Apparently, there was something about the GDC worth commenting on. During Satoru Iwata’s keynote address, he displayed a new and upcoming title for the Nintendo DS. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is coming to everyone’s favourite portable within the year (after E3 though, so, probably July or the holidays - yeesh).

The demo video used by Iwata during the conference is all over the place.

The game looks kind of cool, although I haven’t seen enough yet. It makes a lot of use of the stylus, to which I must say “It is about fucking time.” You use the stylus to draw the path of your boomerang, draw symbols to open doors, chart courses with your boat, as well as make notations on your in-game map (a feature that was neglected by every game that COULD have used it to date).

It is supposedly taking place after the Wind Waker storyline, and it uses the same graphics type. With any luck, this game will be more well received than its Gamecube counterpart. I fear Nintendo will aim for a dual release of Phantom Hourglass and Twilight Princess, and the dark and sinister fanboy orgasm-inducing game will overshadow the DS gem.q