The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Coming soon for DS!!!

Hmm...I really need to finish TWW, OOA, OOS and TMC...before this fall...


What really excites me about TPH is that it takes TWW's graphics and puts them in the classic 2D-down angle for gameplay, which is fantastic since many of the TWW's visual touches were reminiscent of LOZ and ALTTP. It'll be awesome to have them presented in this manner given that aspect of the design.

 

Well it seems to alter the camera depending on the location- dungeons seem top-down while overworld islands and sailing seem to be more like TWW's camera angles.


And watching the preview video, it's using the Dark World Overworld Theme from ALTTP.

That's really all I need- a top-down Zelda using the best piece of video game music ever made. Sold.

 

Looks like you also use the touch pad to draw your sailing course while at sea- I'm guessing that helps fill in the lack of a Wind Waker wand.

 

Be an interesting approach to finally give us a post-AOL Zelda title.

 

There are multiple timeline theories and no one in particular is official (the only one we've ever gotten was an offhanded one from Miyamoto that makes no sense upon analysis).

That said, there are certain aspects that do establish their rough relation, though exactly how much time spans between the various epochs is next to impossible to determine with any certainty.


-Starting with the original game as a reference point, we know Adventure of Link is a direct followup to Legend of Zelda. So they are of the same era.
-A Link to the Past was designed to be a prequel to the original two games, likely centuries earlier.
-Link's Awakening is supposed to feature the same hero from ALTTP, so they are of the same era.
-Ocarina of Time is definitely a prequel to ALTTP, as not only is it obviously the earliest occuring on the timeline, but that it's story is essentially a telling of ALTTP's backstory. We know centuries pass between OOT and ALTTP based on ALTTP's backstory as well.
-We know Majora's Mask is a sequel to OOT, for mostly obvious reasons from it's initial premise. So it is of the same era as OOT.
-The Oracle games take place after Hyrule is at peace and all three Triforces are united, as wll as some time after Ganon (in pig form) has been killed (as he is briefly resurrected in the game). The only two times all of these conditions are met is either after ALTTP or after AOL. Given that the Link of ALTTP went exploring afterwards (as established in LA) and that we see the same ship in teh Oracle games that Link is aboard at the start of LA, it's generally accepted they occur between ALTTP and LA.
-The Wind Waker, going by it's various references to the events if OOT, definitely takes place at least 1 or 2 centuries after OOT, and from what I'm told, it most likely occurs between OOT and ALTTP, though I'm personally hoping it's possible to shift it to sometime after ALTTP, as the geography of Hyrule and other details match up better.
-The Minish Cap, from what I've heard, is almost impossible to nail down it's chronology placement since it lacks any of the usla points of reference (connections to previous games, presenting the status of Ganon or the Triforce, etc).

It's anyone's bet as to where Twilight Princess or Phantom Hourglass will be set, though it would seem PH would most likely take palce after TWW. TP will most likely be somewhere in the general vincity of TWW or OOT, since they seem to concentrate around that era the most.


Anyways, that leaves us with this:

OOT
MM
--
TWW
PH?
--
ALTTP
OOA/OOS
LA
--
LOZ
AOL

 

It's possible- it is the only thing to go by, but then art style might not be a definite means of determining a timeline palcement- afterall, for all we know, TP could be a sequel to TWW and they are about as far apart as your gonna get in terms of style.