2010, I haven't reviewed a game in a while. I have recently played The new Zelda game, and i am here to give you a huge review plus more news and info on Zelda. You might of herd this game over the years like in E3 2009. You might think Zelda + Train = FAIL. But I am here to assure you thats not the case here.

I rate the games on how they run on thier console. In this case, does this game suit, or overpass the DS and DSI. Basically, this game can get a 10, for a DS game.

I am going to rate this game in these category's
- Hardware A.K.A. Graphics and Sound
- Gameplay
- Story

Other factors included are how this game is compared to its last game
Legend Of Zelda Phantom Hourglass. I gave it a 8, personally looking back, I might of underated it, but for this review, and through experence of playing the game, This will be my strongest opinion. Finally to begin the review.

Story
Note the story takes 100 years after Phantom Hourglass, and has almost no relation to it except for in game characters, meaning characters that dont have to do with the main story. Also the story is brand new, so it doesnt have anything to do with previous instalments.

Now you all might have doubts about the train, but Nintendo has done a good job putting the train and the spirit tracks into the story. without spoiling anything, King Malladus, has been locked up by the Spirits of Good, by the Spirit tracks. Recently the Spirit tracks have been wearing out, and Cole, the antagonist of the game, is plaining to resurect him in Zelda's body. With this information, Zelda is going to join you on your adventure. Now thats not to say this is a bad thing, infact its quite the opposite. Zelda helps you alot, because she is in the star in the story knows whats going on, and she tells you what to do and why. And she helps you stay on track with the game. Zelda also has another use, but I'll get to that later in the Gameplay Category. The way the story is told to is brilliant. the pacing is excelent, and the game makes sure you know what your doing and it interacts with the story at all times. making you want to keep playing.
Story 10/10. For a DS game the story is told very well, even better than most console games these days.

Gameplay Train
( Note that the gameplay is almost comepletely touch screen generated)
The Gameplay has Three parts to it Train, Link, and Zelda. First we will begin with the Train part. To cut this gameplay section even more in half, I will explain this part for newcommers and those who played Legend Of Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks predisesor. that doesnt mean newcommers or veterans shouldn't take notes.

Train Gameplay for Newcommers

The Train in this game is used to get from point A to point B. You draw your route to the place you want to get. This isn't it. Once you draw your route thier are enemy's and obsticles to keep you ocupied and entertained while you make your way to your destination. Even though you had made your route, you can still change it, and make it up as you go along, by changing tracks. Thier are four main realms for you to treverse in. Forest, Snow, Ocean, and Fire. Thier are side quests having you to escort people, and performing cargo missions.

Train Gameplay for Veterans(meaning people who have played Phantom Hourglass)

The Train is your boat in Phantom Hourglass. The Sprit tracks is your overworld leading to your destinations. The Train is customizable, but the customization is the same as Phantom Hourglass, get these asortments of parts and get more health for your health. Even though the Train is more linear than the boat, there are more things to do while you are riding around. you also do have to manualy stop at each station, so you do have to pay attention while you are riding on it. Only problem for me is when the pirates, now on tanks and on boats. show up you may experence some slow down once in a while, but not enough to ruin your experence.

Link Gameplay For Newcommers

You control Link with The stylus, touching were you want him to go, you only use the buttons for shortcuts to the weapons and items menu. You'd also use some mic commands such as blowing into it to play music on the spirit flute or blow into the mic to activate the whirwind, sending a tornado towards your enemy's.

Link Gameplay For Veterans

Just like in the last game thier is a big temple (aka tower of spirits) where you treverse as the game progresses, only its less repetitive because thier is no time limit. some weapons do return like the bow and arrow, bombs, and boomerang, but thier are also new inclusions like the snake whip, and the sand wand. thier are also new side quest which earns you heart containers, quivlers, and bomb bags.Your partner in this game is Zelda, which now leads to the third part of the gameplay segment.

Zelda Gameplay for Newcommers + Veterans

In this game, Zelda dies, and her spirit is used to control phantoms, who are these statues, to help you progress though the tower of spirits, you control her by drawing a line, to wear you want her to go. while this might take time to get used to, it incorperates some action and puzzle elements into the game, which will have you think outside the box. Thier are some problems with this, but it very rarley occurs.

Gameplay overall gets a 9.7/10 only real problem with the game play is the very rarley occationall hicupps and slow downs.

Thier is a multiplayer and tag mode does return, but these are little add on's to the game to make it more fun, if one of your freinds owns the game, i will talk about these in the comparison with Phantom Hourglass.

Hardware
The games visualls look exactly like its counter part, phantom hourglass. The graphics arn't pushing any limits, but they still bright, and vibrant. Giving you that Toon Link feel, we all know and love. The sound is awesome, esspecially for a series known for its music. For the most part, you feel like your playing the game from somewhat a mix of inbetween 3D and a birds eye view. It suits the game well for its touch style controls, thier are some 3D sequences, like boss battles and mini games, and they perform very well which makes you wonder why this isn't a full 3D game?

Hardware gets a 8/10without pushing any of the DS's limits, they could of done a better job with the graphics, like more textures and more of a 3-D feel.

Comepared with Phantom Hourglass For the Veteran audiance.

Multiplayer is back, Big changes were mad, one being the most dissapointing that they took online support out, However as a local multiplayer they made everything better. Multiplayer is now up to four players, and you only need one game to play. Instead of picking up the force gems and putting them back to your base while the other player is the phantom trying to stop you. Now you just try to collect the most force gems, and try to hold on to them, while avioding traps, powerups, and phantoms. Overall the Multiplayer is a step forward if you have four people to play it with.

Multiplayer gets a 2/5 Sadly Wi-Fi is taken out, and its only at its most fun when you have four people playing.

Tag mode is back, and this allows you to trade treasure items with other people, now they're 16 treasure items, each having one of four values. you can use them to get money, or exchange them for train parts.

Overall Spirit tracks is Phantom Hourglass, with all its problems fixed.

Final Score 29.7/35 or a 8.5 and im going to add five points because it's so awesome! so Final score is a 9.0

Here is the website if you want to check it out The Legend Of Zelda Spirit Tracks

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