More childhood battle cries: three new Phantom Hourglass videos

Thanks to JeuxFrance, we have three new videos of Link running, jumping, and butt-kicking his way across Hyrule in a spectacle of stylus-enhanced fun. These videos for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass are short, but they’re cute and feature Link and his trademark childhood battle cries.

In the first video, we see Link as he gets led around by the stylus and his Navi. It seems running, jumping, and even rolling are all controlled by the stylus. While that doesn’t sound very intuitive, we’ll probably have a better grasp of how it works when the game comes out.

In the second video, we get to see Link in action against numerous red gel monsters. Again, stylus use seems to be the name of the game, as performing certain sweeps with your stylus makes Link attack in a given direction, even allowing for the use of his trademark spinning slash.

Lastly, we get to see Link use his boomerang to disarm traps and move further in a dungeon. As with most things beyond his reach, Link has to hit them with the boomerang to proceed. In this case, you can actually trace the path of the boomerang using the stylus, which is really handy for aiming at switches and stunning enemies.

All in all, that’s a lot of stylus use. Expect more sword swinging and boomerang slinging when the game comes out on June 23 in Japan.

More videos after the jump!

Thanks to JeuxFrance, we have three new videos of Link running, jumping, and butt-kicking his way across Hyrule in a spectacle of stylus-enhanced fun. These videos for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass are short, but they’re cute and feature Link and his trademark childhood battle cries.

In the first video, we see Link as he gets led around by the stylus and his Navi. It seems running, jumping, and even rolling are all controlled by the stylus. While that doesn’t sound very intuitive, we’ll probably have a better grasp of how it works when the game comes out.

In the second video, we get to see Link in action against numerous red gel monsters. Again, stylus use seems to be the name of the game, as performing certain sweeps with your stylus makes Link attack in a given direction, even allowing for the use of his trademark spinning slash.

Lastly, we get to see Link use his boomerang to disarm traps and move further in a dungeon. As with most things beyond his reach, Link has to hit them with the boomerang to proceed. In this case, you can actually trace the path of the boomerang using the stylus, which is really handy for aiming at switches and stunning enemies.

All in all, that’s a lot of stylus use. Expect more sword swinging and boomerang slinging when the game comes out on June 23 in Japan.