New trailer
The new trailer shows parts of the intro movie and some gameplay bits, so spoiler alert! It’s a very nice trailer, though. Here is the link:
http://www.zentendo.com/news.php?newsId=2995Story
SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER!!!
It seems that I was right about the ghost-train! A long time ago the demon king (it must be Ganondorf, who else?) was terrorizing Hyrule. After a long struggle they sealed him away in another world. And that world got sealed by a tower and some chains called: The spirit tracks. People also use the spirit tracks for train-travelling (don’t ask me why).
One day Link goes to the castle for a ceremony. There he will become a true train conductor. But princess Zelda gives Link the route to her chamber. There she tells that she doesn’t trust chancellor Cole and that the spirit tracks are vanishing. Link gets his green garb from Zelda so he can blend into the castle (all guards are wearing green clothes) and he must sneak princess Zelda out of the castle and use the Spirit train to reach the tower of Spirits. There they will meet the sage called Anjean. Anjean belongs to the Locomoco race (I don’t make this up guys). But during their travel the track beneath them disappears. The train crashes and a ghost-train appears. The ghost train has a face (I wonder if it is Ganondorfs face or the king of Hyrule's face. But since I think Ganondorf will be the main villain, I guess it is Ganondorfs face). Chancellor Cole also appears and attacks Zelda. Zelda’s soul leaves her body, and her body gets stolen by the bad guys. They want to use her body to revive the demon king. Link must restore the spirit tracks and bring Zelda’s soul back to her body.
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All in one a not so original Zelda plot, but as long as the gameplay is good I am happy.
New features
-Link travels by train. He can go faster, slower, or reverse the train. He can also shoot with a cannon at enemies and use a whistle to scare animals. You can draw the route on the map, but I don’t think that you have as much drawing freedom as in Ph. When you restore some tracks, you can reach new areas. During travel you will also battle bosses. And you will also meet other trains. I also heard that you can customise the train, just as you could with the boat from Ph. The hourglass at the beginning of the trailer indicates that there is a time-limit to some of the travels. The train is also used for the multiplayer.
-This game also has one central dungeon: The tower of Spirits. The different parts of the tower have started to fload. However, Anjean uses her power to pull the base to the ground so that you can start exploring, and I guess she will also pull the other parts down during the game. Don’t worry though, it seems this time there is no time-limit and you can skip parts you have already done via a staircase. In this tower you have to find Stone maps, probably so that you know where you have to go next.
-The phantoms are back and evil as ever. However, Princess Zelda’s spirit accompanies you on your journey. And when you find 3 tears of light in a dungeon (Tp, anyone?), Links sword starts to glow and you can attack the phantom in the back. In the trailer you also see what looks like a silver force gem. Ign states that this is one of the tears. Doesn't look like a tear at all! After that Zelda posseses the phantom and you can control the phantom. So you can finally play as Zelda, but not in the way you where expecting/hoping. You and the phantom have to work together to clear dungeons. Phantoms can walk through spikes, fire and lava. They can raise you on their shields and they can attack enemies. If the phantom is to far off, you can use the whistle to call him. If the phantom encounters a rat it starts to shiver, since there is a girl (Zelda) inside the armor. A funny addition!
-There are also new items such as the whip and a propeller. You can use the whip (wich has a snake-face) to hit enemies and cross gaps. You can use the propeller to blow enemies and items away, or to blow things back to certain foes. You use the propeller by pointing with the stylus and blowing into the microphone.
-Link can still roll around but they made it easier this time. Just touch the edge of the screen and you start rolling.
-One of the pirates called Alfonzo is also in the game, but I guess it isn’t the original Alfonzo. After all, this takes place 100 years after Ph. In this game Alfonzo is the master-engineer and Links teacher. I also read somewhere that he was a guard of Hyrule in the past.
Well, I wasn’t that interested at first but after seeing this new trailer I am pretty excited. I think this game can be as good, or maybe even better then Ph!
ps: The limited edition also comes to Europe, but I do not think you can buy it in every shop.
