The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Announced on March 23rd, 2006 at the Game Developer's Conference, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is the first Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo DS. More information was scheduled to be released at E3.

At E3 2006 it was confirmed to be a sequel to The Wind Waker.

The development team for Phantom Hourglass has many returning developers from Four Swords Adventures, many of whom, in turn, were close to A Link to the Past.

Graphics
The games graphics are done in the style of The Wind Waker. However, the majority of the scenes in the trailer show Link using a top down perspective similar to past 2D Zelda games.



Gameplay
As mentioned before, the trailer shows traditional gameplay in the style of The Wind Waker. Link is shown in a field, in a dungeon, on a ship, and battling an octorok. Along with the octorok, the familar moblin and a fairy make appearances.

Story
Tetra (who was revealed as a member of the Hylian Royal Family in the previous game) is lost at sea. Link goes off to try and find her but ends up lost in a storm and shipwrecked on a new region of islands. Link is said to have very limited time for some unknown reason, and guided by a fairy sets off in search of the Phantom Hourglass which can give him enough time to save Tetra, this might remind a bit of Majora's Mask.

Multiplayer
Multiplayer will be one player controlling chasers, who's goal is to defeat the other player; link. Online is TBA.