Culturess’ Ranking of The Legend of Zelda Games

12. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Apparently deciding that two games of Link being on a boat was enough for anyone, Nintendo continued the Wind Waker sub-series by putting a new Link on a train in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Additionally, they actually decided to kill the Princess instead of having her just be captured — well, okay, technically she’s just having an “out-of-body experience”, to quote the official website, but the point remains. She’s not in her body anymore.

In fact, that is actually one of Spirit Tracks’ more interesting features: Zelda, as a spirit, accompanies the player on their adventure, and can possess phantoms in order to help you progress. For those wondering where Zelda got her new down special attack in Super Smash Brothers For Wii U and 3DS, look no further than Spirit Tracks. It’s a nice change of pace, since generally she only helps out during the final battles or not at all. Link also has a job other than being heroic: he’s an engineer in training, not unlike the young rancher of Twilight Princess.

Like Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks relies on the stylus for many of its controls, including planning out paths for the phantom to take in dungeons and planning out the route of the Spirit Train.