Spirit Tracks Playthrough (CANCELLED)

Hi there, and welcome to the first episode of this playthrough. I'm Ness & Lucas, and I hope you have a great time seeing this. Good day.

In the beginning, the people followed the spirits of good, and all was peaceful.
But that era of peace soon came to an end.
The evil Demon King rose to power, destroying everything in his path.
The spirits of good had no choice but to face him in battle.
Finally, the spirits subdued the Demon King, though they could not destroy him.
Their powers were greatly depleted.
With their remaining power, they buried the Demon King's spirit in the ground.
They built shackles to imprison him, and a tower that acted as a lock.
With their power drained, the spirits of good returned to the heavens.


Meet Niko. Yes, he is the Niko from Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, but he's an old man now. I really wonder how he survived, considering Spirit Tracks' storyline happens about a century later than these two games..


As always, Link, mah boi, is sleeping. That's so cute.


Uh-oh. This is Link's mentor, Alfonzo! Yes, he is the descendant of Gonzo, who appeared in the previous two games.


What? What Princess?


And Alfonzo drops Link down to the ground. Wow, what a scary mentor..


Why didn't you say that sooner? Anyways, we are going to Hyrule Castle to attend our Engineer Graduation Ceremony. And we are going to meet Zelda there. Yay.


Goodbye Niko! Take care!


Now we get to ride this choo-choo to reach Hyrule Castle. I think I'll get to like the trains too, because I really enjoyed the saling from Phantom Hourglass.


One thing I'll never get though, is that there are cows on the railway. Shouldn't Hyrule try to make a ranch for them before hiring nice engineers? Oh well, video game logic.


Anyways, we reach the Castle Town and got to meet Postman! He is.. a postman.


Ridiculous ceremonies? Zelda shouldn't do ridiculous things, and the graduation ceremonies are not ridiculous at all. It would be the best to avoid this double green hat guy for now.


Anyways, Link and Zelda meet each other. And Link gets engrasped by the beauty of Princess Zelda.


Then this double green hat guy has to ruin the moment. Urrgh.


That double green hat guy is the Chancellor? How did he get the majority vote from the Hyrule people?


Ugh, shut up, I want to spend more time with Zelda.


And so, we are now engineers!


Our train is very clean, you know nothing.


That's it, I'm suspecting him as the bad guy of this game.


But still, we get a letter from Zelda. She wants us to meet her at her room. Yay, I get to spend more time with Zelda.


What? That means no trains at all. This is a very bad situation.


Yeah, let's go to the Tower and fix the tracks! And defeat that double-green-hat guy!


And so, we get our original green clothes! Yeah, I prefer engineer's clothes, but I heard that I can switch clothes later.


Thank you.

And so, we enter the stealth section. Our goal is to escape the castle without making Zelda get caught.


On my first try, I tried to block this guy and make Zelda go through the top way.


Zelda, you're too slow. You should walk faster if you want to escape.


The second try was much better! And so, we escape the second floor.


Now it's time to escape the courtyard. This guard never moves, so I can just distract him and make Zelda go through. Yay.


This guard also never moves, making our lives much easier!


This guard is harder to deal with, though. You need to throw a rock to distract him.
(And he still thinks that we are throwing rocks at him, even if we throw it on the other way. If Chancellor Cole didn't want us to escape, he needs to get better guards, lol.)

And so, we escape the castle. That was much easier than I thought.


Well, we have Link here to protect Zelda. That would be fine.


No, I'm not responsible for this! Stop blaming me!


Much better, Zelda knows how to talk. Unlike Peach, who only says "HELP!" and "MARIO!"


Nothing will happen.. nobody arrested you for child abuse after you shook me and dropped me down the floor.


Yes, don't be a coward. Let's go, Alfonzo.
He's nowhere are a coward as Linebeck (who's one of my favorite VG characters) from Phantom Hourglass though.


Zelda is our captain! All aboard!!


Well, too bad, Alfonzo. But it fits Zelda more.

However, just as we exit the castle town, a mysterious power attacks Link's crew!


Uh-oh.


Wait, what? What the heck is happening at the tower?


And what's this scary evil train?


That double-green-hat guy! You were a monster after all!
Oh, he doesn't have hats now, since he is now a monster, not a human.


What?


Nooo! Don't do that to Zelda!


But Alfonzo comes to rescue!
Yeah, he doesn't look like a coward anymore, he looks like a brave guy now.
If only Linebeck was like this..


And we meet Byrne, who would be competing against Alfonzo in the sword duel.


Yeah! Defend Zelda!


Byrne, you also look like a human. My guess? Alfonzo will win.


Noooo! Alfonzo got knocked out!


However, everything will go right. It's because our courageous Link will defend Zelda.


Nooooo! How dare they do that to Link!


Oh my.. what are you guys trying to do to Zelda?


Noooooo! Zelda isn't safe anymore!!


Cole, you're a madman. You completely destroyed one of the best princesses in gaming.

And so, we became an engineer this episode. We also witnessed Cole and Byrne knocking out Link's crew. What will happen to them now? We'll find out next episode. See you then.

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Our crew wake up at the Castle. Alfonzo is wounded, but Link is safe. Zelda is nowhere, though.


This guy is called Teacher. Yes, that's his name. Simple, right?


I decided to joke around with Teacher and chose the first option.


Even Teacher talks like real-life teachers!


But let's do this properly, we have to rescue Princess Zelda since this is a Zelda game.


Thankfully, Zelda still exists as a spirit. The bad news is that nobody can see her, since she is now a spirit.


Thankfully, Link can still see her.


That's okay Miss Zelda, it's not your fault.


Yeah. I can't believe that Chancellor Cole completely disabled the use of one of the best vehicles of the world.


Uh-oh, Zelda's going up high..




And so, Link and Zelda's journey starts. They would face a lot of amazing moments on their adventures, just like every other Zelda game. (Excluding the CDi ones)


Before that, though, Zelda gives Link the Spirit Flute! It's the instrument of this game, like the Ocarina of Time from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
This one is also unique that you actually need to blow in the mic to use it.


Great! I can't wait to bomb some Dodongos!


As always, though, we get halted by the Castle Guard.
It's dangerous to go alone! (Well, that Castle Guard can not see Zelda, so that fits.)


And so, we get the sword from this swordsman guy.


Since this is a touch-screen Zelda game, we have face a sword tutorial before getting to go, though. But since it's just basic sword training, I didn't capture those screenshots.


We also buy a shield at Hyrule Castle Town's markets! Now, we're ready to go.


And so, we take that passage and enter this cave.

Mini-Dungeon: Tunnel to the Tower

First, we have to move this block to the switch and get the key. And due to bad screenshot timing, I'm about to get struck by that Keese. Isn't that just wonderful?


Anyways, we got the key! Now let's move on to the second floor.


Players of Phantom Hourglass will recognize this part very well. It's the switch pressing part! Every touch-screen Zelda game should have a puzzle like this in an intro area.


Some players tend to memorize the order of this, while some others take notes of this stuff. But since I didn't want to back-track in case I get the order wrong, we do the better note-taking method. Memoes for the win!


Anyways, the order is Right Top Bottom Left.


I just wrote 'Ness and Lucas' there for just fun, lol. Onto the third floor.


Zelda gets the mouse problem! I hate mice in Zelda too, because I found that mouse chasing section in Phantom Hourglass pretty notorious, until I found out where to hide and when to strike the mouse. And I did that thanks to the internet.

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That stupid runaway key mouse..

My pleasure, Miss Zelda. You shouldn't be scared of mice when you are a spirit, though. They can't see you, right?


Anyways, we enter the Tower of Spirits!

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This person is called Anjean, and she is the sage protecting the Tower of Spirits. That's the reason why she can see Zelda. I actually like her old-woman stylish personality a lot. That old woman from the original Zelda who always says "Boy you are rich" can be destroyed though

Now, the crew and Zelda discuss a more serious matter. About Zelda's body.



Yes, that's the Demon King that Niko said on his story time. And this is that tower where he was locked in. Don't you love it when the intro and the gameplay perfectly matches?


Oh, so his name is Malladus. Not a bad name, I guess.



No way! I really don't want Zelda's body to be affected, like the Shadow Queen from Paper Mario TTYD. (Oh, the Shadow Queen case is worse after thinking. While Zelda's spirit will be still here, Peach's spirit doesn't even exist when the Shadow Queen takes over her. Well, that's what I think..)


Uh-oh, Zelda is mad again. Don't you love Zelda in this game?

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That's how high Zelda is up there! Spirit Zelda needs to get fat..


I like how Anjean tries to explain how Zelda can get her body back, but Zelda's face just says "My body and the Demon King? No way, this can't be happening, send Link, oh my."



And will Zelda do it for herself? Nope.


I found this scene to be very humorous. Zelda is bascially rapping at this moment, the dialouge goes on automatically. Also, I love how Zelda thinks that making Link do the whole work is 'a family tradition'. Peach should have a scene like this..


Thankfully, Anjean solves the problem.


Or not. Zelda tries to make someone else help Link, because she has to face 'a family tradition'.



Actually Alfonzo could do a good job at this- he could throw, shake, and drop Link to solve all the puzzles of this tower. lol.


But he's wounded. Who else?



Thankfully, Anjean solves the problem again.


Look at Link's face. He looks so happy that the world's most beautiful princess is going to go on a journey to him.


Yes. Chancellor Cole is a bad Chancellor, so you need to save Hyrule, Miss Zelda.


Zelda now accepts the fact that he has to go with Link, and so, Zelda and Link will be going on an adventure together for the rest of the game! I love this game already.

Master Dungeon: Tower of the Spirits Act 1

... or not.

These terrifying creatures are known as Phantoms. They used to scare me a lot while I was a kid playing Phantom Hourglass. And Zelda's reaction there reminds me of my childhood reaction to Phantoms.








Well, that's nice Anjean. Next time, tell us essential stuff first.

Master Dungeon: Tower of the Spirits Act 1 (The Real Deal)

So we need to collect these Tear of Lights here. For the people who never played this or Phantom Hourglass, I'll explain more about the Phantoms.

Phantoms just walk around for the most of the time, but when it detects you, it will chase after you. Even a real scary music plays on the background while he's chasing you. If it catches you, you have to do the floor over again. Thankfully, you can get on safe zones (the area where Link is standing now) where you are safe from the Phantoms.


The third of Tear of Light is a bit harder to get, though. You need to press the switch..


To make a bridge and get it. Now we can defeat the Phantoms! Time for revenge what they caused to my childhood while playing Phantom Hourglass! REVENGE!!!


As we slash the Phantom..


Wait, we slashed it. Why would it attack us? Nooooo! REVENGE FAILURE!!!


Go, Zelda! You need to protect Link!


And so... Zelda now possesses the Phantom. Finally we can control those beasts who caused me a lot of trouble back then! REVENGE!!!This game is already amazing.


Let's go, Zelda! We need to get your body back and defeat Cole! And Malladus.


Back to dungeon tracking. Let's go to the second floor.


These are spikes, which can be nightmares in the Megaman series. However, since this game is Zelda: Spirit Tracks, now we can let Zelda Phantom walk through it. REVENGE!!!


Then hit the switch as Zelda, so we could remove the spikes and let Link go in.


This one requires you and Zelda to stand on both of these switches. Easy, right?


And we can now trick Phantoms! Those things may be aggresive, but they can be dumb sometimes. Not to mention that you can trap them by trapdoors on Phantom Hourglass.


Then don't guard it.
Anyways, while letting Zelda talk to that Phantom, we sneak up as Link and go to the third floor!


Anyways, we get a new railmap! We can use the train again!
Back to cutscene time.


Yes, we need to go to temples to restore more of the Tower of Spirits. And gain more railmaps.




And though it's missing from the screenshots, Anjean and Zelda's ancestors used to know each other. So Anjean gave the flute to Zelda's ancestor. Then it was passed downed to current Zelda.


So, our first target is Lokomo Gage! Let's go!


What's even better, is that there's a new train. Remember? The train from the last episode is now broken, due to Cole.


Thank you Spirits, I really appreciate your help.

And so, we got the first railmap. In the next episode, we will go find Gage, and explore the first dungeon to the halfway point. See you then. Goodbye.

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Anyways, we got the Spirit Train. Now enemies roam around the field, and there's no way to defeat them yet other than using your horn. These enemies are cowards- they get scared off by horns?


Our next stop is the village Whittleton, which is full of trees. It is pretty nice to see these kinds of variety in a touch-screen Zelda, since the islands from Phantom Hourglass didn't have it much. I don't blame PH though, since it is a game about sailing.


Village elders will always help you in Zelda (Especially Sahasrahla from Link to the Past), and this one is no exception. This elder will tell you how to get to the forest sanctuary.


Well that was easy. Now let's go.


Or not. The way up to the sanctuary is the Lost Woods, another staple of the Zelda games. And yes, you use your train to go through the Lost Woods. Unique, right?


The Lost Woods in this game is painfully easy, though. It has to be, though, since it is before the first dungeon of the game. All you need to do is to pay attention to the tree branches.


Of course, there had to be a trap somewhere. The last tree branch has no sense of direction, so you won't have to pay attention to it.


Before going to the Lost Woods, I return to Aboda Village, which is Link's hometown.


Good for you, Niko. Link will always make you happy!


Yeah, I like Link's engineer clothes better. I want to change into these clothes back, but the green tunic is fine too.


And yes, he is talking about the Link in Wind Waker. Wind Waker Link should be dead by this point, so I'm once again curious about how he is still alive. But who cares, everybody likes Niko so he can stay alive.

And now, we reach the Lost Woods.


See this tree branch? It points to the right, so the appropriate thing to do here is to go right.


But also remember that the last tree has no sense of direction. This is the last tree, and it points to the left. You will need to go right here.


And so, we clear one of the easiest Lost Woods ever, and reach the sanctuary.


But since this game is a Zelda game, the game won't let you visit that Lokomo Gage rightaway. Instead, we will need to find him in the sanctuary.


These things are bomb acorns. I know, it is called Bomb Flowers, but I used to called them 'bomb acorns' while I was playing Phantom Hourglass. It just grew up on me, lol.


This puzzle took some time for me to solve. You would probably think "Oh, just hit the switch, open the bridge and let's keep going.", but if you cross that newly formed bridge, a series of blockade will block you.


You will need these bomb acorns to blow them up. However, there isn't enough time to hit the switch with your sword, open the bridge, go back and pick up the bomb acorn, and go through the bridge again. And that bridge dissapears after a set time, so you will need to do this fast.


The solution was to toss one bomb acorn at the switch, and carry the another bomb acorn up to the blockade. It took me about 20 minutes to figure this, but I still feel satisfied by doing this without a guide, lol.


Next, we get a puzzle that forces us to draw lines between the stone faces that face each other.

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Yeah, these stone faces. I didn't bother to screenshot all of them, you know. Anyways, after connecting these lines..


We finally get to meet Gage. I thought he was Anjean with different face and hair, but I digress.


Zelda, Gage is a Lokomo, so he can see and hear you. Don't say that in front of him.


Just as I suspected.


I don't know if Zelda is saying the truth or the lie, but anyways, let's talk to him a bit more.


This is the part where our instrument, the Spirit Flute, will come into use!


I do really like how every Lokomoes and Link can do a duet in this game. I am a fan of duets in general.


Anyways, he first gives you a chance to practice the notes you need to play. We need to play red yellow purple, which is F# G# A in piano chords.


This happened first, because I mistakenly played all the wrong notes in my first try. Ouch.


But I success the practice the next time, and now, we have to duet with him. It is bascially the same with the practice, but now Gage will play with you, resulting with a real duet.


I like how Zelda dances while Link and Gage are duetting. This game has a lot of neat stuff, and I like it.


Anyways, our railmap is glowing, and now more tracks will get restored. That means we can finally reach the temple!

Fun fact, I kept making mistakes of typing 'Lokomo' as 'Lokmo'. That was pretty stupid..


Also, this stone emitted two different lights, blue and red.


Play that tune on the Spirit Flute, and that will be E F#. And I do like the animation of Link blowing the Spirit Flute, lol.


That song was the Song of Awakening! This will not awaken Wind Fish from Link's Awakening. What it will do, is to wake up these stone statues who will tell you good stuff.
Unlike Navi's Hey Listen (No, I do not hate Navi. She's not that bad.)

Anyways, we take the train to the Forest Temple.


We also learn a new song, which summoned this fairy. I thought it was Ciela from Phantom Hourglass. They look so simmilar.


The song we just learned is Song of Healing. No, it's not that Song of Healing from Majora's Mask. It's green white green this time, which is B D B in real life.


And Song of Healing is even more useful here! It will fully restore your life if you play this in a dungeon. Of course it is one time only.


Let's start exploring this temple.


Remember the Bomb Acorns that I said before? I call those just Acorns, though I don't know their real name. Oh well, they look like an acorn to me.


Anyways, throwing that acorn to that switch will make a bridge appear. (I think this game has more switch pressing than the others. Also, I completed up to Snow Temple while I am posting this. Phantom Hourglass also involved a lot of switches, though.)


There are also some poisonous clouds here. Touching them means business, so don't bother.


Also, dungeons in Phantom Hourglass and this game has these kinds of 'ambush rooms'. When you enter these kinds of rooms, all the doors nearby will shut down, and bunch of enemies will come and attack you. It's just these weaklings this time though.


We also meet some dastardly spiders which leave poisonous clouds when you defeat them on our second enemy ambush. How these dastardly things caused me so many game overs...


But defeating the enemies will give you the Whirlwind. No doubt, it is one of the most eco friendly items in Zelda. It is made out of leaves, and it can remove purple poisonous clouds.


The whirlwind can also blow these totem poles and cause special effects. Totem pole friendly


Here's what those stone statues do in this game and Phantom Hourglass. They tell you the location of the treasure chests, for 20 rupees. That's the reason why there are no compasses in these games.


There was a key on the pedestral (see the top screen), so the most appropriate way to get it was to use a whirlwind. key getting friendly


Now, let's use that key and go through the dungeon.


But we have another enemy ambush on the way. This time, there were skulls that are only vulnerable if you use the whirlwind on them.
Also I like how the map screen zooms in just before ambushes. I can't remember if Phantom Hourglass did it or not..


Looks like a very huge enemy ambush room.. am I right? I don't have a key right now, though.


Since Whirlwinds are acorn-friendly too, you can blow these acorns to hit the switch. Just like that bomb acorn moment which I showed before.


That gave me a small key. Now let's go to that huge enemy ambush room.


Uh-oh, it wasn't an enemy ambush. It was a miniboss!

And so, we complete the duet with Gage, and explore halfway through Forest Temple. Next time, we are going to finish the Forest Temple and go through the Tower of Spirits again.

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