Fans have been eagerly awaiting The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom and its May 12 release date. Ahead of its launch, leaks stemming from its official art book have leaked online.
As a general PSA to our readers, all 204-pages of the art book are now available online. The art book is an official inclusion in the game’s collectors edition, due this spring. All pages of the art book are available in full on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit (for those interested in seeing it). We will not be posting any of the images. However, based on a few images seen, the leak does look authentic.
The version of the Tears Of The Kingdom art book is the Japanese version. Therefore, it’s hard to glean any information from the book’s descriptions and text. From the small handful of images seen, it’s anecdotally apparent that the art book is fairly basic. To no surprise, Link is shown in full, wearing an assortment of outfits and costumes. Additionally, the art book covers some of the game’s enemies, environments, and buildings.
Thankfully, it appears as though the art book is basic enough to keep major elements of the game hidden. The art book isn’t revealing any major secrets as it’s a piece of supplemental bonus to go alongside the game at launch. The Tears Of The Kingdom art book doesn’t appear to cover or outline the story in any meaningful capacity. Even the way the images are laid out, there’s no apparent reveal of a narrative or anything like that. Additionally, there’s no allusion to whether or not Zelda is a playable character, a theory many players hold.
If you are hoping to go into Tears Of The Kingdom without any knowledge aside from trailers, it’s best to avoid the images now spreading across the internet. However, from our perspective, there’s nothing here that should make die-hard fans go into lockdown mode.
Earlier this month, Nintendo debuted a brand new look at the highly anticipated game. In it, we catch glimpses of Hyrule, new environments, abilities, and traversal vehicles.
We’re not too far away from the launch of Tears Of The Kingdom. Fingers crossed the leaks for the game stop here.
Image credit: Nintendo
Source: Kotaku
