Phantom Hourglass is the worst nintendo zelda, your trolling is quite good.
that's not true
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spirit track is even worse :teehee
Okami Story
Soon, Amaterasu, along with Susano, must battle Orochi to protect Kamiki Village and rescue Susano's beloved, Kushi, recreating events from 100 years prior. This time, the duo are able to fully conquer the demon, causing a black, evil spirit to float northward. Amaterasu and Issun then embark on a journey across Nippon, befriending many people along the way through their good deeds, and continue to remove Orochi's curse on the land, through defeating other demons that release similar dark presences floating northward.
Amaterasu travels to find the source of these evil spirits, she is brought to the wreckage of a ship able to travel through the stars: the "Ark of Yamato", in the frozen plains of Kamui. Waka appears and reveals himself as a member of the Moon Tribe, a race that had supplied the Ark of Yamato to the Celestial Beings, who used it to escape from Orochi's assault on the Celestial Plain and sail the heavens, unaware of the evil spirits imprisoned on the Ark which attacked and killed all but himself, resulting in the Ark crashing to earth. Yami, the demon controlling all of the evil spirits, appears and strips Amaterasu of her Celestial Brush powers before entering battle with her. Issun takes up his role as the Celestial Envoy and encourages all those they have helped to send their thoughts to Amaterasu, causing her to regain her powers and defeat Yami, ridding both the Ark and Nippon of these evil beings forever. With her mission done, Amaterasu departs with Waka on the Ark to sail back to the Celestial Plain together
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Obligatory:
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuhZ6NuTG_o&tracker=False[/youtube]
Disclaimer:
I haven't played through the entire game. My last save is somewhere in the desert next to a pillar which I think I'm supposed to beam somewhere, but I have zero recollection as to the where and why. No questlog. Can't be arsed to look it up. Also, I'm one of those "2D>3D" nutters, especially when it comes to Zelda.
What I remember:
Way too many U GO THAR NAO corridors at first, then empty and forgettable expanses to be crossed by horse only lest you fancy fighting the same three annoying enemies until your mind crumbles. Jack-all to do except dungeoncrawling, except there's no treasure to really keep you going.
Also a hell of a lot of mandatory minigames. Catch some fish! Stop those goat things! Now herd them around! Shoot those targets! Now those! Good, now do it while on a horse, and now mix it with horse-based combat, and for extra happy fun time now try it on a bridge with entirely boneheaded savepoints (IIRC). Now use the chicken to get to the penis bug. USE IT. Now fly that bird-saur for no reason. FLY IT. Also collect fruit. YES, FRUIT. You get no say in the matter. Glowing bugs and ghosts too. Oh and kill those three Rastafaris in "everything is gray and shit btw you're a wolf" mode with your one-hit-kill-AoE move again and again and again and again and again and again and again. Meh.
At least I remember it that way, doesn't mean it actually was that bad. Still, it stuck with me, so I guess it annoyed me greatly. Not nearly as much as the limited wallet/ruby chest issue though. Damn, that was sucky.
From a visual design standpoint they overshot their target. Windwaker was just that bit too cartoony, while TP tried too hard to look lolmature. Skyward sword looked like a happy middle point, but I somehow completely fell off the hype wagon for that one.
Maybe franchise fatigue has finally kicked in. The underlying formula just hasn't evolved enough for me. The boss battles tend to be enjoyable, but the rest of the game just feels like it was designed with the sole purpose of extracting the maximum amount of playtime from the player, be it fun or not.
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Confession time: I actually like Midna. I do, however, and I believe I need to add special emphasis to this, not "like" her in the way apparently the entire internet "likes" her (MY EYES! :o :yuck). Annoying or not, she managed to drag me along for a while based nearly entirely on her personality - until I got tired of the bullshit.
I mean, it's definitely better than e.g. that talking hat-bird thing, or that talking boat thing, or that talking faery thing, ...
I also thought that the wolf mechanic was neat, even despite the fact that they completely messed it up. I'd like to see more of that, only properly designed & playtested this time.