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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
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Computer & Video Games UK
Pocket Gamer UK
UnderGroundOnline
GameSpy
Nearly pitch-perfect,
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Computer and Video Games
dungeon challenges for Zelda players the world over. It's in the facial expressions of the bit-part characters, which are based on the soulful Wind Waker style. It's in the music, which we would happily listen to for ever. It is everywhere, because Phanto
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
sets in when: A persnickety vendor asks players to scream "I want the Salvage Arm!" into the Nintendo DS's microphone before he'll offer a decent price. It takes several potentially embarrassing attempts to make hollers register. Later, another character
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Cheat Code Central
Portable Review
Game Informer
to start from floor one again, and if you succeed, you’ll eventually unlock the second, third, and fourth Hourglass challenges – all making you run through the same dungeon and puzzles over and over again. In the end, the Phantom Hourglass just brings
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Deeko
Phantom Hourglass is still a solid title that fans have expected for a long time, and it does a great job to not only please the fans, but welcome newcomers who want to immerse themselves in this great adventure.
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GamePro
From the opening scene to the end credits, The Phantom Hourglass feels like a classic Zelda title: it's filled with an ungodly amount of content and has a deep and complex story that will stay with you long after you've reached the end. It is a worthy
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Gamers Temple
Much like Gears and Halo for the 360, or Metroid Prime 3 and Twilight Princess for the Wii, Phantom Hourglass should be "the" game every DS owner has in their collection.
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GamingExcellence
the case of captain Linebeck, who is probably one of the most memorable characters is Legend of Zelda’s history. The sound is often just as good, but there are times when it falters, especially with certain musical numbers that feel repetitive and maddeni
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GameZone
Is there anything a stylus can’t do? Perhaps the question should be rephrased: is there anything it
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Gamer 2.0
skeptics, Nintendo was still able to make one hell of a game. Twilight Princess, the game's follow-up, didn't use the same visual system Wind Waker did, and that somehow left fans of Wind Waker empty inside. Would they ever get a true sequel to one of the
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Game Revolution
Ace Gamez
Arguably the DS' greatest title so far.
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PALGN
is as solid as it is streamlined. 8.0Lifespan: Ten to twenty hours depending on how many treasures you go after, but nary a boring moment.
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Total Video Games
is nonetheless geared suitably for a stylish and entertaining handheld experience.
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Pro-G
they will be a surprise. But suffice it to say, some of them will require more thought than you expect. It's not revolutionary stuff, just simple, engaging fun. Speaking into a game console is still an embarrassing act, whatever game you're playing, espec
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IGN
Over the years the Zelda franchise has evolved quite differently depending on if you're looking at the console side of things, or just the portable world. While the "main" series - if you can call it that - has progressed from classic 2D top-down to 3D,
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Da GameBoyz
if I continue to have no issues I will not address this again. Conclusion With top notch graphics, great sound and solid implementation of the specific features found on the DS; The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is a great addition to anyone who owns
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GameAlmighty
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is a phenomenal Zelda game, pure and simple. The creative minds at Nintendo have managed to take classic gameplay and infuse it with all of the Nintendo DS’ unique capabilities to create an adventure for Link unlik
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GameSpot
Phantom Hourglass wraps the standard Zelda formula in an innovative and fun control scheme that gives new life to several of the series' age-old concepts.
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Thunderbolt
An invigorating blend of old and new, classic puzzle-based adventuring spliced with a user-friendly, touch-screen interface, and finally, a sparkling re-invention to a formula that has been mostly untouched ever since Shigeru Miyamoto’s original recipe
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Video Game Talk
AtomicGamer
Overall, Phantom Hourglass is a pretty good game. While the controls do prove to be an issue, it succeeds in other areas, and does so with flair.
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GameTrailers
headphones and proper stereo. There is no denying that this is a great, if easy game, but when you’re talking about the upper echelons of the gaming pantheon, everything is held in another light. As portable entertainment, it’s fantastic, proving an acti
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1UP
argument that "If you want that much change, then you don't want a Zelda" game might hold some water, but the counterpoint is that this series is really beginning to wear itself out by using the same old conventions and game mechanics. Is Hourglass a grea
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GameTap
through” formula, Phantom Hourglass relies more on the DS’ unique capabilities to not only introduce new types of puzzles but to also enhance the ones you’d normally see from a game like this. And that, along with the dungeons, is what’s going to
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The New York Times
time I spent racing through dungeons removed all thoughts of its being perfect.Still, most gamers probably won’t complain much about Hourglass’s timed dungeons, because it’s just one of those things that games do. That’s what makes
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