I'm beginning to think they're taking their time with this so they can decide whether or not to shoehorn in a bunch of DSi-specific features. It's something Nintendo loves doing with flagship franchises after releasing new hardware.

phantom hourglass was so incredibly disappointing to me, i traded it not hours after i finished my first run through. although the train thing is fairly interesting, this seems like more of the same to me.

i hate to be the one jumping on the nintendo bashing bandwagon, but it feels like they're running this series into the ground.

now if they actually made this game fairly steampunk themed, that would be a different story, that's why wind waker worked so well for me, it was such a new experience, not just the same old recycled stuff.

I think it looks quite good. I don't mind the stylus.

I liked the Stylus, it was that terrible dungeon that made it my least favorite Zeldas.

i'm going to buy this game, as i do every zelda title (the series is one of the few that has never burned me). i don't think that it'll be the greatest zelda yet, but i could be wrong. phantom hourglass was surprisingly good, so we'll see.

A new Zelda? I FORGIVE YOU NINTENDO!

Yeah, but the whole thing was a sidequest for another quest. Link was looking for Navi, he got stuck in Termina, and then he's still looking for Navi. So maybe not a cliffhanger, but it implied that something was coming after it.

I agree with what people are saying - the damn temple of the ocean king was an IMMEDIATE deal breaker for me. What was my least favorite part about ANY Zelda game? Lets see - having to hide around and sneak and not being able to fight back. So Nintendo decided to take this frustrating mechanic and grow an entire branch of the franchise around it. From the looks of those screens we're probably in for the same ride, notice the maps with the "phantom" looking things, the key?! The only problem I had with the control was only being able to equip one tool/weapon/item at a time. Not that it really mattered, the gameplay was pretty straightforward that you never really needed more than one tool at any given point.

...Sorry. I've never properly vented the rage and frustration I felt for PH - the only Zelda to this day I have never finished because I couldn't stand the site of it anymore.

and what about some bottle quests?! and more than like 7 items? And islands that aren't all peanut butter colored? how about some goddamned grass nintendo? Grass!?!?!

All that train traveling (and battling!) looks ridiculous. If MM, TWW and TP were subtle about being more of the same, from the looks of it ST seems blatantly more of the same PH. I hope at least it'll be as fun as PH was but I'll have very low expectations regarding that train stuff (it doesn't even feel like "Zelda" anyway).

I also liked PH, but saying you simply 'like' a Zelda game (as a huge fan of the series) is pretty much a confirmation of mediocrity.

I was saddened by the ease of completion and lack of time I had to invest to complete Phantom Hourglass. I did enjoy the boat, I'd fire the game up just to sail and find treasure - Loved that aspect, but it's not like I cannot pop in Wind Waker and get the same, along with some Epic playtime.

Nintendo got on my shitlist this gen, for forcing the 'alternate' play controls, while straight up ignoring classic controls (Wii Included - IE one of the reasons why we sold ours). If PH had support for BOTH touch and buttons, it would have been a large improvement.

The biggest improvement needed for a DS Zelda, is that it should have the playtime in the range of the DS'vania titles.

I am still very interested in Spirit Tracks, but more interested in this next game, to give me playtime in hours near = to the sticker price.

I liked the controls. The only thing that bothered me about them was firing the boat's cannon, but that's only because my touch-screen is permanently uncalibrated.