Hell hath no fury like a Zelda fan scorn for Nintendo! When it was announced that the next instalment of the Legend of Zelda series for the Nintendo Gamecube would buckle the visual style of the previous two instalments on the N64 in favour of a cartoon cell-shading effect the fan reaction wasn’t great.

Wind Walker proved to be an enjoyable game, though, but was more child friendly in tone and in the visuals; when it came to the new Zelda entry for the Wii it returned back to its darker roots. It’s now with the DS’s first Zelda entry on the handheld console, The Phantom Hourglass, that we return to the style of Wind Walker and is also a direct sequel to the game, taking place just moments after the events at the end of that story.