The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom isn’t due out till Might 12, which implies followers closely invested within the lore and secrets and techniques of the sport have three months of avoiding (what they may in all probability assume are) spoilers forward of them.
The collector’s version of the sport comes with a 204-page artbook, and over the weekend that e book leaked on-line, with each rattling web page of it winding up posted on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit. It’s the Japanese model, which means it’s tough to make out precisely what some of these items is, although that’s not an enormous drawback because it’s a reasonably primary artbook, largely simply photographs with some captions beneath.
I’m clearly not going to be posting any of the pictures right here, however I’ve thumbed by way of the pages and have excellent news and dangerous information for followers of the collection. Which is sweet and which is dangerous will rely on how delicate you’re to spoilers.
First up, as a result of this can be a preorder bonus and never a full-blown, standalone artbook, it’s lacking context. There are lots of of photographs right here however they’re not specified by any type of order or sequence, and with out paragraphs from the builders and artists explaining in depth what all the pieces means and why it’s there, there’s little right here that you just wouldn’t have anticipated to see in a trailer.
There are many photographs of Hyperlink carrying costumes, some acquainted returning faces, some outfit designs for allies and pals, sketches of (once more, acquainted) dangerous guys and many illustrations of environments that, with out the context I simply talked about, are mainly simply “right here’s a cave, now right here’s a room with a stone flooring”.
“This e book was designed to return house with you the day you got the sport”
I’m being imprecise to not shield anybody, however simply because…that is all very normal stuff. With out the context of this artwork being correctly defined—or from any of us truly taking part in the sport—it’s only a e book stuffed with cool Zelda pics.
Which, after all, is all it’s meant to be. Whereas it’s tempting to pore over this e book three months out from launch, hoping for cryptic spoilers and keys to Tears of the Kingdom’s lore, this e book was designed to return house with you the day you got the sport. Individuals could be free to flick by way of it on the bus on the best way house, or within the again seat of a automotive, or on the sofa once they’re solely 23 minutes into the sport. There was by no means going to be something enormous right here, as a result of that might be extraordinarily silly!
For instance there’s not a single picture of Ganon. There’s an illustration of Zelda, however no point out on whether or not she’s playable or not. We’ve glimpses of the monstrous transformation Hyperlink seems to be going by way of, however nothing greater than what we’ve already seen in trailers. There’s no plot abstract.
The one issues that would even remotely be thought-about spoilers are a few costumes that reference older video games within the collection, and the return of a very shitty kind of enemy, however these are simply…information in regards to the sport, not narrative beats.
So when you’re delicate to spoilers and also you someway find yourself someplace on the web the place this e book’s leaks can’t be prevented, loosen up. It is a preorder bonus, not a Spoiler Tome.
