A few days ago I picked up The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. And I got to play it for the first time last night. The game looks great on graphics (for a DS game the graphics are great), and surprising plays quite well with just touch screen controls. Sure it takes a little time getting used to, and the controls aren't as slick as a D-Pad and buttons. But over all I'm surprised by how good they are (and they're also quite fun). One of the things I really like is the online battles. A bit different but really really fun (IMO). Over all (going into the first hours) I really like the game. I'm glad I picked it up and didn't wait till later to get it. If you like Zelda games then I think you'll like this one as well. Again, I'm only a few hours into the game, but from what I've saw already I really like this game.


And on to another note. One of my friends (Morkula)has started a Nintendo forum/message board. It's a new yet fast growing forum. It's called Nintendo Net, and on there we have all sorts of Nintendo boards, we have online battles and tournaments, forums to talk about Nintendo things, and also forums to talk about other gaming, and offtopic (as in non-Nintendo) things. All sorts of things. It's just a nice place to get together and discuss some things. Everything from what do you think the DS2 will have, to Nintendo kind of giving the cold shoulder to hardcore gamers (might be a Nintendo forum, but it isn't filled with fanboys). If you like Nintendo or like talking about things that has to do with Nintendo then I believe you'd like the forum.
URL to the site: http://forum.nintendo-net.com/
Drop by, look around, join the forum, we'd be glad to have you there. I'm "Arcanine" on the forum (no "_88" this time), I'm the one with the sweet Rukia theme. XD