This particular authors favorite game of the year was Demon Souls, but he just had to give some love to what he feels is the next best game, Spirit Tracks.

It's because the Zelda series doesn't rehash, it reinvents - it's a perfect mix of creativity and comfortable nostalgia, with just enough new items and mechanics woven into a familiar template to make it worth enjoying all over again, and enough knowing nods to its legacy to make you feel special for being so intimately familiar with it. The classic Zelda items and snatches of familiar music are childhood motifs, emblems that have become timeless. You can check out the rest of the two page article here.