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First review of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

November 16th, 2009 Posted in DS, News, Written by Valay

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks won’t be shipping to store shelves in a couple of weeks. However, fans of the series are probably wondering how the latest handheld Zelda title holds up. The Official Nintendo Magazine has written the first review in issue number 50 and gave it a 91%. In case you are wondering, Phantom Hourglass received a 95% from the magazine back in 2007. While Phantom Hourglass earned a higher score, Fred Dutton, the man who wrote the review of Spirit Tracks in ONM, said that Link’s latest outing “is better than Phantom Hourglass” in a recent roundup of reader Q&A.

Thanks to Josh for the news tip!

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  1. 6 Responses to “First review of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks”

  2. By Thomas N on Nov 17, 2009

    While 91% is a good score, it would be best to see reviews outside Nintendo-centric magazines like The Official Nintendo Magazine. The magazine tends to score high-profile games higher than most outlets, and it is not included in aggregate review sites like Gamerankings.com. I predict that the game will will receive a similar reception as Phantom Hourglass.

  3. By bob on Nov 17, 2009

    only 91%? but the guy said that st is better than ph so that is a good sign.

  4. By Used Cisco on Nov 17, 2009

    ONM is included in Metacritics algorithm, not sure about gamerankings though. They are actually give pretty fair scores.

  5. By Edman on Nov 17, 2009

    ONM is infact included on gamerankings aswell. I subscribe to ONM and I always find thier reviews to be very good. I do find that they give slightly higher scores, but I believe that’s just because they’re more enthusiastic about games and less snobby.

  6. By umb on Nov 17, 2009

    Let’s not forget that they gave scribblenauts a 10/10.

  7. By Dylan on Nov 17, 2009

    Being on Metacritic isn’t all that hard. A site simply has to have over 300 reviews over the history of their site. This doesn’t really speak to their credibility, more so to their consistency of writing many reviews.

    I’ll wait for more reviews to hit.

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