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Graphically similar to Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass. Has a train with a canon on it, a good chance it will be like your boat in Phantom Hourglass, upgradable, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.66.227.110 ( talk • contribs) 13:13, 25 March 2009
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/bkij/page.html#/touch if you click on the last little box there is a pic of link holding a bomb and there is also a a sall pic of beedle's head saying some thing in japanese could someone please translate-- Fyudt ( talk) 03:41, 28 November 2009 (UTC) it also talks about bombs in the nintendo power article-- Fyudt ( talk) 03:37, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Where exactly in this source us there information regarding the game's cel-shading? The only sentence regarding the game's art style is "the game is styled a bit like GameCube's Zelda title", which is highly vague and omits the phrase "cel-shading" altogether. Furthermore, such third-party sources aren't even relevant to the game's cel-shading (or, for that matter, any detail of the game excluding its reception); this is information that only Nintendo can define. Haipa Doragon ( talk • contributions) 18:40, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Concerning the image added by Alex20112011, which I have since reverted, how was this image obtained? Nowhere in the source provided (the video on Zelda.com) in its rationale did the Triforce logo appear, especially not above the logo as is so in the image concerned. We shouldn't modify fair-use images for our own interests. Haipa Doragon ( talk • contributions) 01:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello everyone. An IP user brought something very interesting to my attention: IGN reports that Spirit Tracks will see a simultaneous Japan/US/UK/Australia release on December 31, 2009 ( see here). I find this suspect for four reasons:
So, should we use this release date in the article? If it is authentic, it's just about the goofiest date Nintendo could've picked. - sesuPRIME talk • contribs 14:49, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Ign is saying that is when it will be released by and it is not the actual date. Kevin5593 Talk 21:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Is this going to be an RPG like Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass? 169.233.58.204 ( talk) 21:44, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Zelda is not an RPG.
Most likely it will be an action/adventure game. Zelda II is the only one that is an RPG. 166.205.5.138 ( talk) 02:54, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
I believe books, magazines and videos are valid sources, albeit less convenient as they aren't instantly available to an editor. The promotional content was clearly made to show gameplay, and the armored friend seems to attack automatically while following a drawn path. This is EXACTLY like Phantom play, and is good enough to mention as his control style. I cannot stress the validity enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.224.252 ( talk) 07:55, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Why would it not be a phantom? In any game within the series with the exact same art style, there has never been two things that look the exact same but are completely different. If we take an agnostic approach on this, how do we know that in this it is actually Link? How do we know that the character they've showed us the player character? We know because it's ridiculous to assume otherwise.-- 72.147.17.159 ( talk) 18:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
It's ok, it's been in an IGN article now, so even though it still hasn't officially been confirmed, it's not not original research to assume it's a Phantom now. 86.171.208.83 ( talk) 22:52, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
The Phantom is Zeldas ghost ,that controls the armor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.212.181.84 ( talk) 08:25, November 7, 2009
I added a proper translation of the name using the nihongo template, but got a little less certain after the fact that my translation (with help from Ryulong) was truly spot on, so we began checking all possible translations of those characters. Kaichi, with that kanji, can translate to ground, earth, solid earth, or 'the vast land'. We both figure Earth is fine enough a translation. Kiteki, on the other hand, can translate to steam whistle, klaxon, or 'choochoo'. That last one sounds rather ridiculous on the one hand, but on the other, it's technically the more accurate, as we believe the JP title is trying to get across "*train sound* of the Earth", and not the name of what makes the sound. On the other other hand, they usually use 'kisha poppo' for choochoo train, not kiteki. So for the time being, I set it as "Steam Whistle of the Earth". Any opinions on whether it should be changed? Arrowned ( talk) 06:56, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
The Legend of Zelda video game series is one of the most pristegous game series of all time. How does this page get a "low" on the importance scale? I think it deserves better. NintendoNerd777 ( talk) 03:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
New boxart pic here if anyone thinks it's okay to add it: http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=96861 Gaunt ( talk) 10:43, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
this website is http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/NDSsoon.asp show of the spirit tracks coming 1 december 2009 in Australia. thx Booker. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.170.11 ( talk) 00:47, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Acording to australian game spot it comes out the 10thof december http://www.gamespot.com/ds/adventure/thelegendofzeldaspirittracks/video/6241387/crosshairs-november-26-2009-battlefield-bad-company-2-the-legend-of-zelda-spirit-tracks-playtv at about 11:30 into the video sry for the long adress —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fyudt ( talk • contribs) 04:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC) the other site says its $62 is it just my american mind or is that expensive? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fyudt ( talk • contribs) 04:20, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Should localisation issues be mentioned? As shown at http://www.thesacredrealm.net/main.php?page=news/20091213b.html, many people, places, and items are named differently in the English US and English European versions. For instance, the Spirit Flute is the Spirit Pipes, Byrne is Staven, and Aboda Village is Outset Village. Because of this, the Plot section just doesn't make sense to people with the European version. 81.149.182.210 ( talk) 05:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
The story seems more like a walk-through than a synopsis of the game, i suppose that a story doesn't need to be that long. 210.250.2.96 ( talk) 13:25, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
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GameRankings | 86.92% [12] |
Metacritic | 87% [13] |
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1Up.com | A- [1] |
Computer and Video Games | 9.1 of 10 [2] |
Game Informer | 8 of 10 [4] |
GamePro | 4 of 5 [5] |
GameRevolution | A− [6] |
GameSpot | 8.5 of 10 [7] |
GameSpy | 4.5 of 5 [8] |
GameTrailers | 9 of 10 [9] |
IGN | 9.3 of 10 [10] |
PALGN | 9 [11] |
The reception section needs to be greatly reduced, and {{VG Reviews}}
would be nice too. I might do it, but don't count on it. --
Shovan Luessi (
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06:25, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
{{tldr}}
instead of {{Very long}}
. Also, I went through the history of the article, and managed to find the {{VG Reviews}}
. It should help with the reception reduction.
Veni
Vidi
Vici
05:44, 16 March 2011 (UTC)I've added the Video game reviews template. Cutecutecuteface2000 ( Cutecuteface needs attention) 22:08, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
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Doesn't Spirit Tracks take place on a supercontinent far away from where the events of Windwaker and Phantom Hourglass take place? I think I read somewhere that the synopsis of Spirit Tracks was that Link and Zelda (or Tetra) traveled to a distant supercontinent on the Great Sea where they (and the other people in the area where Windwaker and Phantom Hourglass took place) settled and formed New Hyrule. - WorldQuestioneer ( talk) 02:42, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
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Graphically similar to Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass. Has a train with a canon on it, a good chance it will be like your boat in Phantom Hourglass, upgradable, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.66.227.110 ( talk • contribs) 13:13, 25 March 2009
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/bkij/page.html#/touch if you click on the last little box there is a pic of link holding a bomb and there is also a a sall pic of beedle's head saying some thing in japanese could someone please translate-- Fyudt ( talk) 03:41, 28 November 2009 (UTC) it also talks about bombs in the nintendo power article-- Fyudt ( talk) 03:37, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Where exactly in this source us there information regarding the game's cel-shading? The only sentence regarding the game's art style is "the game is styled a bit like GameCube's Zelda title", which is highly vague and omits the phrase "cel-shading" altogether. Furthermore, such third-party sources aren't even relevant to the game's cel-shading (or, for that matter, any detail of the game excluding its reception); this is information that only Nintendo can define. Haipa Doragon ( talk • contributions) 18:40, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Concerning the image added by Alex20112011, which I have since reverted, how was this image obtained? Nowhere in the source provided (the video on Zelda.com) in its rationale did the Triforce logo appear, especially not above the logo as is so in the image concerned. We shouldn't modify fair-use images for our own interests. Haipa Doragon ( talk • contributions) 01:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello everyone. An IP user brought something very interesting to my attention: IGN reports that Spirit Tracks will see a simultaneous Japan/US/UK/Australia release on December 31, 2009 ( see here). I find this suspect for four reasons:
So, should we use this release date in the article? If it is authentic, it's just about the goofiest date Nintendo could've picked. - sesuPRIME talk • contribs 14:49, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Ign is saying that is when it will be released by and it is not the actual date. Kevin5593 Talk 21:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Is this going to be an RPG like Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass? 169.233.58.204 ( talk) 21:44, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Zelda is not an RPG.
Most likely it will be an action/adventure game. Zelda II is the only one that is an RPG. 166.205.5.138 ( talk) 02:54, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
I believe books, magazines and videos are valid sources, albeit less convenient as they aren't instantly available to an editor. The promotional content was clearly made to show gameplay, and the armored friend seems to attack automatically while following a drawn path. This is EXACTLY like Phantom play, and is good enough to mention as his control style. I cannot stress the validity enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.224.252 ( talk) 07:55, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Why would it not be a phantom? In any game within the series with the exact same art style, there has never been two things that look the exact same but are completely different. If we take an agnostic approach on this, how do we know that in this it is actually Link? How do we know that the character they've showed us the player character? We know because it's ridiculous to assume otherwise.-- 72.147.17.159 ( talk) 18:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
It's ok, it's been in an IGN article now, so even though it still hasn't officially been confirmed, it's not not original research to assume it's a Phantom now. 86.171.208.83 ( talk) 22:52, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
The Phantom is Zeldas ghost ,that controls the armor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.212.181.84 ( talk) 08:25, November 7, 2009
I added a proper translation of the name using the nihongo template, but got a little less certain after the fact that my translation (with help from Ryulong) was truly spot on, so we began checking all possible translations of those characters. Kaichi, with that kanji, can translate to ground, earth, solid earth, or 'the vast land'. We both figure Earth is fine enough a translation. Kiteki, on the other hand, can translate to steam whistle, klaxon, or 'choochoo'. That last one sounds rather ridiculous on the one hand, but on the other, it's technically the more accurate, as we believe the JP title is trying to get across "*train sound* of the Earth", and not the name of what makes the sound. On the other other hand, they usually use 'kisha poppo' for choochoo train, not kiteki. So for the time being, I set it as "Steam Whistle of the Earth". Any opinions on whether it should be changed? Arrowned ( talk) 06:56, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
The Legend of Zelda video game series is one of the most pristegous game series of all time. How does this page get a "low" on the importance scale? I think it deserves better. NintendoNerd777 ( talk) 03:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
New boxart pic here if anyone thinks it's okay to add it: http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=96861 Gaunt ( talk) 10:43, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
this website is http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/NDSsoon.asp show of the spirit tracks coming 1 december 2009 in Australia. thx Booker. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.170.11 ( talk) 00:47, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Acording to australian game spot it comes out the 10thof december http://www.gamespot.com/ds/adventure/thelegendofzeldaspirittracks/video/6241387/crosshairs-november-26-2009-battlefield-bad-company-2-the-legend-of-zelda-spirit-tracks-playtv at about 11:30 into the video sry for the long adress —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fyudt ( talk • contribs) 04:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC) the other site says its $62 is it just my american mind or is that expensive? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fyudt ( talk • contribs) 04:20, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Should localisation issues be mentioned? As shown at http://www.thesacredrealm.net/main.php?page=news/20091213b.html, many people, places, and items are named differently in the English US and English European versions. For instance, the Spirit Flute is the Spirit Pipes, Byrne is Staven, and Aboda Village is Outset Village. Because of this, the Plot section just doesn't make sense to people with the European version. 81.149.182.210 ( talk) 05:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
The story seems more like a walk-through than a synopsis of the game, i suppose that a story doesn't need to be that long. 210.250.2.96 ( talk) 13:25, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | 86.92% [12] |
Metacritic | 87% [13] |
Publication | Score |
---|---|
1Up.com | A- [1] |
Computer and Video Games | 9.1 of 10 [2] |
Game Informer | 8 of 10 [4] |
GamePro | 4 of 5 [5] |
GameRevolution | A− [6] |
GameSpot | 8.5 of 10 [7] |
GameSpy | 4.5 of 5 [8] |
GameTrailers | 9 of 10 [9] |
IGN | 9.3 of 10 [10] |
PALGN | 9 [11] |
The reception section needs to be greatly reduced, and {{VG Reviews}}
would be nice too. I might do it, but don't count on it. --
Shovan Luessi (
talk)
06:25, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
{{tldr}}
instead of {{Very long}}
. Also, I went through the history of the article, and managed to find the {{VG Reviews}}
. It should help with the reception reduction.
Veni
Vidi
Vici
05:44, 16 March 2011 (UTC)I've added the Video game reviews template. Cutecutecuteface2000 ( Cutecuteface needs attention) 22:08, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
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Doesn't Spirit Tracks take place on a supercontinent far away from where the events of Windwaker and Phantom Hourglass take place? I think I read somewhere that the synopsis of Spirit Tracks was that Link and Zelda (or Tetra) traveled to a distant supercontinent on the Great Sea where they (and the other people in the area where Windwaker and Phantom Hourglass took place) settled and formed New Hyrule. - WorldQuestioneer ( talk) 02:42, 16 January 2020 (UTC)