The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo DS) - Let's Play 1001 Games - Episode 838
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The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Spirit_Tracks
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks[a] is a 2009 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. Set a century after The Wind Waker and its sequel Phantom Hourglass, the storyline follows the current incarnations of Link and Princess Zelda as they explore the land of New Hyrule to prevent the awakening of the Demon King Malladus. Players navigate New Hyrule, completing quests that advance the story and solving environmental and dungeon-based puzzles, many requiring use of the DS's touchscreen and other hardware features. Navigation between towns and dungeons is done using a train, which features its own set of mechanics and puzzles.
Production began in 2007 following the release of Phantom Hourglass, with half the team including director Daiki Iwamoto and producer Eiji Aonuma returning. Aonuma got the concept from a children's book and incorporated some of its elements into the game. Originally planned as a quickly-produced sequel similar to Majora's Mask, production lasted two years due to the new features. The character of Zelda was given more agency and a key role in both the narrative and several puzzles, breaking away from her earlier passive characterisations. The game was lauded by critics from both dedicated video game outlets and general journalistic sites. Praise was directed towards its narrative and gameplay concepts.
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks was developed by Nintendo EAD.[1] It was developed by one part of the Legend of Zelda team, the other working on Skyward Sword.[5] Director Daiki Iwamoto and producer Eiji Aonuma returned from Phantom Hourglass, along with half the original staff.[1] The team were so pleased with the touchscreen design of Phantom Hourglass that they wanted to develop a sequel on the same platform.[5] Their plan was to produce Spirit Tracks on a short schedule, similar to Ocarina of Time sequel Majora's Mask, using ideas that had been proposed and not implemented in Phantom Hourglass.[1][5] Due to a number of factors, development was extended to two years, double the estimated time.[1] Despite the increased production time, Aonuma described this as a smooth production compared to other protracted or turbulent development cycles of earlier Zelda games.[6] The graphics were chosen, similarly to Phantom Hourglass, as a result of the decision that toon shading would be best to deliver the games on their chosen platform. Aonuma commented that with realistic graphics, it would make the characters poorly scaled to their surroundings, adding that though possible, it was not ideal.[7] The music in the game was composed by Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, and Asuka Ota. Minegishi wrote the main overworld music and shared the work on field, character and event themes with Tominaga.[8][9][10] Series sound composer Koji Kondo contributed the ending theme,[11] while Ota was responsible for some of the music in the multiplayer mode.[12]
The concept for Spirit Tracks came to Aonuma while he was reading a children's book to his son. The book, titled Senro wa tsuzuku,[b] concerned a group of children creating a railway line in a magical countryside region.[1][13] Iwamoto felt that Spirit Tracks should not be too like other Zelda titles, citing an argument that occurred that the train was not a good fit for the series, splitting the staff between those who thought the train should be changed, and those who successfully fought to keep the train. Aonuma felt that the team had created new ways of playing, while retaining several elements from the series. Aonuma commented that because the puzzles were designed by a designer who was formerly a programmer, they felt different to him.