Phantomastic! (Okay, So It Doesn't Always Work...)

As you probably know (not by the looks of my Fire Emblem-esque blog, mind you), I am a huge Zelda fan. Actually, I'd go as far as to call myself a Zelda whore (then again, the AMN peeps always call me a whore -- but that's another blog entry). In fact, most of my emails, messenger handles, and overall everything has to do with Zelda. (I IZ NO GEEK I SWUR!)

From that, you can naturally deduce (if you are smart, unlike Jeff), that I'm totally hyped for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass -- Nintendo's next entry in the Zelda series. Well, make that next handheld entry, because we're still waiting for Twilight Princess (at least I am, and if you are not, shame on you).

Anyway, I think this game has the potential to become one of the best Nintendo DS games, simply because it has so many things that we've wanted to see in other videogames and well... haven't. The first thing that I thought was brilliant was the map, and the fact that you can write down little notes in it so that you won't get lost (or if you're that bad, and still get lost, you have no excuse). It also includes several other touch-screen elements; some that are awesomely awesome, and some that just don't cut it for me yet, but probably will in the end.

Graphically, the game looks amazing -- taking in consideration the limits of the system's power. No, that's not a diss, if you read our Metroid Prime: Hunters review (I'm too lazy to link at the moment), you'll see that the DS is still very capable to do 3D graphics, it just needs developers that actually want to develop great looking games. Well, Nintendo is one of them, and when you see the Phantom Hourglass in motion, you'll begin to understand why I'm so excited.

Anyway, I've already said a lot. Get a Nintendo DS for this game if you don't have one already. And if you do have one, simply pre-order this game. And if you don't want to pre-order it, you can just read my review when I play the heck out of it. Either way, I win. :)

By the way, you should definitely check this out. You'll see that it's not just me who's excited.

Phantastic?

So I haven't updated my blog for a while, but that's only because I didn't have anything to say (I mean, you can't expect me to talk about my awesomeness all the time, that would be rude).

But I finally have something to say. I reviewed Tales of Phantasia for AMN, and I can definitely say that it's old-school. Very old-school. So old-school in fact, that instead of igniting the nostalgia in me (well, it did, just not as much as other games), it got to the point where I just wanted to finish it. It's still a great effort, but it could have been better. Read my final verdict here.