The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Full Title	The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Nintendo DS
Release Date	US December 7, 2009 AU December 10, 2009 EU December 11, 2009 JP December 23, 2009
Genre	Adventure
Rating	ESRB: E

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is an upcoming Zelda game for the Nintendo DS.

Story

The story is set about a hundred years into the future of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, in the new land that Link and Tetra had eventually discovered. The new Link starts off as an apprentice engineer for the royal railroad who aspires to become a railroad tycoon. Princess Zelda] tells him about the Spirit Tracks, which were used to seal away the an evil that they could not kill, starting to disappear. While investigating this, they are attacked by the evil Chancellor Cole, who seeks to revive the Demon King Maladas, who was the harbringer of the sealed evil. Cole steals Zelda's body to use her powers, but at the same time Zelda's spirit is separated from her body.

Link is the only person who can see and communicate with Zelda's ghosts. Together the two venture down the railroad to restore the Spirit Tracks and thwart Cole.

Gameplay

The game features gameplay similar to the previous game, Phantom Hourglass, complete with features and items which exploit the DS's touch screen and microphone. One of the main differences shown so far is that Link will travel primarily by train rather than by boat. As he travels, the player will have to choose the best routes as well as defending the train by firing a cannon at enemies or by blowing into the DS microphone to sound the whistle that scares off animals on the tracks.

Additionally, Link will be accompanied by Zelda's ghost. In dungeons, Zelda can possess Phantoms, which can be commanded to perform a variety of functions such as protecting Link or walking through lava. New items will include the Whirlwind, which is used with the DS microphone.