Phantom Hourglass is a game that I think gets a lot more hate than it deserves. The touch controls and other gimmicky DS things in this game aren't great, it's not offensively terrible. The gameplay stays pretty simple throughout the entire thing, save except a few specific times in the game that the touch controls are extremely annoying.

The dialogue in the game is actually funny at times, and Linebeck is one of my favorite Zelda characters. I feel like if you can get past the DS gimmicks that there is a good game to enjoy here, but it's also nothing exceptional either, especially since Wind Waker did the same concept much better.