It's a DS game andit's quite good and if I'm right it's the sequel to The Wind Waker. So Tetra is looking for the Ghost Ship, the ship finds her she gets caught and gets into trouble (again!)...
after your first visit to the temple of the ocean king to save linebeck, do what the game is implying you do and then you go in the second time grandpa will walk in and say "grab the hourglass up...
There is 2 ways to tamper with them. number 1 is with shooting them in the back with an arrow or using a well charged hammer hit on them. both will stun them number 2 strike them from the back with...