Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass launching October 1st

by Christopher Grant { Jul 2nd 2007 at 10:25AM }

After reading about the near-perfect score awarded to the Japanese release of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, we resurrected our shrine to Celda and began making offerings of lesser Zelda clones. When we read that the title sold 350,000 copies in just two days, we yearned to be a tiny cog in that hulking mass of DS carts. Undoubtedly moved by the magical powers of our shrine, Nintendo of America has just announced an October 1 release date for the portable Zelda, three months from now. We can make it ... but we're gonna sacrifice another copy of Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy just in case.

Gallery: Zelda - Phantom Hourglass

Tags: Nintendo, PhantomHourglass, releasedate, Zelda

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 2nd 2007 10:27AM

Cool in time for Sweetest Day.

vidGuy @ Jul 2nd 2007 10:34AM

That press release also says MP3:C is being delayed by a week to Aug 27 - unless it's a typo.

JodyAnthony @ Jul 2nd 2007 10:37AM

yeah, I like how they slyly added in the MP3 thing, heh.

Oh well, this game looks fantastic and I can't wait to pick it up. I have played a couple hours of the japanese version (by strictly legal means of course ;) and it looks and plays very well. I'm excited.

plus I love the wind waker look.

C. Grant @ Jul 2nd 2007 10:43AM

Thanks, vidGuy! Working on it now :)

DckPump @ Jul 2nd 2007 10:47AM

@3
No you didnt.

Joshua @ Jul 2nd 2007 10:52AM

ya rly u didnt play it legally of coruse we no that lol n00b

Anyway, great news!

Adv2k1 @ Jul 2nd 2007 11:23AM

cool beans

Shagittarius @ Jul 2nd 2007 11:23AM

Another hand held zelda game...snorezzz!

jay @ Jul 2nd 2007 11:46AM

I never had Jody down as a pirate.

whosmav @ Jul 2nd 2007 11:56AM

This game is the shizznit!

nonesuch @ Jul 2nd 2007 11:58AM

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

Best birthday present EVAH! I've been playing the Japanese version, and...it makes no sense. But still funfunfun!

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:05PM

Pirates wore eye patches for night vision.

C. Grant @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:14PM

hvnlysoldr: Oohhhhhh, so that's why they wore them! =)

JodyAnthony @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:22PM

I wear eyepatches to help me download games illegally.

DckPump @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:28PM

No you dont...

JodyAnthony @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:31PM

Don't I, DckPump?

Don't I?

JodyAnthony @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:43PM

also theres a difference between "downloading a shitton of games I dont own and playing them without paying for them" and "downloading games that I do own and having them all on one card that is permanently inside my DS instead of carrying a pocketful of game cards with me"

do I have a couple games downloaded that I dont own? yes. (this, Ouendan 2, Picross DS) but those are all games that while not out here yet, WILL come out here eventually, which is why I dont want to import them.

Not denying its stealing. I'm just sayin'. I buy every DS game I download, because 1)I like to support the companies that make games I enjoy and 2)because I am a collection-whore, which is why a good portion of those games I own are still shrinkwrapped.

Jonathan Tran @ Jul 2nd 2007 12:45PM

Am I the only one creeped out by the guy in the boat with Link? Is he HUMAN?

And what if LINK lived in the REAL WORLD?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyXUVd2c83c

Osiris @ Jul 2nd 2007 2:07PM

Why the hell does it take so long to translate a game??

Ridiculous.

Twinkie @ Jul 5th 2007 11:48AM

If I get this game at launch, i'll probably get my grades lowered a couple notches.

I can't wait.

WhatIsThatThing @ Jul 2nd 2007 5:07PM

You know, technically it's legal to have the games for 24 hours before you have to get rid of it. So, assuming JodyAnthony only played a few hours, he's still in the clear, legally. Or I could be totally wrong.

Jason @ Jul 2nd 2007 7:40PM

you guys, relax, moon language is very hard to translate into american english. In the meantime you can breed and then EV train your pokemans until it's metroid time (maybe a little mario strikers inbetween if that's your thang) and before you know it you'll be controlling link with a little white stick and everything will be fine.

Luke @ Jul 2nd 2007 7:52PM

Thats gonna be hard to wait for. Jeese for some reason I want that game so damn bad. One of my most anticipated games of the year.

Cody S. @ Jul 3rd 2007 1:11AM

@ WhatIsThatThing

Load of crap.

Read

http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#download_rom

vidGuy @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:19AM

Yeah, there isn't such a 24hour rule or anything. But if you were ever called out on downloading roms, you could probably get off by claiming fair use, provided that you used the rom as a trial and purchased the legal full version when it was available.

In another thread I saw this guy proclaim he downloaded every NES, SNES, Genesis, TurboGrafix, Gameboy, etc, game in their libraries. He would definitely be hurting after a lawsuit.