Great artwork, but not quite what I was expecting. I'm kinda baffled by the lack of captions or explanatory notes.

As someone who loves Legend of Zelda and has a background in art, I really loved this book. It was fun to see how the style has changed from game to game, and read the interview at the end with some of the illustrators to learn why. I also liked comparing which monsters and characters carried over to different games and how their look changed as well. I would have loved for publication to occur after Breath of the Wild because the new game is by far my favorite, and is absolutely beautiful too.

A beautiful collection of art from the Legend of Zelda series. I especially enjoyed the Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess sections.

A fun stroll down memory lane! This book contains beautiful art, character designs, and item designs from every game in the franchise. There is also a Q&A in the back which added a bit of needed depth.

Keep in mind, it is pretty much just a picture book. Albeit a very pretty one!

No estoy segura de cual de los tres libros que tenemos en casa es este y de lo que va, pero son todos sobre lo mismo así que cositas sobre los juegos de Zelda a tope, aprendiendo sobre como dibujar a los enemigos.

A friend of mine recommended this book and I'm very glad she did. I grew up on the Zelda series and reading this was as much trip down memory lane as it was a journey and adventure of the fantastical. This book is what all gaming art books should strive to be; it features the complete collection of official Zelda artwork, item design, sketches, pixel art, skits, and even interviews with each artist from every Zelda game! This is really the full gamut of the visual Zelda experience. The only thing holding me back from giving this book five stars is the content itself. Zelda art is great, but it is nowhere near as good as Yoshitaka Amano's art from Final Fantasy or even Shigenori Soejima's art from the Persona series. Nevertheless, this is a great book to get lost in that Zelda fans should seek out. I was able to find my copy online for only 30$ (brand new) and for that price, I would definitely recommend picking this up.

Not much written about or explaining the art, except for a nice interview at the back of the book, but a lovely compendium of art from all the games pre Breath of the Wild!

My wife and I both dismiss Valentine's Day as a commercial holiday. When I got home from work yesterday, she surprised me with this. Luckily I'd gotten her a t-shirt with that caterpillar from the Labyrinth on it so I wasn't caught empty-handed.

The Legend of Zelda series is my favorite video game series of all time and I have fond memories of gazing at the art in the manuals and promotional materials. This book is treasure trove of Zelda art. It's a weighty tome at over 400 pages and I bet there are less than 4000 words in the entire thing, all occurring in an interview with artists on the series at the very end of the book.

Every page is packed with art. There are concept sketches, promotional art, box art, art from the manuals, even pixel art from the games themselves. Every game, from the original Legend of Zelda to the most recent game, Breath of the Wild, is well-represented. I don't have the Zelda II manual anymore but I think some of the art for it came from issues of the Nintendo Fun Club Magazine, the precursor to Nintendo Power. Is Nintendo Power still being published? Anyway, every character, every enemy, and even every magical item is depicted. I can't imagine a better source of Zelda art than this book. Four out of five Triforces.