The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks Review

Hey, SoopahGamer here. Sorry, there has been no updates recently on the blog, I had college work and I had to control everything in my life. Anyway, let's talk about the Legend of Zelda Sprit tracks, which came out in 2009, on the Nintendo DS.

In short words: Choo Choo

This part of the story is the next "chapter" of  the Legend of Zelda, adult line. If you check the official Zelda timeline, they discover New Hyrule and this is 100 years after the events of Phantom Hourglass.


The Link in this story is an engineer, that specializes with trains (surprise, surprise). He needs to meet Princess Zelda as she has the power to graduate Link from apprentice to master. Later on, she loses her body and becomes a spirit (surprise, surprise) and pieces of the Spirit Tower (the main tower of the game) are floating in mid-air, and it is your job to fix everything and restore peace to new Hyrule.

Gameplay

For people thinking that this is just a carbon copy of Phantom Hourglass with trains, they are so wrong. It has a lot of new features and is harder than Phantom Hourglass as well, even though it has features similar to Phantom Hourglass like Phantoms and going back to a certain place to proceed in the game. However, they have made differences that make the game feel new, e.g. as Zelda is a ghost, Link can weaken Phantoms and then Zelda can possess them instead making them an ally which is beneficial to completing the tower 9/10.

Also the most important change, the Great Sea into train tracks. This was a risky change, but it paid off in the end, even though exportation is smaller, it makes the game a lot harder as you will need to be a lot more strategic with both your approaches and retreats than with the Great Sea. Also, the Sprit Flute/Pipes is a really interesting feature and by far one of my favorite parts of the game because depending on tune you play (you literally have to blow on your DS's microphone and play the instrument) it will help you in different ways. You even get to play along with characters in the game as well.

Side Quests & Extra Features 

This game has a lot of side quests and extra features, you can customize your train, battle for prizes and help NPC's as well. When you help NPC's, they will give you a force gem which can help you with exploration of the game as well because they unlock new track as well, also you can collect stamps for a friend and if you collect all 24 of them you will get a new move, also there are rabbits all over New Hyrule and you have to catch them and put them all in the Bunny Sanctuary.

My personal view on the game

This game is hard, you will die a lot, either from the kamikaze trains or you getting killed by anything that moves, this game is tough, I had to go online when I was stuck (which was a lot.) in the end, the boss battle was also tough as well. The game is fantastic, you get games as challenging as this a few times on certain consoles.

Pros and Cons 

P- Brilliant 3D designs, even for the limited engine of the DS.

P-  They pulled off the train feature really well.

P- Zelda actually has an active role, more than the damsel in distress.

P- Some of the weapons were excellent.

P- This game has some funny scenes.

P- A long story line

P- Loads of stuff to do as well

P- Awesome that you can play the spirit flute in the game as well.

C- This game can be too challenging at times.

C- Limited exploration.

C-  The AI for Zelda can be pretty stupid at times.

C- Dam kamikaze trains.

C- Playing the flute could either leave you light-headed or the microphone doesn't pick it up which is irritating.

Score 9200

This game deserves the Legend of Zelda title, Challenging with a mix of old and new features make this game a cut above the rest, buy it if you want a true challenge in the Legend of Zelda franchise.

Until next time, C ya