well really, how is traveling by train any different by traveling by sea after you've mapped out your route? looks like the only difference this game will have to Phantom Hourglass is story and weapons borrowed from Twilight Princess. i saw both the Gale Boomerang and the Dominion Rod in action.
and i also saw the same touch screen control. i can't stand that. attacking with the touch screen i can deal with most of the time. but moving around in addition to that? i think it's a terrible design flaw. half the time, the stylus and/or your fingers are going to obstruct your view, making you run into an enemy you shouldn't have to.
so unless they decide to give a classic control scheme option to the game, i give Nintendo a boot to the head.