It is loaded with concept art from across the franchise and it even created the notoriously confusing Zelda Timeline (but I forgive it for that). Along with an expanded look at the series' lore, the book features item and enemy descriptions, concept art, and an exclusive interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. As such, I would highly recommend treating this section of the book as something to be explored when you have a specific goal in mind. The Zonai descend from Sky Islands far above, appearing to the people of Hyrule as though gods, long before the founding of Hyrule by King Rauru and Queen Sonia.

When she refuses to reveal her father's secret, the enraged Magician places her under a spell of eternal sleep. The Mirror Shield from Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages is listed before the Mirror Shield from Ocarina of Time. Seven years ago, Ganondorf, the King of Thieves, used the door you opened in the Temple of Time and entered the Sacred Realm. It provides a detailed compendium of the numerous fictional characters, creatures and items found within the first 30 years of the Zelda game series. The company has created and released some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon.

Ganondorf schemed to release the ancient sorcerer Vaati from his prison within the Four Sword, and created a dark copy of Link, Shadow Link, with the Mirror. The Child Timeline, [5] or Child Era, [32] is the branch of the timeline that follows Link back in time at the end of Ocarina of Time. Upon his death, he casts a spell on Hyrule such that a crest will one day appear on a young man worthy of wielding the Triforce of Courage. With the kingdom established, they were worried for their people, so they set out to eradicate the monsters troubling them. This is an incredible list that showcases how items and enemies like potions, keys, Stalfos, Darknuts, Keese, and many others have changed between games and versions of the same game.

The Triforce of Power and the Triforce of Wisdom continue to be passed down within the Royal Family. Hundreds of years after Ganondorf's death, the people of Hyrule had reconciled with Ganondorf's tribe, the Gerudo, and it seemed for a while that peace would prevail in the land. The contents cover fictional information from the original The Legend of Zelda game through to Twilight Princess HD. Ghirahim takes her to the past, where Demise is still alive, and uses her soul to revive his master. The now demonic Knights of Hyrule and their Royal Jewels were scattered across the kingdom by Shadow Link and his kin.Join us on our journey through The Legend of Zelda series, from the original 1986 game to the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and beyond. Link is protected from the beast's onslaught by Hilda, the princess of Lorule and the dark counterpart of Zelda, who urges Link to rescue the Seven Sages who have been sent to the far reaches of Lorule. The Zelda encyclopedia starts off with a comprehensive explanation and graphic that describes the Zelda timeline. Lorule once had its own Triforce, but was destroyed by her ancestors long ago to stop endless wars over its power.

An entity referred to as the ' Calamity Ganon' is unleashed upon the kingdom of Hyrule time and time again over the centuries. With his dying breath, the Great Deku Tree sets Link and the fairy Navi on a quest to stop Ganondorf.In Ocarina of Time, Link flew seven years in time, he beat Ganon and went back to being a kid, remember? In the last scene of Ocarina of Time, kids Link and Zelda have a little talk, and as a consequence of that talk, their relationship with Ganon takes a whole new direction. I enjoyed having all of the Zelda history in one place, showing how, among other things, the different incarnations of Kakariko Village look in different games, or how the Zora evolved across the years, and so on. During the war, a dying Hylian woman flees to the Kokiri Forest and entrusts her baby boy Link to the Great Deku Tree. A good friend of mine Jim Gibbons took one look at me and said, “gold,” as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.

The book includes sketches and notes provided by the development team that worked on each game in the series.From 1992 until 2016, Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners. Impa had other troubles, however, finding herself unable to move a boulder with the crest of the royal family on it. Link, a young apprentice of the Blacksmith attempts to halt Yuga in his ambitions, but Yuga succeeds in not only acquiring all Seven Sages in the form of paintings, but Princess Zelda as well. The world in which he had found himself existed within the Wind Fish's dream, and waking the Wind Fish would cause the island to disappear in a stream of bubbles. With the Sheikah scattered across the land and many of them abandoning their technology, civilization in Hyrule declines to a primitive state over the following millennia.