Gaming Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

[iwakura]

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=53491

 

[Hadrian]

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=53474

That thread covers the main bits.

 

[iwakura]

i'm not writing FAQs, im writing a walk through

 

[Monkey01]

About "Now the old man will teach you how to use your sword. I think he wants you to destroy them in a specific order, don't ask me why. Destroy the top left, top right, bottom right, then bottom left. Do it again. On the third one, destroy them by swirling your sword by doing a circular motion with the stylus, and that concludes the training."
I don't think the order in which you struck them mathered, only the way you do it.
The first time you need to click the pillars, second time you need to make quick slicing movements in the direction of the pillars, the third time you need to do the swing move.