It’s hard to start a review about a Zelda game without reflecting on the franchise’s legacy. A staple of the gaming scene since the NES days, while gaming has evolved Zelda has stayed largely the same. Graphics and controls have evolved, but Zelda’s core elements of classic action/adventure gameplay, intricate dungeon design and beautiful story-telling remain.
Spirit Tracks is the fifteenth official Zelda title and the second to be released on the Nintendo DS. As is now tradition, we have a hero, a princess and a world in peril. This time …

The latest addition to the Legend of Zelda series, Spirit Tracks, is almost a month away and though Nintendo had kept most of the game’s secrets under wraps since the playable demo at E3, the news has been coming thick and fast over the last couple of days.
A new trailer last week revealed a whole host of secrets including the origins of the mysterious Phantoms that would help Link on his quest, why our usually green-garbed hero is sporting that natty little train driver’s outfit and, most importantly, the villain …

In 1998, Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo EAD brought Ocarina of Time to the Nintendo64. The first 3-D game in the Legend of Zelda series sold more than 7.5million copies, was critically acclaimed, picked up perfect scores all over the globe and was adored by fans. Following its release however, one question remained: Just how the heck were Nintendo going to follow THAT?
Very few people will know how long Miyamoto-san spent pondering this question himself, but the end result of his deliberations would prove to be as sensational as the game …