Gaming The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

[Akotan]

Demo rom aside, for those who already know basic japanese language grammar, Zelda Phantom Hourglass have a little small feature that makes it accessible enough! Kanji is used on text dialogues but this video shows something very interesting:



Kanji tips! The game gives you the kanji pronounces! Very cool!

 

[lagman]

I don't get it

 

[Danieluz]

What's that appearing anytime the person playing touches a symbol?

 

[Triforce]

I don't get it

if you can read kana and have basic understanding of japanese grammer you can click on a kanji and it shows you how to read it, making it very easy to look up the meaning.

 

[lagman]

I don't get it

if you can read kana and have basic understanding of japanese grammer you can click on a kanji and it shows you how to read it, making it very easy to look up the meaning.

That's why I didn't get it. Thanks

 

[Gilrad]

OMG. That feature is a godsend for students like me who can't read a word of kanji, but need some incentive to study japanese over the summer

 

[Scorpei]

OMG. That feature is a godsend for students like me who can't read a word of kanji, but need some incentive to study japanese over the summer

quoted for the truth

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[Akotan]

Miyamoto's TouchDS.jp interview translated by The Hylia: http://thehylia.com/index.php?subaction=sh...t_from=&ucat=5&

I have a DS for only 5 months and am getting this feeling about gameplays: there are no or little variations on game control. I must admit that playing with stylus is a lot of fun every time but this "I already did it this way..." feeling isn't disappearing... I'm saying this (my little two cents, my opinion) because Mr. Miyamoto said this:

"This Zelda title is full of elements controled via the stylus or the microphone. This is now common for the DS games, but these elements are really merged with the Zelda world. For example, there are many things you can do with a candle. Some DS games make you start a fire or put one out, but the impression it gives you changes in this Zelda game."

I can't wait to see if this is really true!

 

[Veho]

I bet you blow out candles or power windmills by huffing and puffing at the microphone

 

[GexX2]

New video on kotaku! Looks fun. Too bad I don't understand japanese >.< Includes wifi footage :3

 

[Veho]

New video on kotaku! Looks fun.

Link, dammit! Why do you force my lazy ass to start looking for it? Gah.

HERE.

Cursed embedded flash players... pure evil.

The game looks great. Wow.

 

[GexX2]

I couldn't link. Wii browser doesn't copy/paste =.=

 

[lagman]

Oh, so that ugly cave was actually the multiplayer stage?

 

[Hadrian]

New video on kotaku! Looks fun.
Link, dammit! Why do you force my lazy ass to start looking for it? Gah.

HERE.

Cursed embedded flash players... pure evil.

The game looks great. Wow.

I'm totally gay for this game!

Its annoying me still that people can't accept the fact that its not got OoT style graphics. I'd personally have it no other way, keep proper 3D Zeldas for the Wii, that way we can have two different style of Zeldas.

 

[Kelli]

That video was simply awesome!

Before that video i wasn't even interested in new zelda, but after that i think i can't wait till it's dumped.

 

[sekhu]

it looks great, but it seems the controls are a bit complicated or fiddly

 

[Kelli]

Forgot to mention how good sound effects was in that video!

It's superb, if there really is that good sound effects in the final game.

Is it said how long the main game will last?
-I wish it will last more than 20 hours.

 

[Triforce]

some more videos and info on the official site http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/azej/

and a strange video on the touch ds site with a girl trying to solve one of the puzzles
http://touch-ds.jp/mfs/zelda_ph/

 

[Akotan]

and a strange video on the touch ds site with a girl trying to solve one of the puzzles

She does all that faces and "woos" and "aahs"! And there's some guy on third scene plane... Weird!

 

[brn]

looks like this game is going to be one of the NDS flagships. lovely!