Nintendo Japan Announces Hyrule Historia

[Valwin]

To end the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda in true epic fashion, Nintendo have announced an art book known as Hyrule Historia.
The 274 page book contains three main chapters.
The first details the story of Skyward Sword, as the origin of Hyrule and the series in general.
The second chapter is a compendium of Hyrule's history across the entire series. The third chapter contains a collection of concept artwork from each game, nicely rounding out the package.
Furthermore, the book will also include a 32 page comic based on Skyward Sword, featuring 8 pages in full color and a story that was edited by series producers from the games.
The book promises to be an essential collectors edition for any Zelda fan. It goes on sale in Japan for 3,255 yen (about $41 US Dollars) on December 21st this year. No news of an English translation of the book has yet been announced.

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[KingVamp]

Ha! The next Zelda game going to look like it came from a comic book.

Seriously tho, I would buy that book.

 

[prowler]

zeldas face is derp

edit:cba

 

[awssk8er]

Man, they're sure milking this Zelda 25th anniversary... haha.

In a good way....looks pretty cool.

 

[Nathan Drake]

I wonder. Would this help to explain the entire timeline a bit better? It's still almost entirely speculation except for a few key points (Skyward Sword being the first game, and Wind Waker and Twilight Princess being the two continuations via the split timeline from OoT). Gotta figure, if you learn about Hyrule in depth, you're sure to be able to pick out key locations from the previous games to figure out where they may sit.

 

[Deleted User]

This looks awesome. It's too bad America never published these kinds of info books.

 

[prowler]

This looks awesome. It's too bad America never published these kinds of info books.

in that case, nintendo of europe will

 

[JohnBotkin]

Otaku shit is kinda lame but this, is kinda cool.. kinda.

 

[thieves like us]

for something that's due out in just over a week, I'm surprised that it's not listed as a pre-order on amazon.co.jp yet

 

[Deleted User]

Gaah
Nintendo, Y U NO get the point that America and Europe and Australia are NOT niche markets for this type of product; that many will purchase it. -_-

 

[Bladexdsl]

too bad it will never be in english stuff like this is usually japan only

 

[PolloDiablo]

I wonder. Would this help to explain the entire timeline a bit better?

I was thinking just the same

 

[yusuo]

I want, gimme gimme gimme, ill buy it just for the collectors point of view, thats it im importing it and learning japanese lol

 

[KingVamp]

I wonder. Would this help to explain the entire timeline a bit better?

I was thinking just the same

Does this help?
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[chartube12]

Nintendo trolls us with an art book. They need to change it's title.

 

[Rydian]

274 pages?

Damn.

 

[DbGt]

NOA should release this at the same time as Japan does.... this will be release 1 week from now... then it will be everywhere on the internet... and, of course people will translate it... no more reason to buy it

 

[Guild McCommunist]

NOA should release this at the same time as Japan does.... this will be release 1 week from now... then it will be everywhere on the internet... and, of course people will translate it... no more reason to buy it

Well, would you rather have a scan of it on your computer with some translations typed up or a nice hard copy professionally done in English? For any collector (if this is even a "collector's item"), you'd take the latter.

Personally though, I never saw Zelda as having a "rich lore" to warrant a book. Plus I think everything labeled with the "ZELDA 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION" sticker looks ugly. I mean it's on like everything. I get it, who gives a fuck.

 

[loco365]

I would buy that book. Even if I couldn't read it. It'd be more valuable having a non-English book in a place where an English copy would not be released.

 

[CyborGamer]

Was I the only one that came here thinking of a Zelda + Radiant Historia spinoff? QQ
Still cool though, I'd want that book.