IfPhantom Hourglassis one of your favoriteZeldagames, you might have something to look forward to onSwitch- atrademarkofThe Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass has been spotted in Australia.While the trademark was made public days ago, on February 2, it seems no one spotted it before, and was made public knowledge by French Twitter user @KeliosFR, known for reportingPokemonnews on @Pokekalos. The trademark itself was filled by Nintendo in 2020.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Trademarked in Australia
However, don’t get your hopes up too fast. Nothing was officially announced by Nintendo yet. A trademark being filled doesn’t necessarily mean anything related toThe Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglasswill be released.
A trademark doesn’t necessarily mean a game is currently in development. And even if it is, nothing is official, and it could end up never releasing. As one of the producers and writers of Sega’sYakuzaseries put it recently, game developers always work on something. But those projects sometimes never get announced or see the light of the day.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglasswas first released on Nintendo DS in June 2007 in Japan. It was a direct sequel to the flagship - pun not intended -Zeldagame on Gamecube,The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.Keeping the same versions of Link and Zelda, the same world, and the same artstyle. A distinctiveartstylemost notably inspired by a 1963 anime movie titledWanpaku Ouji no Orochi Taiji.
A few days ago, we also learned Square Enix filled several trademarks linked withFinal Fantasy VIIand its remake.
In any case, we’ll be sure to tell you as soon as possible if we learn more on a possibleZelda Phantom HourglassSwitch port, remake, or remaster. Perhaps we will soon get the firstNintendo Directof 2021, with an announcement ofPhantom Hourglasson Switch.
