The Hylia has some juicy new details on Phantom Hourglass based on their translation of a recent magazine scan. You’ll want to head on over to get an idea for the gameplay mechanics and control schemes. Will there be another Triforce hunt? I’ll let you find that out for yourself. Here’s a short excerpt, though – it’s the game’s story premise…
Just a couple of months after Link and Tetra’s pirates set sail to find a new land, Tetra discovers a suspicious ghost ship and boards it all alone. Then she finds herself in trouble and she can’t leave the ship. Link tries to rescue Tetra, but he falls to the sea and faints. When he wakes up, he finds himself in an unknown island (Shiwan saved him). While looking for clues to find the ghost ship, Link unexpectedly meets Lineback, who’s after the treasure of the ghost ship. Since both are looking for the ghost ship, they decide to join forces. There’s also a prophecy that worries a certain fortune-teller: “An evil darkness… A huge ocean… And the voice of a sacred light.
Click on over for the rest, including a screenshot of what looks to be a returning species from Ocarina of Time (they must have been hiding in The Wind Waker).
