Spirit Tracks pre-release discussion

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Coming out December 7th

Am I the only one that actually thinks it wont suck >_>

I had a bit more fun playing Phantom Hourglass over Twilight Princess, so hopefully this game shouldn't disappoint me.

To be honest, I'm looking forward to this.  I don't think it'll be near as goos as any other 3D Zelda, but hopefully it's better than PH.

how the game plays out with phantom + link mingling, it leads me to believe that there will be a 2-player option :3

Lets hope!

I don't really look forward for this game, but maybe it'll amaze us with some cool glitches and a quite good story.
We'll see, but regardless if it's good or not, I'll buy it. ^^

I hated Phantom Hour glass >_>
Ill probably hate this 1.
Using styles to move link wat made me hate it.

If you hate the stylus controls then ur doin it wrong.

NO I just don't like it -_-
And how can you do it wrong?

Because the controls are very precise.  I've they're bad for you then you must be doing it wrong.

PH, from what I hear got very few things bad in the game, which is awesome considering how such a control situation was the first of it's kind really. Those few issues Nintendo learned from, and can fix in ST I bet. Looking forward to this game a lot. Some day I will get PH...

PH is pretty decent, but I wouldn't buy it. I'm not gunna buy this either.

Phantom Hourglass was worth a playthrough but not much else to me.

i got a japanese ROM dump, but I cannot play it because it freezes after the title screen :(

I would post pics but i'm not allowed to use my camera after "an incedent" i'm sure i've told you about on the IRC

Spirit Tracks is has a release date for Europe now.

The game will be out on the 11th December. Only 4 days difference, holy crap, I won't miss out discovering the speed tricks :P.

I don't think there will be that many speed tricks in all fairness. I mean, the only major break in PH is doing the dungeons in the wrong order, fucking up stuff and saving time...

there is a few in-dungeon speed tricks but nothing giant....

There was one that skips bombs in the Temple of Winds but the con was that the normal bombs were required to get pass the blocks on the Temple of Courage. A huge overworld that requires a ship/train is the biggest barrier of sequence breaking.

I hope this game will be breakable, at least a little.

Am I the only one that actually thinks it wont suck >_>

Yes.

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A special limited edition tin for you Europeans.  Also notice the wi-fi circle on the box which was missing from the boxart posted a few weeks ago.

And Swordless, don't be such a hater :(.

Oh yes :)

Perhaps we could do a mini tournament with Wi-fi Multiplayer if it ends up like Phantom Hourglass.
And it's Gamestation exclusive so Amazon is a no no I guess :(.

Hopefully the WiFi playing will be good compared to PH.
And hopefully the game itself will be better as well, but I kinda doubt it :P.

Swordless Link wrote

Am I the only one that actually thinks it wont suck >_>

Yes.

No.

Tompa wrote

Hopefully the WiFi playing will be good compared to PH.

I hate the WiFi because everytime I beat someone they always quit. I only have 4 mor "Big Plays" left to do. Also it isn't really fun because it is nothing like the main game.



Also by the demo at E3 it shows me that their will be something like the Temple of the Ocean King. That is the one of the reasons that I have only played through Phantom Hourglass twice. I also hope that the dungeons are more challenging. I just played through the ame again and got stuck 1 time for about 20 minutes.


Last but not least I hope that it takes your drawings and stuff better. Sometimes you can draw something tat looks nothing like what you are suppose to (some of the drawings on the slate) and others have to draw it excactly perfect or it doesn't count it (Triforce on red door)

Am I the only person that hopes there'll be a graphical improvement?  I though they were blocky and overall pretty bad in the first game.

I might beable to play this game very early..... like November 5th early.

There's a Nintendo House event going around the UK this Winter and there is one at Southampton on the 5th-> 8th November. It's one of the earlier events because the latest event happens in London, Westfield: 16th-24th December ... which by then the games will already be out.

I'm not sure if it is going to be the near final build or it will use the ones from E3, PAX, etc.

It will also be the same day when I'll be playing New Super Mario Bros Wii for the first time too.
*raise fist* GREAT.

There's Wii Fit Plus too but I'm sure that game will be out in the UK before November.

Euro boxart is here

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Also some more info on the game

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101847

Takes place a century after PH (so I assume this is New Hyrule) and you can lay your own track later in the game for more exploration.

Hmm, no Wi-Fi logo on this boxart then. From Official Nintendo Magazine the Train can be upgradable throughout the quest (hopefully more depth than Phantom Hourglass in terms of powerups).  It will be hard to believe that this Link is different from the Wind Waker - Phantom Hourglass saga, he looks exactly the same  :o.

This also means that Zelda isn't Tetra in disguise unless she survived for over 100 years.

I don't see the Phantom so maybe he won't be the "main" character in the game like I previously thought.

Euro cover looks much better than the NA cover, I think. I think i remember similar feeling about PH covers, it may have been japan / NA though...

Euro cover looks better, but raises the Phantom/wifi questions. I've never seen the euro PH boxart... What did it look like?