The Best Zelda Game You Never Played
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- Tears of the forgotten game's kingdom.... The land of TRAINS.... It's time to talk about one of Gireum's favorite games on the Nintendo DS, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks!
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0:00 Intro
1:19 Sales and Reputation
3:31 Touch Controls
5:32 Choo Choo (censored)
8:04 Sequel and Setting
11:01 The Best Zelda
13:54 Concluding Remarks - Hry
What is your favorite Zelda game? What is the most underrated Zelda game?
0:00 Intro
1:19 Sales and Reputation
3:31 Touch Controls
5:32 Choo Choo (censored)
8:04 Sequel and Setting
11:01 The Best Zelda
13:54 Concluding Remarks
Zelda majora's mask both versions are my favorite. I would agree with you St is underrated.
the most underrated zelda game is still phantom hourglass yeah it could have used more the worst/mid parts of it's ost for most of the game and yeah the temple of the ocean king can be annoying, the game outside the sea and a few exceptions kinda looks bad but it's still really fun imo.
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minish cap!
It's absurd how good the music of this game is it needs more recognition
FORREAL
Something about the train tracks also acting as the seal for the demon king is really nice. It’s just a bizarrely efficient system
Also put some respect on Malladus’s name. At least he actually has a good boss fight as opposed to his definite previous incarnation
A seal that encompasses the entire world makes me feel like we only got to see a fraction of his potential. As such I feel like his boss fight is riding (heh) more on its story and music. Gameplaywise - which seems more important to me when talking about the fight specifically - the fight on the Demon Train and then protecting Zelda were both not enjoyable, while the actual fight was okay, but several other bosses were more unique (like when also utilizing info on the top screen like for Fraaz and even more often in Phantom Hourglass). And while not as unpleasant as combat with two characters was to me in other circumstances, it's basically just getting Link and Zelda on opposite sides so Zelda can shoot Malladus.
If you are rating the entire finale, I would agree that it's good. If you only rate the fight itself, I'm inclined to disagree.
This was my first Zelda game. I picked it up on a whim on my fifteenth birthday after seeing it featured in a magazine... and I've been a die-hard Zelda fan ever since. (:
Same for me! I hear a lot of people not liking it, but to me, it’s one of the best Zelda games ❤
My first Zelda game too!
'Twas my second. My first was Phantom Hourglass.
YESSS SPIRIT TRACKS!!!!!!! The MUSIC the CHARACTERS the BOSSES the STORY the MECHANICS the TRAIN… the BEST incarnation of Zelda herself… UNDERRATED GEM and my personal favourite Zelda game
I adore Spirit Tracks. I agree that it's the most underrated. Best companion in the whole series in phantom Zelda.
I would put Midna over here too as the best companion. I love them both but for different reasons. But it's clear that phantom Zelda is super underrated.
Spirit Tracks is depressingly underrated. I honestly think it probably has the best final boss for how cinematic it is. You and Zelda have been through everything together, and you are working together to finish your quest. Malladus says he can lay waste to New Hyrule in only a small amount of time, and we have no reason to believe he's bluffing. It's about making your whole journey together not be for nothing, it's about avenging your ally you just watched DIE. I can only think of like two other examples where we see someone die in a Zelda game, they're the guard in Ocarina of Time and Mikau in Majora's Mask. It's about Link and Zelda genuinely caring for each other and wanting to protect each other. It shows her growth as a character too, at first she didn't want to help even though she was invulnerable, but in the end, she ends up helping even though she's flesh and blood and can easily die in this battle. She even goes as far as to help you deal the final blow. It is also the only proper ending to a timeline. They move on from Hyrule, leaving it and the Triforce behind, which I think could have Buddhist symbolism of escaping the cycle of death and rebirth. They finally overcome the final evil, and get to live on in peace in their new kingdom.
For some reason, this game has one of the most hype and enticing climax in this series even if the stakes arent that big. Even if it wasn't, that final battle theme alone puts most others to shame, and it made it one of my favorite pick-up-and-play games
I'd argue the stakes are as high as they could be. Malladus unlike Demise or Ganondorf does not seek to rule the world-he wants to destroy it all, something he vows to do with the little time he has left. If Link and Zelda fail to stop him, then he very well may be capable of such a thing.
@@LoinkLoink Yes, the finale feels much more impactful because of your attachment to Link & Zelda than because of the stakes of it all.
No joke, it's one of my favorite final bosses not only of Zelda, but of all of gaming, the music, setting, characters, actual fight, it's all so good! always makes me shed a tear even after replaying it so many times.
It's also really difficult, I've beaten this game 3 separate times many years apart, and I was left a quivering shaking exhausted mess on the floor by the end of it all 3 times.
Spirit tracks is so good unless you try playing the flute parts on the bus to school
This shit was my childhood, the combat and challenging dungeons were so much fun - the music was phenomenal. The cinematics, the characters AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh.
If you have a DS and can pick up a decently priced copy of the game, I recommend it too. So much fun.
“Never Played” MAN THAT WAS MY FIRST THE LEGEND OF ZELDA SPIRIT TRACK AND IS ALSO MY FAVOURITE
Sweet. Spirit Tracks was my first Zelda game and make me wanna play more zeldas, it has some great moments and puzzles, besides the music it top
This was the first Zelda game I ever played. Second was Phantom Hourglass, Third was Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U. I love those three games, and this one is my favorite.
"guardians are terrifying"
Phantom trains: Thats cute.
For real 😳 I remember being very not ready for that when it first happened, and I panicked so hard haha
The next open world Zelda should be the time of settling New Hyrule and inventing the trains. That or a full remake that let's us hoof it rather than needing the train to get around, train would still be necessary for plot and transport.
this zelda (the character) is SOO UNDERRATED!!
the only one who truly helped you through the story, who tried to protect you at any cost, and who does honor to the title of the game
Props to Spirits Tracks for doing what Tears of the Kingdom doesn’t seem to have the balls to do.
Whats that?
@@SacredBlazeXxX Pushing Hyrule into an actual pre-modern age and not shoehorned halfway modern Sheikah Tech just for the heck of it.
@@anthonywestover5326 oh.. I like it tho, no need to go full industrial revolution in a wisp 😂
@@anthonywestover5326 you can say the same thing for every Zelda game
@@SacredBlazeXxX having Zelda being an actually relevant character that you have actual interactions with
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My first Zelda game! Thanks for making this video, you don't see people talk about this game much at all! And if they do, they only talk about the negatives.
Oh my god, you're so right about spirit tracks' version of zelda! She's allowed to get angry, be funny, and HELP you! It's awesome.
FINALLY GETTING THE LOVE IT DERSERVES! Spirit Tracks was the first Zelda game I ever played and beat on my own, so it holds a very dear and special place in my heart. My favorite Zelda game would have to either Majora or Twilight. I love the darker themes of both of those.
The pan flute throughout ST is better than that one time you have to scream at the top of your lungs to lower the price in PH. With my soft voice, I barely registered into the microphone. I actually got my older brother to do it, after awkwardly explaining why I needed him to scream like a mad man😅
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Spirit tracks was my first zelda. I love it to death. The music is so amazing
They don't make them like this anymore😢 It's sad bc ST is such a huge epic adventure that really took me away. I enjoyed all of it, even the parts everyone seems to complain about like fetch quests
Why doesn’t this have more views? This was a great video essay, and I wanna see more Zelda content on here! Not a lot of the bigger channels that do Zelda retrospectives take their time with smaller games.
When I saw the two heroes hold hands at the game’s end, I actually was sold that they had a real bond. That’s when I knew this game would click completely for me.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who loves this game.
So as an amateur editor myself, i have a lot of appreciation for the small details in how your videos are edited. I noticed they keep getting smoother since your intial pokemon essay in 2020. Good on you, Gireum!
Spirit Tracks just hits different~!
I think the most underrated LoZ games are the CDI LoZ games. They introduced voice acting to the series decades before Breath of the Wild, for example.
I don’t think anybody’s ever said the CDI games are underrated. Not even miyamoto acknowledges them as Zelda games. The Zelda animated series introduced voice acting but wasn’t exactly a stellar performance.
I don't know about that. Not sure those even count, plus anyone should be able to tell they are genuinely just awful in every way. Only good thing to come from them are the endless memes lol
Watching this, makes me want to replay Spirit Tracks even more, and one of my fave Zelda games I enjoyed (Phantom Hourglass was my first Zelda game btw) long time ago
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ST Zelda is one of my favorite and was alot useful and helpful throughout the game (for example Tower Spirits) as helped out in the Final Battle and has a good dynamic interaction as well too!
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Spirit tracks was not the first zelda game I’ve played but it was the first I finished and it has a special place in my heart, the themes and characters make it so fun to play, and now I wish they release a remastered version on swith, they could also do it for phantom hourglass
I'm petrified to learn about the _extremely_ low sales not only of Spirit Track but also... Minish Cap as well?! ÔoÔ
You kidding me? I was aware of ST not being a big favourite of the franchise, but I'm surprised about MC. Everyone I've ever heard on internet always loved it!
Such a shame, really, since both ST and MC are in my Top5 fave Zelda games.
Capcom's contributions really got overlooked. Heck, if you separated the "Oracle games" into the two different games they actually are, they would form the lowest selling games together with MC. The Oracle games get especially overshadowed by Link's Awakening despite both of them improving on the gameplay and featuring the most complex level and puzzle design in the entire series - in a good way imo. On the 3DS e-shop LA had 5 times as many ratings as OoS and OoA COMBINED, very likely reflecting the attention they received and the recent remake made them just even more forgotten.
Also: 2 milion sales doesn't seem that low if that's about the number that most games had (even if you could argue that we're talking about the most sold handheld of all time). Actually, it's almost the same number as Majora's Mask which is much more people's favorite. 2D gameplay games on weaker hardware for their time (handhelds) are generally overshadowed by the more immersive 3rd/1st person console releases.
Gireum, if ever want to talk about Kirby squeak squad, I will encourage you.
I actually played this on the virtual console on my WiiU back in the day
It’s honestly one of my all time favourite Zelda titles. I know it’s not the best, but I love it dearly
I remember playing this with my sister like 8years ago. Good times
I can not express how happy it makes me to see someone actually talking about this game :) Thank you
This was my first Zelda. I saw it at a library that also had games available, saw the train, and borrowed it, then I aksed for it for my... 8th-ish birthday.
Thank you for bringing spirit Tracks to the spotlight people don't appreciate it as much as it should be appreciated for
This undrated Zelda game is the direct sequel to Windwaker or have the best Zelink relationship it has before Skyward Sword and BOTW/TOTK. But it gives us a glimpse of a possible playable Princess Zelda since she is served as Link’s companion.
Please make more Gireum's Showcase! I'm glad at least slightly more people are talking about Spirit Tracks. Unfortunately ST's reputation got snubbed even before release due to the mixed reception people had for Phantom Hourglass.
Perfect timing (also thank you for talking about Spirit Tracks it needs attention this game is so good)
I actually really liked this game as a kid, considering buying as an adult to play again tbh, I loved ghost zelda. My favourite Zelda is Twilight Princess, not only for the game itself, but the memories as I played it with my Dad as a kid.
Spirt tracks were never my favorite, but it definitely is still high on the list. I still tear up hearing the music sometimes.
It was my very first Zelda game and I didn't want to have it I wanted to play a Zelda game for once, but because of the train and I found that cool lol
Spirit Tracks was actually my first Zelda game
5:20 it's funny that I ran all the toon Zelda on an emulator and it worked better than fine. There's even a microphone that I can blow into lol.
Spirit tracks was my very first Zelda game so it is very dear to my heart and I love to see it getting some recognition
spirit tracks was my first ever game. and i love this video SOSOSOSOSOSOSO much. the game blessed me with conductor link and phantom zelda they're so adorable
This was the first Zelda game I ever played. Second was Phantom Hourglass, Third was Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U. I love those three games, and this one is my favorite. Also I have that same 3DS lol.
I don't care what anyone says, the Zelda in this game is not only the single best Zelda in the entire series AND the best companion in the series. Linebeck in PH is a close second though.
Also, while I would normally find having to actually blow into the mic to play the instrument annoying, the music in this game is all so freaking good that the frustration is always drowned out by the beauty of succeeding.
Spirit tracks was actually my first zelda game! It's awesome to see someone talking about it
spirit tracks was my very first Zelda game (I dont count sitting on my dads lap as a child while he plays a linkt to the past and I was allowed to run around in kakariko village)
so this game is super nostalgic to me
I got Phantom Hourglass at a Dave & Busters. I mastered that one timing game where the light travels in a circle. Where you have to press it at the right time to win like 50 or more tickets. That is the only Zelda game I owned. I played that game to death. It was so fun and looks great to this day.
Excellent video! To this day, I have beaten PH many times, but I've only started ST a few times, only to stop past the 2nd dungeon for some reason.
It's the one I know I still need to totally finish.
spirit tracks is my first zelda game and i rarely see people talk about it, which makes me feel sad since it really is an enjoyable game. i really liked the bosses, the ost, the tower levels and how the puzzles really made my 12 year old brain think, and how can we forget about link operating a TRAIN??? and you can customize it too.
i also like how the train is not just a small gimmick but it's how you navigate hyrule. and tbh the iron(?) train is much more scarier than guardians and gloom hands, change my mind
@@cloudecol The fucking train used to make me SWEAT. When you thought you duked it by making it choose the wrong track... and that motherfucker REVERSES??? AaAAAh!!
Who wants a remake? Reply if yes!
Yo I love this game, the train and flute playing got me
Spirit Tracks was the first Zelda I ever played
It’s my childhood
Spirit Tracks is love.
Spirit Tracks is life.
Please Nintendo MAKE remastered of this game. And thx for the video buddy ❤❤
I loved Spirit Tracks as a kid and replayed through it recently. While I would say it's tedious at points and really benefits from a D-Pad patch, I absolutely loved the dynamic between Link and Zelda and also just found a lot of the game to be really charming. I don't think it deserves to be seen as "another Phantom Hourglass" at all.
the entire game is tedious, most of the sidequests are just take shit here or take person here, train even at max speed is slow af, there's enemy trains that can kill you in one hit (I know you can kill them in the last area I'm not counting that). There's annoy ass blow into the mic minigames for like the first 3 fucking temples, they're tedious harder then they should be and grind the games past to a complete stop for like a hour.
@@nascour5991 Dude, I f***ing hate Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks, and I really tried to get into them, but for some of the flaws you listed, I just can't.
loved phantom hourglass as it was my 1st zelda game and discovered spirit tracks later on (playing on an emulator ehem sorry nintendo) and it is really one of my favorites. Toon Link is definitely a fave style of mine
Dude the part at 2:38 with the transitioning between songs was so clean! Loved this video!
I want more zelda content. This was great
I loved playing through this game back in the day! The characters, music, dungeons, train traveling and THE STAMPS were all awesome! Also I never had any trouble playing the flute. You'll have to blow directly to the microphone in a way you would clip a mic line to the reds. Anyway It's nice to hear other people appreciate this game too.
great video. love that someone else was passionate about this game too.
Also, Totally agree love zeldas personality and the relationship between her and link and the general armosphere in this game.
I played this game. It was revolutionary and my favourite Zelda game of the time and will always hold a special place in my heart.
The music still rings beautifully today.
Bro I love Spirit tracks a bunch man
Oh yes! The Gireum Green era has begun
Zelda content for Jerry Cans in a Pokémon dominated space. What a time to be alive! ❤
I get that people hate the travel system. You are at one spot and have to travel to another one in a really inconvenient way. But on the other hand: Choo Choo
I also loved the 2 DS Zelda games, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Track. While they were not perfect I loved how they implemented unique mechanics to the games thanks of the touch screen, double screen and microphone. As an old dude that have played Zelda since ALTP on the SNES, this was so refreshing. Also you look like President Furukawa of Nintendo.
Spirit Tracks is one of my favs due to the Demon Train fight and theme! Funny thing actually, few years back I had a dream of what I imagined we’d get in Breath of the Wild, or it’s eventual sequel. When BOTW was know and we were seeing things that made it seem like all the time lines converged, I thought there’d be a boss rush of several boss fights from across the series, in BOTW’s Hyrule, kinda like how Zant’s fight in Twilight Princess has the player warp around the different boss arenas.
In my dream, one of the fights was Link coming out of a portal, suddenly riding the Spirit Train in the Dark Realm, and the Demon Train theme kicking in as it suddenly pulled up next to you, as blue lightning crackles far off in the distance. The graphics gave the trains this sleek and glossy polish, like in the levels of Super Mario 3D World when it rains, and the camera is covered in rain drops. My brain doesn’t always register dreams AS dreams until I wake up, so it was a bummer when I came to and realized such a remastered fight did not exist. 😩😅
I wonder how such a fight maybe *could* work with making a makeshift train with the Autobuild feature on the go.
Spirit Tracks and Twilight Princess are my absolute favorites!
This was my first Zelda game and I absolutely adored it when I was young. I’m sad it wasn’t as popular
Im so glad you made this video, this is my favorite Zelda game, played it in my childhood and loved it so much
The Adventures of Link also bonking on Zelda as well. Even the manga adaptation of Ocarina of Time.
Sadly this particular Zelda game called Zelda Spirit Tracks box, manual including the DS cartridge is very expensive nowadays thank god that I have two copies of this game back when GameStop used to sell them!
this game was the first Zelda game I played in my life. actually, I think it is one of the first games that I seriously played in my life. and man, i can truly tell that this game made me who I am and the way i love zelda and link
I got this game yesterday and I was somewhat hesitant to it. I’ve played every single zelda (except four swords) and am partway through the oracle games. But man I’m hooked now, I have few complaints with the game
loved the music and phantom zelda companion in this game.
Spirit Tracks was the first Zelda game I owned and got to play past the tutorial. It's my favorite of all time, even after playing Majora's Mask.
Thank you for covering this game! It needs so much more love especially since imo Zelda might be even better here than Midna in Twilight Princess. This video deserves more likes.
the outro is such a throwback
Thanks for sharing this video! Spirit Tracks is my first Zelda game and it's so good. I can't wait for your video on Hyrule Warriors!
What's with this new wave of people claiming Spirit Track is amazing?! It wasn't that long ago that people dogged on it. Though I finally feel validated as Spirit Tracks was one of my entry games and favorite title to the TLOZ! Leaving every station with a train whistle *choo choooo* as the overworld music started to pick up. Then drawing a map to my destination as I avoided obstacles. Those were such good memories
Agreed
I had so much fun playing this game so I didn't understand why a lot of people hated it.
First Zelda game I ever beat and still one of my favs. Recently found out there’s a mod that lets you control Link with the D pad so that’s cool.
Prior to the shutdown of the Wii U & 3DS eShops, people were able to buy this game for Virtual Console on the Wii U
I love Spirit Tracks, it was the first Zelda game I played and what got me into the franchise.
This is certainly one of my favourite zelda games of all time, while I do love every Zelda game, this game just hit differently with the gameplay- how u have zelda herself as your partner in the Armour providing new mechanics and gameplay, music was also too good and the travelling by train was also too fun. I truly love this and can play at again anytime. AND I finished THIS game on a MOBILE EMULATOR! YES!
Spirit Tracks was my first Zelda, and it spawned my love and interest of trains. The music, world and gameplay are all really good and it really does deserve more love.
Bought spirit tracks from the wiiu eshop in like 5 grade and it has been one of my fav zelda games since
Man i want to play Spirit Tracks again, i will never for get the day my brother took my DS case and hid all my games around the house as a game but spirit tracks was the only game he couldn't remember were it was. He was really young but thats was devastating to me cause Spirit tracks is one of my favorite games ever, i even bought it on wii u but my wii u gamepad touch screen doesn't work, maybe theres a way to fix it i just dont k ow and haven't found anything on the internet. I will hopefully play this masterpiece again some day.
my favorite is Spirit Tracks because i grew up with it
2:12 Don't tempt them 😂
I got the ds lite when it released and got nsmb and phantom hourglass with it, then spirit tracks when it came out, those games were my childhood so they will always be at the top
My favourite is Spirit Tracks. I had no clue it sold so poorly, no wonder no one talks about it! Especially since it's near unplayable on emulator.
I am clearly extremely fortunate to have gotten to play it.
As of the videos release, I finished my first playthrough of spirit tracks, insane timing with this video! While I do agree that the game felt quite large with the tracks/station exploration, the overworld felt pretty empty to me. I mean sure there were enemies, train demons, bunnies, dozens of fetch quests that would unlock stations or more bunnies, but that usually consisted of routing myself from point A to B and occasionally tapping the screen. The lokomos, princess zelda, and temples were all pretty fun, but I just felt that the overworld was missing something. Personally I play zelda games with the intention of 100% completion, perhaps with my next playthough my perspective will change if I play just for the story. Overall, good game and great video! Please make more zelda/non pokemon videos although those are always entertaining!
yeah the temples (including tower of spirits) bosses, characters and music are p good, the game looks much better then phantom hourglass graphics-wise too. The story is great but however after the first playthrough I don't care as much, so because of that if the game is tedious it's much more annoying. They still have the controls from phantom hourglass, most of the controls are ok but pointing at the game to move link is like why, why do you keep that? Most of the game is built off tedium and it really makes a lot of the gameplay experience very boring.
Funnily enough, my two favorite Zelda games pre-BoTW were Spirit Tracks and Skyward Sword.
I remember playing SS with motion controls and loving it SO MUCH. I remember thinking "THIS THE FUTURE OF GAMING!" ...Apparently, I was the only one who thought so. =\
SPIRIT TRACKS APPRECIATION VIDEO LETS FCKING GOOOOOOO
My favorite Zelda game is Twilight Princess. It's more linear than Breath of the Wild, which I'm more comfortable with. It was the first Zelda game I ever played, so I have nostalgia for it. It's a Wii game that doesn't focus too much on motion controls, and you can turn into a wolf and I love playing as non-human animals.
It’s the most epic traditional Zelda and has the best dungeons in my opinion. Playing it on Wii U is best but it’d be amazing to have a switch port.
It’s a Wii game that doesn’t focus on motion controls because it isn’t it is a GameCube game
@@chaosenforcerdhm969 Yeah. The only motion controls on the Wii version are swinging the Wiimote to swing the sword
This is my favorite zelda, just love the music and the ambient
Excellent work, sir. Well done.