• Cover of 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' hardcover book featuring illustrations of characters and a fantasy landscape.
  • A printed character concept art sheet showing multiple sketches and finalized illustrations of a fantasy young male character in green and blue attire, with a large full-body rendering on the right and a developer's note on the left.
  • A character concept sheet showing multiple front, back, and side views of a blonde female fantasy warrior with blue, white, and brown outfit details, plus smaller accessory and face-view illustrations on a light gray background.
  • Illustration of Ganon from The Legend of Zelda, with text and images on a white background.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild--Creating a Champion Hardcover (Dark Horse Books)

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild--Creating a Champion Hardcover (Dark Horse Books)

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Experience a spectacular, production-packed blockbuster look into open-world gaming history! The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild--Creating a Champion Hardcover delivers a massive, comprehensive behind-the-scenes showcase capturing Nintendo's legendary creative process during the development of the critically acclaimed masterpiece.
Dark Horse's premium art book line offers heavy-duty, oversized, and meticulously detailed volumes that collect a wealth of production secrets. This essential chronicle takes you deep undercover on a high-stakes worldbuilding and concept art hunt. Read along as the development team traces the evolution of characters, items, and locations across the open world, clashing brutally through complex designs, sprawling landscapes, and historical timelines to secure a flawless experience before the game hits the global screen.
Key Production Highlights:
  • The Sketches of Takumi Wada: Follow nearly 50 pages of official illustrations and concept sketches across dangerous early design phases on a breathless journey detailing evolving character designs and champion iconography.
  • The Creator Commentary Archive: Watch the visionary design team deploy on a brutal, investigative tactical mission, packed with 296 pages of production artwork and creator commentary detailing the making of the world and its DLC packs.
  • The Deep History of Hyrule: Witness the lethal combination of design breakdowns alongside a massive 55-page historical section, diving deep into the lore, timeline placement, and internal background of the kingdom of Hyrule.
This incredible, heavy-duty book is an absolute crown-jewel library centerpiece addition for modern Legend of Zelda completionists, video game development historians, and sequential art illustrators looking to study master-level environment drafting, digital painting techniques, and deep-dive lore formatting by legends Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Satoru Takizawa, Takumi Wada, and Eiji Aonuma.
Product Specifications
  • Publisher: Dark Horse Books / Nintendo
  • Lead Creator: Nintendo
  • Interviews Featuring: Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Satoru Takizawa, Takumi Wada, Eiji Aonuma
  • Format: Premium Oversized Hardcover Art Book
  • Configuration: [First Edition] (Complete Archival Printing)
  • Condition: Brand New / Unread
  • Availability: Highly Sought-After / Collector's Favorite
  • Print Length: Heavily illustrated premium masterwork volume
  • Language: English
  • Featuring: Production archives covering the core game and all expansion DLC packs.
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