The latest Iwata Asks segment covers all things Spirit Tracks. No doubt many of you have already picked up Link’s latest adventure and are already riding the rails and constantly playing with the train’s whistle. I know I am.

On the subject of the train, Spirit Tracks director Eiji Aonuma revealed that he got the idea of centering the game around them from Senro wa Tsuzuku (The Tracks Go On), a book he used to read to his son.

“…It’s a very simple [story], but the pioneering spirit, the kids building the railroad… Something about it seemed as though it would fit with The Legend of Zelda. But I didn’t tell the staff about this book.”

Aonuma then went on to talk about the trials they went through in while working on the game, like spending almost half their development time trying to figure out the best way to explore the new world.

The full story can be found here.

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