Last week I had a chance to go to a pretty cool Nintendo event where I got to play “Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks” ahead of its December 7th release date.
The game itself was fun, but more on that in a second. First I need to talk about the event itself. All we were told was to be on the corner of Bay Street and York Street at 11am. When I arrived Jeff Mcallister of GameShark.com was already waiting and Lori Dance of ACoupleOfGamers.com arrived a few mins later.Awaiting us was an old timey 1930′s style TTC street car, which I thought was pretty cool since I’d never been on one. I’d been on many street cars, but never an old school one like this one.
Once we got on board there was a Nintendo DSI with a copy of “Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks” open at each seat. We all got to sit down and play the game as the street car drove us around the city. As you can see here Jeff and Lori had a great time playing the game.
If you think they are excited, check out the pic Lori snapped of me playing the game. I think you guys will love it, you can find it on Lori’s site here
As for the game itself. The storyline takes place 100 years after “The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass”. Its difficult for me to say much about this game since I only got to play it for about 20 mins. But from what I was able to partake in, I can say this: If you like Zelda games, you’ll like this one.
Nintendo is really good at the mantra: If it aint broke, dont fix it. This game is more of what you are used too. Link roaming through mystical ancient times in search of something and fighting off a bunch of bad dudes on the way.
One of my complaints about the game from the little I’ve seen is the same complaint I have about every Zelda game, TOO MUCH TEXT. There is waaaaaaaaay too much text and not enough game play for my liking, but thats how I’ve always felt about Zelda games.
Thats really all I can say about the game play for now. Hopefully as the release date gets closer I will get to play the game more thoroughly and have more to say.
I wanted to share my experiences, say they event was fun and there will be more to come about “The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks” in upcoming episodes of GotGame. Stay tuned.
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