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Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks available December 7 photo

Along with its Holiday line-up for Wii and Nintendo DS, Nintendo has announced that Link's new DS adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks will be released on December 7.

Nintendo also dropped the game's North American box art on our asses, which you can see in the gallery. It features Link, a train, and a big, menacing knight carrying a big, menacing sword.

Releasing anything in December, after most of the holiday shopping has been done, seems a bit risky. But this is Nintendo we're talking about, and I suppose the power the Zelda franchise has to drive people (and gift-buyers) to retail shouldn't be underestimated. 

 


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garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 14:49
garison
That's weird. I was just wondering when this game was going to be released a couple minutes.

I got to play it at PAX, and it pretty much is just like Phantom Hourglass.

I probably won't be getting it on day one, I'm putting it on my Xmas list.
SoraX911's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 14:53
SoraX911
Eh. Its better than what FF:CC release date and also! YAY! XD Day 1 buy for me. :D
Nic128's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 15:04
Nic128
Oh god YES.
shawn is boring's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 15:06
shawn is boring
Fuckin' Train Game
jamBOT's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 15:08
jamBOT
Gimme my Zelda, gimme my... *clap* *clap*
Gimme my Zelda, gimme my... *clap* *clap*
Zcdrike's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 15:09
Zcdrike
A Zelda game 24 hours before my birthday?! Thank you NOA.
BenHaskett's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 15:32
BenHaskett
SWEET! :D

Today is a good day!
KoKoO Psy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 15:39
KoKoO Psy
Phantom Chuo-Chuo!
To many good titles this coming holiday season. But the industries won't learn that we want titles spread over the year.

CHUO~
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 15:53
Dexter345
So to commemorate the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese are dropping a new Zelda game on American soil? Hopefully the analogy doesn't hold for the game's quality...
Draconianviper's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 16:49
Draconianviper
@Dexter345
Sadly most people, while aware of Pearl Harbor don't even know what day and sadly for some even the year it happened.

"Remember Pear- Oh! A Zelda game!"
jsutcliffe's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 17:11
jsutcliffe
@Dexter345

Strictly speaking, the quality of the Pearl Harbor attack was quite high. It was the rest of the war that Japan ran into trouble with.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 17:21
Electrium
OMG, this is perfect!!! My mom has just picked up gaming this past summer, and is absolutely obsessed with Zelda. She's beat Phantom Hourglass, Minnish Cap, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, and, just yesterday, Ocarina of Time. And now, they announce that this comes out the day before her birthday. She's going to be so excited, lol.

I'm looking forward to this game, controlling that huge knight dude looks fun. I'm not sure I'm going to like the train segments, but we'll see what happens. I trust the franchise, so I think it'll be okay.
Mr Hibbert's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 18:45
Mr Hibbert
Link looks bad-ass in that pic. His sword must be made out of cocaine.
momomo66's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 19:03
momomo66
What the hell has happened to the Zelda IP? *sigh*
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 22:15
pedrovay2003
Wow. The game has trains and people bitch. Thought I saw it all.
h5e5l5l5o5's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/15/2009 23:35
h5e5l5l5o5
Nintendo us up to something...I am not even kidding.

Expect something...big...this november.
Dr Spaceman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 06:26
Dr Spaceman
I hope Nintendo does a special edition Zelda DSi, and that it comes to America. that would be SWEET!
Poopface Morty's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 06:40
Poopface Morty
"after most of the holiday shopping has been done"

Umm, what? Have you worked retail Chesterino? Holiday shopping, especially for electronic goods, goes a good long while after Black Friday, and at really steady paces. Certainly not the level of black friday, but things are still busy.
thenooby1's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/16/2009 17:03
thenooby1
I didn't even love Phantom Hourglass, and yet I am jacked.
ender_x's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 04:37
ender_x
ugh.
I'd give one of, if not both of my testicles for a zelda on the WII. An actual WII version, not just a port. BUT NO WAGGLE DAMN IT. the motion controls suck. All we need is the pointer.
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