The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Easter Eggs on Wii U (WiiU)

Here are our Easter Eggs for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on Wii U. The most trustworthy items get the most 'thumbs up' from our users and appear nearer the top!

One of the hidden islands, Dee Ess Island (aka DS Island) is shaped like a Nintendo DS, the system Phantom Hourglass originally came out for.

If you visit Dee Ess Island, which is shaped like a DS, and stand on the microphone area, you can blow into your mic to make a treasure chest appear.

If you visit Harrow Island and dig another hole even after you’ve dug up 10 treasures, the game warns you not to keep digging. If you dig another hole after that, you lose 100 rupees. If you keep going, you will lose all your rupees. If you dig again even after that, you will be banned from the mini-game. The only way to play again is to apologize and pay 300 rupees.

As a traditional Legend of Zelda secret, if you attack a Cucco enough times, a mob of Cuccos will begin attacking you.

There is an NPC called the Self-proclaimed Hero who claims to be the Hero of Winds, Link’s title in Wind Waker. He has a boat called the Prince of Red Lions, a reference to the King of Red Lions from Wind Waker.

When you first meet the postman, he asks you to please not shoot him down with a slingshot. This is a reference to Animal Crossing: Wild World, in which you can use a slingshot to shoot down Pete the Postman.

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