And so it begins...

I just received a copy of Phantom Hourglass, marking the beginning of my decent into the madness that is the holiday release schedule. I've been looking forward to this game for a while, as I do with any Zelda title. I'm extremely interested to see how the touch controls work, and the extent to which they add value to the game. I have a hard time imagining myself actually using the annotated map functionality that I've seen demonstrated in trailers, but I'm hoping to be taken by surprise.