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[Magypsy23]

http://www.nintendo.gr/el-gr/News.aspx?ElementID=dfc7db5a-dc69-487d-adf4-da8b374dc3a6

 

[trinest]

I hope I can turn the sensitivity up in the mic- because I can't blow for shit.

 

[EzLink]

Yay, fucking shoehorned microphone integration again

But god damn those screens are giving off a total OoT vibe for me. Do like

 

[GCX]

Is it just me or has the artstyle slightly evolved?

Well it's definitely evolved from WW art which had the super black outlines (I loved those..):

 

[leroidys]

Well it's definitely evolved from WW art which had the super black outlines (I loved those..):

Agreed, its way more land now - they took the LCD from Minish Cap and WW.

 

[Tathanen]

Is it just me or has the artstyle slightly evolved?

It's actually pretty much identical to the Phantom Hourglass art:

http://www.n-sider.com/gameview.php?gameid=963&view=art

The poses are a bit more fluid though. A bit more "alive," as it were. Slightly darker outlines, too. The designs themselves are the same, though, except that our new Link here has straight-black eyes/eyebrows, instead of brown ones.

[Edit] Oh wait, looks like the Spirit Tracks art DOES have brown-eyed Link, just with a different treatment. Hard to notice sometimes, though. Just the iris, not a straight gradient.

 

[wRATH2x]

This game has musical instrument O_O

Well thats it, this game is already better than Phantom Hourglass.

 

[Teppic]

I'm not going to get this, at least for the moment. But I've resumed my Phantom Hourglass play from where I left off, and I found it much more fun this time around.

The world map isn't as bad as I remembered it, I actually kind of like it now. It doesn't take to long to sail, and you get warp points pretty quickly. Shooting enemies and finding things along the way is pretty fun. The various boss battles on the ocean reminds be of Beyond Good & Evil too.

The ocean temple is... well I can't say I like it, due to the stealth elements, but it's this game's main challenge. When you have finally cleared a part of it, with the sand gone and life fast draining, it feels pretty rewarding.

Collecting things, like money, feels more meaningful compared to Wind Waker. There's no silly wallet limit and there's more things to buy.

From what I played, it's the second best handheld Zelda game after Links Awakening. It have it's problems, like simple world map, stealth elements, weak story, too easy, etc. But if Phantom Hourglass is anything to go after, I think this game will be pretty good too.

 

[KingDirk]

Hell yeah to those pan pipes, awesome.


AWESOME.

 

[HylianScribe]

Amazing how there's been a 180 spin in opinion for some people here.

Back at GDC, it was like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zessSS1TH8o

New trailer comes out last week, and it's this:

 

[wRATH2x]

Amazing how there's been a 180 spin in opinion for some people here.

Back at GDC, it was like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zessSS1TH8o

New trailer comes out last week, and it's this:

Spoiler

Zelda dies and becomes a ghost who you can use to possess things, that old lady might be tetra

, the game is said to be more difficult, you play some fucking PIPES!!, etc.

Seriously, who saw any of this coming?

 

[BorkBork]

It seems silly, since I like what I see gameplay wise, but I still cannot get over the train mechanic in a Zelda game. A caravan or something would have been neat.

 

[wRATH2x]

It seems silly, since I like what I see gameplay wise, but I still cannot get over the train mechanic in a Zelda game. A caravan or something would have been neat.

Not a fan of the train either, but damn everything else is shaping up well.

 

[zigg]

It seems silly, since I like what I see gameplay wise, but I still cannot get over the train mechanic in a Zelda game. A caravan or something would have been neat.

 

[wRATH2x]

Gamespot has an updated hands on impressions upSPOILER WARNING)

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/adventure/thelegendofzeldaspirittracks/news.html?sid=6239301&om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;2&mode=previews&page=2

The game sounds better every time I read about it.

 

[SilverLunar]

This game had no fanfare when it was announced, and it was pretty much under the radar to most people and websites alike.
But after nintendo released this new trailer and showed some of the story line all of a sudden the game gets a MASSIVE hype boost that i have never seen happened before to a game.

And i am on the hype train with the others too So weird!:lol

 

[wRATH2x]

This game had no fanfare when it was announced, and it was pretty much under the radar to most people and websites alike.
But after nintendo released this new trailer and showed some of the story line all of a sudden the game gets a MASSIVE hype boost that i have never seen happened before to a game.

And i am on the hype train with the others too So weird!:lol

I guess hyping a game for a month can help, now I seriously can't wait. But now it's only a month away, not several years.

 

[zigg]

This game had no fanfare when it was announced, and it was pretty much under the radar to most people and websites alike.
But after nintendo released this new trailer and showed some of the story line all of a sudden the game gets a MASSIVE hype boost that i have never seen happened before to a game.

Honestly, this is not really surprising. I mean, I've always loved the Flagship Zeldas—and the DS Zelda team is a continuation of that legacy—and even I was sort of... hmm, it's a new one. Okay. Nothing to hook me other than the fact that A Game Existed.

Nintendo was basically spilling nothing at all other than the fact that there was a train, the game existed, etc. Nobody had anything to get interested in!

 

[Green Mamba]

Honestly, this is not really surprising. I mean, I've always loved the Flagship Zeldas—and the DS Zelda team is a continuation of that legacy—and even I was sort of... hmm, it's a new one. Okay. Nothing to hook me other than the fact that A Game Existed.

Nintendo was basically spilling nothing at all other than the fact that there was a train, the game existed, etc. Nobody had anything to get interested in!

Well, had they shown as much for Zelda Wii as they did with Spirit Tracks you can bet the hype train would have been at maximum capacity.

But that really all comes down to console Zelda and handheld Zelda hype.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

On the one hand:

OH MY FING G PIPES! GAME HYPE PLUS 1000!

On the other hand:

Nice Nintendo. A freaking musical instrument in a Zelda game. Never been done before. Way to be stuck in a creative rut.

 

[zigg]

Well, had they shown as much for Zelda Wii as they did with Spirit Tracks you can bet the hype train would have been at maximum capacity.

But that really all comes down to console Zelda and handheld Zelda hype.

Sure, sure. Even now, ST is probably suffering from that. But it helps explain why absolutely nobody cared much till recently.

 

[SilverLunar]

 

[gamergirly]

I found some more art

:lol

 

[Green Mamba]

Shit man, Ganon-Train takes no prisoners.

That said, it is the only one that appears to have any regard for cattle life.

If cow-catchers work the way I think they do. Which they probably don't.

 

[GCX]

That character design is identical to one of the pirate guys in WW.

 

[Drkirby]

I really hope we can unlock Link in his conducter outfit for normal play, I really like how it looks.

 

[OMG Aero]

That character design is identical to one of the pirate guys in WW.

Really? I would have never have guessed.

 

[zigg]

If cow-catchers work the way I think they do. Which they probably don't.

Yeah, they're basically designed to fling the now-dead cows away and protect the train. :lol

 

[SupraDarky]

Looking at that Ganon (is it confirmed?) train, you can already tell how we're going to destroy it. I bet we'll have to fire some canons at those eyes on the sides.

 

[Green Mamba]

Yeah, they're basically designed to fling the now-dead cows away and protect the train. :lol

Oh. Well, that makes a bit more sense.

Looking at that Ganon (is it confirmed?) train, you can already tell how we're going to destroy it. I bet we'll have to fire some canons at those eyes on the sides.

Nah, I don't think it's confirmed, I just thought it looked an awful lot like Ganon. Couldn't think of a better name.

 

[FunkyMunkey]

ganon runnin train

 

[GCX]

Really? I would have never have guessed.

 

[Kevtones]

So I just finally played Phantom Hourglass on a 7 hour car ride and the game is fantastic! What have I been doing with my life?

Officially pumped for Spirit Tracks.

 

[theluma]

Is it just me or has the artstyle slightly evolved?

Yes I think it has, in a good way.

 

[OMG Aero]

I was being sarcastic. You could see from the trailer that the guy was the same model as the pirate in Phantom Hourglass with new clothes.

 

[GCX]

I was being sarcastic. You could see from the trailer that the guy was the same model as the pirate in Phantom Hourglass with new clothes.

Never over-estimate my sarcasm detection skills.

Somehow I forgot he was in PH too..

 

[Rustymonke]

*Wooosh*...

::Edit - Far too slow. :lol

 

[Green Mamba]

Continuity wise I'm having a hard time seeing the train being run by Ganon seeing as last we heard about him he was stuck under the ocean as a statue with a sword cleaving his brain in two, and this "Demon King" villain is apparently some ancient villain specifically tied to this new Hyrule that Tetra and WW Link found, so unless this new Hyrule is an unflooded old Hyrule (which doesn't seem likely from the descriptions), I just can't see it. Logically.

That said, I mean, c'mon, a Demon King with a face like that? Is there anyway to make a villain called a "Demon King" with a face that similar to Ganon without him being a complete rehash? And continuity hasn't exactly been the Zelda team's M.O. Unless the face on that train isn't the Demon King's actual face and they're just using a Ganon like face for the intimidation effect... aaaah I'm thinking about it too much.

 

[BGBW]

I hope the one on the right in the back row makes a return. His "AAUUUMMMM" sound is one of my favourite sound effects in videogames.

 

[sfried]

I think....I'm going to have a heart attack from the cuteness...

"So take me away. I don't mind. But you'll better promise me I'll be back in time..."

 

[Green Mamba]

And wait, so what is this train then? It's on the game's logo, but it's not Link's train...

 

[EmCeeGramr]

She hardly looks like Tetra but i don't see a resemblance from either two.

 

[BGBW]

And wait, so what is this train then? It's on the game's logo, but it's not Link's train...

Wooden train = Link's apprenticeship train.
This train = The legendary train that is always on time. It also has the same logo on the front as Granny's steampowered wheelchair.

 

[Green Mamba]

Wooden train = Link's apprenticeship train.
This train = The legendary train that is always on time. It also has the same logo on teh front as Granny's steampowered wheelchair.

Gotcha.

 

[Bizzyb]

That guy on the left...is he...you know, someone who prefers the company of men?

 

[BGBW]

That guy on the left...is he...you know, someone who prefers the company of men?

Well he is a pirate and so it would be perfectly reasonable to assume that he prefers to hang out with other men. They say in-game how difficult it is for Tetra to be a captain in a male orientated world. That's how it was in those days.

 

[Chao]

That guy on the left...is he...you know, someone who prefers the company of men?

Yeah, that's a sailor for you

 

[wRATH2x]

Well he is a pirate and so it would be perfectly reasonable to assume that he prefers to hang out with other men. They say in-game how difficult it is for Tetra to be a captain in a male orientated world. That's how it was in those days.

 

[Magypsy23]

The UK limited edition is all sold out.

 

[OMG Aero]

Wooden train = Link's apprenticeship train.
This train = The legendary train that is always on time. It also has the same logo on the front as Granny's steampowered wheelchair.

So basically it's the Master Train.