During an interview with Nintendo JP, Miyamoto revealed a little bit more about Zelda Wii and Spirit Tracks.

“I was hoping you’d ask about the most recent Zelda for DS. On December 23rd in Japan we are going to release The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, a sequel of Phantom Hourglass. It’s really fun and challenging. On the other hand it might be a bit difficult for many new Japanese Zelda players who experienced their first adventure on Phantom Hourglass. I believe Spirit Tracks have achieved a unique style and I think you can anticipate the core value of Zelda!

And the new Zelda for Wii is beyond that. On developing the recent Zelda for DS, I found out that one of Zelda’s core appeals is its uniqueness. Of course we are preparing gorgeous graphics for the sake of users’ anticipation for a grand role-playing adventure. But what I believe is very important is the realistic, actual feeling players have experienced themselves; the feeling to have really been on an adventure, to have explored the unknown terrains, to have solved the puzzle through trial and errors, to have themselves grown through various experiences! In that sense, a personal sense of creativity is becoming important among us. We have assembled one of the most creative team for the recent Zelda for DS, and we want to be as creative as possible for upcoming Wii Zelda.

And on a more tangible note, we are utilizing Wii MotionPlus. What has been disclosed so far is that we are finding the most efficient way to utilize Wii MotionPlus to realize the realistic and actual feeling of fighting with the sword. As for targeting, we are utilizing the pointing system of Wii Remote on the previous title. This time we are planning a more convenient and comfortable pointing system.”

Read the rest of the interview here in English.

Also, the official Japanese website for “The Legend of Zelda : Spirit Tracks” is now open to the public. As of now it really only shows a teaser image of the feather stylus being used. It reveals the JP release date to be December 23rd 2009.

You can also expect to hear about more details concerning Spirit Tracks (also Super Mario Bros Wii) coming straight from Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aime themselves this Thursday at 12 : 30am on Spike TV. At least according to this commercial that you can view below. We will post the interviews as soon as they hit online.

Tags: Skyward Sword, Spirit Tracks

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 2:48 pm and is filed under Future Zelda, Skyward Sword, Spirit Tracks, Zelda News.