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Update: For those asking how much content this book will have, it has 304 pages which is about 70 more pages than hyrule historia so expect a lot of artwork!
Dark Horse has just announced that they will be releasing a new localisation of a Zelda book based around the art of previous Zelda games, as well as some sneak-peek art of the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild. The Japanese version of the book will be releasing on the 26th of August, while the North American version is set for a Feb 2017 release. It will be releasing at $39.99 price tag for pre-orders and there's no news right now of a Europe release, so importing might be the only option for those outside the USA and Canada.

I'll update this thread once more news comes up and I get my hands on the JP editon.

Spoiler: Book Cover

Spoiler: Screenshots of the pages

The Legend of Zelda™: Art and Artifacts contains over four hundred pages of fully realized illustrations from the entire thirty-year history of The Legend of Zelda™including artwork from the upcoming The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild! Every masterwork is printed on high-quality paper in an oversized format so you can immerse yourself in the fine details of each piece. This book includes rare promotional pieces, game box art, instruction booklet illustrations, official character illustrations, sprite art, interviews with the artists, and much, much more! The Legend of Zelda™: Art and Artifacts collects many of your favorite masterpieces from the storied franchise, as well as rare and never before seen content, presented in one handsome hardcover.

Select artwork from the entirety of the franchise!

A nostalgic look at the past!

An exciting look at the future!

Source

Purchase the Japanese version here

 

[Bladexdsl]

what no updated timeline included?

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

what no updated timeline included?

Not enough info is out there yet. Ill update it once we get more info. the jp version will be coming out in 3 days so we'll find out soon enough.

 

[Deleted-379826]

Sweeeeet!

 

[cearp]

'the japanese book will come out in 3 days, so, it will take us about half a year to translate all the text in this art book" lol...

 

[heartysupper]

why half a year? that's too long for an "art" book

 

[Ev1lbl0w]

OMG I just bought Hyrule Historia! Why???

 

[SomecallmeBerto]

Who needs money? SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kolyasisan]

*Insert a stupid Zelda CD-I joke here*

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

'the japanese book will come out in 3 days, so, it will take us about half a year to translate all the text in this art book" lol...

Possibly the dev interviews and timeline.

 

[Temarile]

Why no European release info? Oh well.. At least Play-Asia ships it to the Netherlands too. For over 20 euro's shipping

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

huh? someone edited it lol.

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Why no European release info? Oh well.. At least Play-Asia ships it to the Netherlands too. For over 20 euro's shipping

sorry man maybe wait a while?

 

[RemixDeluxe]

OMG I just bought Hyrule Historia! Why???

I wonder if you react the same way a new Nintendo system is announced.

 

[kingraa777]

its mine all mine !! love it

 

[Ev1lbl0w]

I wonder if you react the same way a new Nintendo system is announced.

When I got a Wii, the Wii U was getting "popular" and the Wii slowly dying. So yeah, that was also my reaction xD

 

[RemixDeluxe]

When I got a Wii, the Wii U was getting "popular" and the Wii slowly dying. So yeah, that was also my reaction xD

My point is, you should always expect something newer and better to arise in the future. Plus this book is more like a sequel in a series rather than a replacement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

 

[Lightyose]

Neat

 

[Red9419]

Please stop this. Persona 5 will already leave a hole in my pocket.

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

Please stop this. Persona 5 will already leave a hole in my pocket.

Square Enix has some hard-hitters bustin' wallets comin' up, too. Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom Hearts 3, and DragonQuest XI. And apparently there's a new Tales game, too.

 

[Romsstar]

'the japanese book will come out in 3 days, so, it will take us about half a year to translate all the text in this art book" lol...

Have you seen the devs handwriting? They might need half a year to decipher all that chikenscratch.xd