Kooloo-limpah! It appears some fairy magic has inspired Nintendo to reveal details behind Breath of the Wild’s summer DLC pack, part of the Expansion Pass announced before the game’s launch. In a post on the official Zelda site Nintendo offers the sneak peek with plenty of info on new mechanics and armor sets — while still keeping a few…
The Legend of Zelda franchise has some great overworld themes that inspire players to battle and explore through the vast lands. Spirit Tracks was no different in this regard, and features some fantastic instrumental arrangements that give the impression that you’re travelling across New Hyrule on Link’s train. Youtube user insaneintherainmusic has created this amazing…
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit tracks was released in December 2009 for the Nintendo DS. This was Link’s second outing on the Nintendo DS, and featured Link as an aspiring engineer, and is called upon by Princess Zelda for his graduation ceremony where he can finally receive his engineering certificate. In New Hyrule, the engineering…
Spirit Tracks has finally hopped aboard the North American Wii U Virtual Console. The sequel to Phantom Hourglass was first released on the Nintendo DS in 2009, and takes place in a newly founded version of Hyrule, a long time after the cast of Wind Waker settled there. It introduced the more modern idea of trains to the Zelda series as its…
There’s a third DLC pack coming to Hyrule Warriors Legends, this time based on the DS titles Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. Unveiled during today’s 3DS Direct presentation, we saw Toon Link wielding the Sand Rod to devastating effect, before hopping aboard the Spirit Train to mow down enemies. Toon Zelda meanwhile, in Phantom form, combines magic and…
Following the impressive return of Nintendo Direct on Thursday, European Zelda fans were offered an extra surprise after the presentation, in the form of two solid additions to the Wii U Virtual Console. Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks are now available on the download service at £8.99 each. For a limited time until November 19, 23:59. you can…
Speaking with IGN, Hiromasa Shikata, the director behind Tri Force Heroes, shared more information about the upcoming 3DS game. Shikata spoke of Shigeru Miyamoto’s initial reaction to the game, the online modes, and the costumes, adding to the details of this delightfully odd Zelda installment. Early build and input Shikata’s interest in a multiplayer Zelda grew from his initial start…
Club Nintendo of Japan has received a very special soundtrack as a reward which includes the end credits music from a number of classic Nintendo titles. Not surprisingly, there are some included on the CD that come straight from our very own Zelda franchise. Those available on the soundtrack are the staff roll from Spirit Tracks, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, and Majora’s Mask 3D,…
Added to the list of Zelda tunes on the Super Smash Bros. 3DS soundtrack is Full Steam Ahead from Spirit Tracks. This piece, along with others on the soundtrack, is arranged by Michiko Naruke. She is known for composing the music in the Wild Arms series, and she also arranged the Ocarina of Time medley in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. You can listen to…
After Link, Toon Link and Princess Zelda being confirmed as playable fighters, we have a new and slightly more obscure face from the Zelda series appearing in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. title on 3DS; this time in the form of a stage background character. Alfonzo, Royal Engineer of the Spirit Train and descendant of Wind…
We previously covered how A Link Between Worlds sold 225,000 copies in only 4 days in Japan during its first sales week, which is an impressive feat! Siliconera has shared some more information regarding the game’s second week sales and other interesting bits of information too, including sell-through percentage, and how the game has sold…
The Zelda series has inspired some pretty impressive fan-work. Using Spirit Tracks as a style guide, Aleš Jánošík carved a six-inch basswood Link statue completely by hand. Jánošík highlights the creative process of the woodcarving on his blog, starting with the rough outline, meticulously transforming the single block of wood into a piece of art. If you like…
In his latest Miiverse post, Masahiro Sakurai reveals a new screenshot from the upcoming Super Smash Bros. 3D. It reveals that the Spirit Tracks stage now includes the Linebeck Trading Company on the Spirit Train’s rear carriage. Sakurai explains: “In the train stage, the rear car can change during battle. It’ll detach and move backward, so be…
GameXplain has posted an analysis video on the new Super Smash Bros. trailer for the Wii U and 3DS versions of the game. A lot of new stages and characters on both versions of the game were analyzed, but a whopping three stages from the Zelda series made their way into the trailer of the…
Collector’s editions are always fun and special, but when you get a whole set of collector’s items and you own awesome carrying case for those items, well then you’ve got a party. Some of you will already have received your Prima guide collector’s box and delved inside to its sweet, sweet contents, but for those…
