The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks: Difference between revisions

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* [[Brain Bleach]]: In-universe, Zelda is understandably freaked out by the idea of the Demon King possessing her body.

* [[Breath Weapon]]: To activate the Whirlwind, you have to blow into the microphone.

* [[Bully Bulldog]]: Big Blins, which are basically a rebranded version of the bulldog-style Moblins from older ''Zelda'' games. They command entire gangs of Miniblin pirates and will try to kidnap the passengers traveling in Link's train. Their boss fights double as [[~~Escort~~ Mission|~~Escort~~ Missions]].

* [[Bully Bulldog]]: Big Blins, which are basically a rebranded version of the bulldog-style Moblins from older ''Zelda'' games. They command entire gangs of Miniblin pirates and will try to kidnap the passengers traveling in Link's train. Their boss fights double as [[Protection Mission|Protection Missions]].

* [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]]: Tektites and Roktite's eyes glow in the dark, which is the only way to spot them.

* [[Cel Shading]]

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** Also Alfonzo to Gonzo, in looks if not personality.

* [[Implied Love Interest]]: Of course, Link and Zelda. Actually, in the entire series, only ''[[Skyward Sword]]'' can compete with this game in how clear it is.

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: The Spirit Train is already a [[Cool Train]] to begin with. So how do you make it even cooler? By unlocking dragon train parts, of course!

* [[Internal Homage]]: Remember the episode of the [[The Legend of Zelda (animation)|Zelda cartoon]] where Link's spirit was separated from his body and his soul guided Zelda so that his body and soul could be reunited? Hmm, interesting little role reversal we have here...especially interesting, since we find out that only Link can see spirit-Zelda (apart from the Lokomos, anyhow). Just like only Zelda could see spirit-Link in the cartoon. In the cartoon, the given reason for this was that Zelda was in love with Link... [[Shipping|Wait a sec...]]

* [[Internal Homage]]: Remember the episode of the [[The Legend of Zelda (animation)|Zelda cartoon]] where Link's spirit was separated from his body and his soul guided Zelda so that his body and soul could be reunited? Hmm, interesting little role reversal we have here... especially interesting, since we find out that only Link can see spirit-Zelda (apart from the Lokomos, anyhow). Just like only Zelda could see spirit-Link in the cartoon. In the cartoon, the given reason for this was that Zelda was in love with Link... [[Shipping|Wait a sec...]]

** The final boss's final form is {{spoiler|very reminiscent of Ganon, what with being a demonic blue warpig with a red mane. The Demon Train also resembles Ganon.}}

** The final boss battle is very similar to that in ''{{spoiler|[[The Wind Waker]]}}'' in that {{spoiler|Zelda is running around and shooting Light Arrows at the villain, while Link serves merely as a distraction}} and how {{spoiler|Link ends the battle with forehead-impalement on Malladus's part, just as his predecessor finished off Ganondorf.}} The key difference is that this time, {{spoiler|you actually control which way Zelda goes and when she shoots the arrows. Also, she can't accidentally hurt Link with them, like she could in ''[[The Wind Waker]]''.}}

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** You travel to forest, snow, ocean and mountain, with a large tower standing in the middle. There's some differences, but the resemblance to [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Termina]] is hard not to notice.

** The whip is known as the "rope snake." In several games in the series, the snake enemies are called 'Ropes'.

** Considering that ''Skyward Sword'' was in development at the same time that this game was, {{spoiler|Malladus seems to be a deliberate [[Call Forward]] to Demise, that game's [[Big Bad]] and the [[Ultimate Evil]] of the ''entire series''. He's explicitly called a Demon King, has fiery orange hair and grey skin (albeit grey that shifts into blue) with black markings similar to Demise's scaly body, and he spends most of the game in an incomplete state. And to restore him, his pompous, vain henchman hopes to carry out a dark ritual involving the body of Princess Zelda. If ~~his~~ dying curse is taken to be him literally cursing future incarnations of Link and Zelda to do battle with physical incarnations of his hatred, Malladus might actually ''be'' one of those incarnations.}}

** Considering that ''Skyward Sword'' was in development at the same time that this game was, {{spoiler|Malladus seems to be a deliberate [[Call Forward]] to Demise, that game's [[Big Bad]] and the [[Ultimate Evil]] of the ''entire series''. He's explicitly called a Demon King, has fiery orange hair and grey skin (albeit grey that shifts into blue) with black markings similar to Demise's scaly body, and he spends most of the game in an incomplete state. And to restore him, his pompous, vain henchman hopes to carry out a dark ritual involving the body of Princess Zelda. If Demise's dying curse is taken to be him literally cursing future incarnations of Link and Zelda to do battle with physical incarnations of his hatred, Malladus might actually ''be'' one of those incarnations.}}

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: The guy who runs the Rabbitland Rescue really, ''really'' loves bunnies...so much so that he left his wife behind in Castle Town with no indication of where he went. When Link brings her to see him, she's angry at first, but relents and decides to stay and help him take care of the bunnies, since it makes him happy.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: The guy who runs the Rabbitland Rescue really, ''really'' loves bunnies... so much so that he left his wife behind in Castle Town with no indication of where he went. When Link brings her to see him, she's angry at first, but relents and decides to stay and help him take care of the bunnies, since it makes him happy.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: From Zelda:

{{quote|"I will wait for you here. That's what princesses have always done. From what I understand, it's kind of a family tradition."}}

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* [[Marathon Level]]: The "Take 'em All On" minigame.

* [[Match Maker Quest]]: {{spoiler|One that causes a whole village to end up without a chief, no less.}}

* [[May-December Romance]]: The [[Match Maker Quest]] mentioned above ends with {{spoiler|the elder of Whittle Village marrying a woman half his age from Papuchia Village, much to the dismay of a man who already had his eye on her}}.

* [[The Maze]]: Disorientation Station.

* [[Minecart Madness]]: There are a few minecart puzzles in the game, including a full minigame centered around it.

* [[Minecart Madness]]: There are a few minecart puzzles in the game, including a full minigame centered around it. Most of Cragma's boss fight even takes place on a minecart!

* [[Money for Nothing]]: Once you find Linebeck, you can sell the many pieces of treasure you've picked up to him. Earlier in the game, this doesn't quite result in a [[Money for Nothing]] situation, since good treasure is rare, and there's still plenty of nice items to spend cash on. Later on, however, once you've bought the major necessities and have accessed the multiple minigames that hand out rare treasure like candy, the game clearly reaches this point.

* [[Multiple Endings]]: Three, although they differ only very slightly from each other, depending on the answer given to Zelda's question shortly before the final battle.