop me! Even though I'm just some punk Junior you guys will be there to give advice, right?
Still, I hope they're more experimental with the sea this time (although I'm somewhat doubtful due to the technological limitations), I'd love to see huge waves and more special events. Like you're sailing and then a huge storm shipwrecks you and waken on a lost island with inhabitants, you'd have to find your stuff, and in the process you find the item you were looking for. Okay, reading that through that sounds like Link's Awakening but that game was badass.
Still, I hope they're more experimental with the sea this time (although I'm somewhat doubtful due to the technological limitations), I'd love to see huge waves and more special events. Like you're sailing and then a huge storm shipwrecks you and waken on a lost island with inhabitants, you'd have to find your stuff, and in the process you find the item you were looking for. Okay, reading that through that sounds like Link's Awakening but that game was badass.
ant1532 said:
OH YEAH. And exploration. You forgot exploration. Just randomly sailing to an untitled square on your map. Seriously, discovering Islands that are all different and all have a particularity (hell some are just floating puzzles...) and "explore" it. That's soooo great.
And the submarines and other random things you can see when sailing.
And real time weather change. That's nextgen before its time, baby.
Kobun Heat
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dingAmir0x said:
And seriously, Q4? F that in the A. This is one more Zelda game I won't be playing in English.
I wonder one thing.
People who played Wind Waker JAP without knowing Japanese, did you play it again in english ?
Didn't you feel like you were maybe missing something story wise ?
I know the story isn't that complex (it's really not), but I wonder if not understanding what the characters say is disturbing.
People who played Wind Waker JAP without knowing Japanese, did you play it again in english ?
Didn't you feel like you were maybe missing something story wise ?
I know the story isn't that complex (it's really not), but I wonder if not understanding what the characters say is disturbing.
HylianScribe
Member
Ramenman said:
I missed out on a lot of the detailed sub-plots, but I mean, I got the main story pretty well without understanding a word of it. Four Swords Adventures and The Minish Cap, oddly, lost the most, so when I played it again in English, a lot more stuff made sense than when I did this with The Wind Waker. I actually prefer it this way because I do like knowing all the details of the stories in Zelda games, so I will play the Japanese version first, and then I still have a huge desire to play through the English version to learn more. It is kinda annoying not knowing what is being said, but hey - you can make up your own story as you go along, heh.
rollingstart
Banned
TSA said:
Phantom Hourglass is going to be about Samus who got a sex change and went back in time, this is going to be the best Metroid game ever.
SantaC said:
Well, I would assume it's because a 1) handheld game, and 2) It's of a style that most NA Zelda fans didn't find appealing. So it's understandable.
However, all the way til ****ing December? That's more unexpected. How long did it take for Minish Cap to come out here after the Japanese release?
HylianScribe
Member
With The Minish Cap, it was awesome to see the differences in the three versions. I actually think the reason Phantom Hourglass is coming out in Japan first is to get major feedback and then maybe do something about it for Western audiences. As in, I think Nintendo may have something in Phantom Hourglass they're not sure will work as well yet...so they test it on the weakest market? We'll see.
HyperZone<3
Member
In Ninty's going to hold it back for 4-5 months, despite the localization probably already being finished (Zelda games for the last decade have had concurrent-ish releases, no?), is there any hope that we might get a non-stylus control option?
RTS Zelda means very little to me.
RTS Zelda means very little to me.
HylianScribe
Member
ksamedi said:
Source?
I mean...I can't speak up one way or the other unless somebody's made certain info public. So a source would be great. If it's anonymous...still staying as TBA/TBD.
HylianScribe
Member
ksamedi said:
Ah...heheh...got it now. That's what I get for looking at multiple threads at once and not focusing! Will Europe get Phantom Hourglass before US? Rabble, rabble, rabble.
HylianScribe
Member
Means...it was accepted...my order has been like that for awhile now.
HylianScribe
Member
Yeah, I e-mailed them because now it says it will ship on or before June 25th...so I wanted to make sure since I pre-ordered it like 10 mins after they listed it, I would be getting it as soon as possible.
Of course, they give the standard "it's a pre-order, we don't know inventory yet, first-come, first-serve basis" response.
Of course, they give the standard "it's a pre-order, we don't know inventory yet, first-come, first-serve basis" response.
HylianScribe
Member
Sorry for double post but this is a meaningful bump.
Hands-on Demo Impressions from IGN:
http://ds.ign.com/articles/797/797245p1.html
Hands-on Demo Impressions from IGN:
http://ds.ign.com/articles/797/797245p1.html
Haunted
Member
Man, how could you double post? Don't you know t...TSA said:
ooooooh.TSA said:
very nice. I couldn't be more hyped at this point in time. Dare i say it? this is my most anticipated DS game at the moment.
SantaC - considering that the biggest DS games are 128MB so far (even games like FFIII, Revenant Wings, Lunar Knights etc.), 512 MB seems far-fetched, even for a proper 3D Zelda game.