It’s a prevelant and consistant rumor that surrounds every Nintendo event – it’s always well within the realm of speculation and it’s always the same question – will Nintendo announce a new Zelda game? It’s one of the company’s biggest properties, and while Nintendo delivered this time, it might not be what you expected. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks appears to be a successor to the the DS Phantom Hourglass, featuring what appears to be the same visual and control style. Although details are scarce, a video shown at Iwata’s 2009 GDC Keynote revealed that the “tracks” refer to train tracks – and a player controlled battle train equipped with a cannon.
The video ran fast, but Infendo managed to snap a few shots! Hit the jump to check out four more images from “The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.”
Zelda + innovative new gameplay = a big win in my books.
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I'm gonna pass and wait for Wii Zelda.
I hated Phantom Hourglass and this is going down the same "track" as the last one.
i'm not a huge fan of the handheld zeldas. TP came out before PH even after being delayed for an eternity. It's about time they came out with a new console Zelda.
I love this preview – I just noticed, however, on the Nintendo Channel, which also has this preview, that "Spirit Tracks" is a tentative title name, meaning they're not fully committed to it yet!
So maybe we'll have an even cooler title name!
This is the new Zelda? :/ I was hoping for a Wii Zelda.