Nintendo has finally announced the release dates for their European Autumn/Winter Lineup on the official Nintendo of Europe website.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks has been announced for a December 11th European release, just four days after its release in America. The Australian release date has not yet been confirmed.

According to Amazon.co.uk, Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks is set for European release on December 4, 2009. Amazon is known to have a pretty good track record when it comes to correct dates so it is safe to assume this is the correct time frame. The release date for the US is rumored to be December 1, 2009 but has not been posted or made official.

Start saving your spending money because it looks like we have a holiday season release!

Dark Link is a mysterious (and popular) character that has appeared in five Zelda games to date, in various situations. Matthew of ZeldaInformer takes a look at each of these different occasions, and draws some conclusions as to his real role within the series. You can read it here.