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November 9, 2009 by The News Team Filed Under: DS

Looks like Link will be getting his hands on a brand-new musical instrument in Spirit Tracks. You can get all the details on this instrument and its powers below.

- The instrument is called the Spirit Pipes
- use the DS microphone and stylus to play the Spirit Pipes
- cycle through different colored pipes to hit notes
- Spirit Pipes songs will restore Spirit Tracks
- you must search out guardians known as Lokomos, and they'll teach you a song that restores tracks to the temples

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November 9, 2009 at 10:14 am
Sounds cool, I hope it can be used as a real instrument like the Ocarina of Time, and not just another tool like the Wind Waker.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:14 am
YAY FIRST PAGE !
NO JUMP !
SPOILER FEST !

EDIT :
@HeresSomeWeapons

@Cody

Do you have the manual ? :P
I don't so that's spoiler for me. I agree that it's not really a major spoiler, but for once, I'd like to play a game knowing the least possible about it.
Sorry if I sounded rude or anything in my initial post.
On topic, I love instruments in Zelda games.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:16 am
Really? This is a spoiler? Hardly. I bet it's covered in the instruction manual.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:21 am
This is a basic gameplay mechanic, not a spoiler.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:21 am
Spoiler? I'm not sure about that. Unless you consider any details about a game a spoiler.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:23 am
Ew... microphone... I won't write it off for that, but I really dislike microphone-controlled game mechanics.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:32 am
Wow, I wish I didn't read what it was (Yes, knowing stuff that's new in the game before it comes out does take away the surprise, duh) but I did and it sounds awesome!

It's a pipe, guys, blow into the microphone and finger the note with the stylus... actually a really cool idea.
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hcig
November 9, 2009 at 10:34 am
pipes, HAH

the main enemy is a friggin leprechaun, im loving this whole thing so much
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November 9, 2009 at 10:37 am
Ugh, I hate the "blow into the mic" mechanic! Bleagh!
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November 9, 2009 at 10:38 am
@hcig

Yeah, apparently Link and Tetra discovered Ireland.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:40 am
@RubyMars

Yeah I don't like it much, particularly on the bus, in most cases, but for playing a wind instrument it seems damn fitting and quite clever! They could make 'flute hero' or clarinet hero on DSi like this.

@Tendonin

@hcig

ha ha! Yeah but that's a nice vibe for a elvish guy who runs around in green, huh? lol
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November 9, 2009 at 10:50 am
- use the DS microphone and stylus to play the Spirit Pipes
NO! NO! NO!
I thought developers had learned by now that anything involving the DS microphone should be banned from games. I can't play this with anyone around because the microphone stuff is too embarrassing.

I'm fine if people want to shout objection and hold it but I'm happy pressing buttons to do that.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:58 am
starwolf, man the f*$k up and have some fun
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November 9, 2009 at 11:01 am
@Starwolf_UK

If blowing on the bus embarrasses you, you wouldn't want to meet some of the girls I know... drum fill!
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November 9, 2009 at 11:06 am
Awesome stuff. I've missed the musical instruments of the series. :-)
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November 9, 2009 at 11:37 am
I hope it controls the time of day and other stuff as well.

I am really excited for this game...please have fun NPC interactions and side quests
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November 9, 2009 at 12:21 pm
There is an artwork on european official websites.
In Phantom Hourglass, as soon as i would get a new part of the map, I wanted to get the next one, because the world was so small, and there were not a lot of things to see. Here, it seems different. It seems like there is a lot to see on a small part of the map (the one we've seen so far). Also, it's good that you have to find a Lokomo to get into a dungeon, that way, it'll not be linear.
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November 9, 2009 at 1:23 pm
This may seem like a gimmick but I think it may be a good thing =)
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November 9, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I can't believe that some people, when they get a console feature well used (c'mon, it's a friggin pipe instrument, like a pan flute)... they hate it. That sounds almost comical if you ask me.

You should play some WarioWare-Touched! games then! :D

As for the pipes themselves... this seems awesome to me. No questions here.
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Mattiac
November 9, 2009 at 2:33 pm
The Spirit Pipes Hero Vs. Guitar Hero...
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Nin2000
November 9, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Awesomee, love instruments in zelda. But I'm not a fan of having to blow in the mic!!
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November 9, 2009 at 3:58 pm
One of the creative ideas thrown into this game that I actually like...
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hcig
November 9, 2009 at 4:10 pm
@Tendonin

its what ive always wanted!

@WiiLikeSportz

seriously, took them too long to go celt!
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November 9, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I think blowing on your DS is one of the absolute worst gaming mechanics of all time, second only to actually yelling at your DS.
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November 9, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Forcing touch controls and forcing mic upon players.

Please get some sleep Miyamoto.
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Nin2000
November 9, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I'm not going to even be able to do the blowing because I have intercostalgia and there's no sign of it settling.
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November 9, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Yeah, because Nintendo hasn't spoiled anything before release.

And instruction manuals don't exactly keep surprises surprises all the time either.

What they're willing to divulge to us before we play the game doesn't always accommodate to people who would rather not have anything spoiled, that's common sense people.
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