The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Yup. The trailer that we all laughed at turned into one of the best games the DS has to offer and the strongest Zelda title in a long while. Nothing looked stupider than Link in his crappy conductor costume, but luckily he quickly lost the clothes and started exploring the best cel-shaded Zelda adventure yet with the strongest music in the series in ages.
While Arkham Asylum was a huge surprise for me too, there was always a bit of hype surrounding it. I never thought it would suck, I just never expected to like a batman game. With Spirit Tracks, I truly thought it would be the first Zelda game I would legitimately dislike, but it ended up being one of my favourite titles of the year. I wrote an epic review on the game, so I don’t have that much more to say except that this was a great year of surprises in gaming, and to have a Zelda game top that list is the most pleasant surprise out of all of them.
Runner Up: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Tags: Ethos' Picks, Most Surprising 2009, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Same here dude it is great just finished the second temple and the only thing i dont like are the phantom trains that kill you in one hit!
I didn’t even know they did until really late in the game. I must be THAT GOOD.
But yeah, man the game’s great.