Does anyone miss the DS Zelda games?

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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Released: Oct 02nd 2007
Published by: Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
Released: Dec 07th 2009
Published by: Nintendo


Did you enjoy the DS Zelda games?
Yes I enjoyed both of them	22	35.48%
I only enjoyed one of them	13	20.97%
No, I disliked both	17	27.42%
Never bought/played them	5	8.06%
See Results	5	8.06%
Total:	62

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prayformojo on 12 November 2014

t3mporary_126 said:

I know these games weren't well liked by most Zelda fans, but I thought they were fun and innovative takes on 2D Zelda. I actually enjoy the touch screen controls and thought the graphics weren't too bad. Plus the boss battles were really unique - especially when they took advantage of the second screen. These games had really great characters as well like Linebeck from PH and Zelda from Spirit Tracks.

Did anyone enjoy these game?

I think the GBC (seasons/ages) were better but I miss the N64 titles and era the most. That was the peak of innovation.

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GdaTyler on 12 November 2014

Phantom Hourglass blew me away when it was first released, and Spirit tracks was awesome. I loved being a sailor and train conductor in those games, and the combat was fun but detrimental to my touch screen :p

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Cream147 on 12 November 2014

I actually liked the touch screen controls for the most part. I feel like unfortunately the games were among the weakest in the series in every other department. Great games, but to stand tall in the Zelda series you need to do better.

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KLXVER on 12 November 2014

KingdomHeartsFan said:

I liked Phantom Hourglass, but couldn't finish Spirit Tracks. The whole train thing didn't click with me.

It was the other way around for me. Going back to that one dungeon in PH just killed it for me...

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StarOcean on 12 November 2014

Spirit Tracks is amazing. My second fave Zelda only behind Link's Awakening. Other Zelda games bore me to death (OoT/TP/SS werent my style) but ST kept my attention. However a lot of people really sh*t on the DS Zelda's, to me at least, ST and PH were amazing

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FarleyMcFirefly on 13 November 2014

Hated both of them. I didn't mind the stylus controls.

The soundtracks were pretty dull (yes, even Spirit Tracks IMO), I hated the train shit and the blowing on your DS shit to play an instrument.

I would rank them the worst Zelda games by far.

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ToxicJosh on 13 November 2014

Certainly the worse Nintendo published Zeldas that I've played.

I didn't like the forced stylus controls, I didn't like the recurring central dungeons, I didn't like that they relied on control gimmicks.

I thought the worlds and characters were good, certainly on a par with the other post-Wind Waker Zeldas. But the controls killed it for me, I didn't finish either of them.

So pleased they went back to real handheld Zelda territory with Link Between Worlds.

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fedfed on 13 November 2014

I liked those games, spirit tracks more that phantom to be honest!

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Asriel on 13 November 2014

I enjoyed them, I thought Spirit Tracks was far better than Phantom Hourglass. However many control innovations there were, Phantom Hourglass had a very weak Zelda game on top of those foundations. Spirit Tracks was better in most regards, but I think they're far weaker than handheld titles like Link Between Worlds and Link's Awakening.