UPDATED : Website link, detail on the Phantom
Spirit Tracks is the latest handheld Zelda title coming out December 7th 2009. It uses the toon Link, cell shading and stylus gameplay of Phantom Hourglass.
A variety of information gathered from the current material we have at the moment includes;
- Trains are a big thing in this game as you ride a train around the land. (This doesn't mean Zelda is getting "modernized", its a fantasy world with cameras, telephones and steam powered things, not a "medieval" world)
- May be able to place down your own tracks. There is already a set of tracks placed down and some dissappear
- It is unknown if you can travel on foot in the fields.
- The new map is most likely the new Hyrule, it also has its own castle and Princess Zelda. The majority of the map shown in the trailer is land
- NEW ITEM - A green propeller thing which shoots out whirlwinds. Point at where you want to shoot and blow into the mic to use it.
- NEW ITEM - A whip. It can be used to attack enemies from a distance (may be limited) and swing like the grappling hook
- NEW PARTNER - A Phantom which you can control by tapping the icon and drawing the path it takes SPOILER :
Zelda is "killed" and her spirit possesses the armour as one of her forms
- NEW RACE - The Lokomo, half human, half wheels, these people guard the Spirit Temple
- There is another "Ocean Temple" in this game. The plus side is that you add new tracks to get deeper into it that allows you to skip the parts you have already been to
- Multiple outfits. Links traditional tunic and a dark blue "train" version
- Zelda returns.
- Takes place 100 years from Phantom Hourglass
- Link is an engineers aprentice
- Uses the Phantom Hourglass engine ( Majoras Mask used the
OoT engine and
TP used the WW engine)
- Out December 7th 2009
FIRST TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH9yOh9dsy8
SECOND TRAILER - E3 09
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=17398
NEWS STORIES
http://www.zeldauniverse.net/zelda-n...ew-zelda-game/ (don't forget to
digg us)
http://kotaku.com/5183949/the-legend...ming-to-the-ds
http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=211686
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/...ages-gdc-2009/
DEMO REVIEW
http://ds.ign.com/articles/989/989766p1.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3...a-spirit/50769
IMAGES
http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-le...spirit-tracks/
Discuss, analyse, whatever. This will most likely be the home of ST discussion until the game is released and then all talk goes into the Handheld Forum