Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom “Master Works” art book heading to Japan
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May 10: Nintendo is gearing up to release an official art book for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom known as the “Master Works”. It will be available on August 30, 2024.
The book has 464 pages of content, including various art, concept art from early stages of development, setting documents, storyboards, documents about the history of Hyrule, and a discussion about the game’s setting. Everything is spread out across three chapters covering the art, design materials, and story. It offers a behind the scenes look at the development of the game. It includes comments from the staff as well.
Nintendo explains how the devs got Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to load seamlessly
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom features a massive world, yet loading isn’t something players need to worry about as they move throughout Hyrule. Even as you go from the sky to the Depths, everything happens seamlessly. Now as part of a Computer Entertainment Development Conference (CEDEC) talk, we’re able to learn more about how this was accomplished.
While Breath of the Wild was originally targeting Wii U and featured a world based on a flat 2D structure, Nintendo took things to another level now that it was working with more powerful Switch hardware only. However, things were far from easy. As reported by Famitsu and shared by Automaton, one issue the developers needed to deal with early on was long loading between the surface and the underground, which caused the game to freeze on occasion.
Nintendo made Rupee Bulletin Board for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s development
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During a talk at the Computer Entertainment Development Conference (CEDEC), Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom director Hidemaro Fujibayashi and and engineer Kenichi Hirose gave a peak behind the curtain. It was revealed that during development of the game, Nintendo created a Rupee Bulletin Board which facilitated communication and development.
As reported by Games Watch and passed along by Automaton, Hirose brought up how the basic production flow of the project was as follows: Drawing Board > Implementation > Playtest after reaching a milestone > Data collection > Analysis. The team would go through this repeated cycle following the last step’s completion.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf figma release window, photos, pre-orders open
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The previously-announced Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf figma received a statue update from Good Smile today, including a release window and news about pre-orders.
Ganondorf comes with the standard face, shouting face, and goading face. Optional parts include the Gloom Sword, · Scabbard, Gloom Spear, Demon King’s Bow, Gloom effect part, arrow, and more for different poses. You’ll also get a stand to easily prop up and display the figma. The whole thing comes in at 190mm, or 7.48 inches.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dev shares insight into the making of the game’s sounds
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Thanks to sound programmer Shun Hayami, we have interesting insight into some of behind-the-scenes work that went into The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Hayami talked a good amount about working on the game’s sounds a little while back in a recruitment post on Nintendo’s website. We’ve since readied a full translation.
Nintendo shares new artwork for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s anniversary
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released exactly one year ago today on May 12, 2023, and to commemorate the occasion Nintendo have shared some new artwork of Link and Zelda via X.
Check out the new artwork below:
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Official Soundtrack releasing in Japan
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May 6: Nintendo Everything reader 3112 3112 has tipped us off about an official soundtrack release for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Based on leaked information, the album will be available in Japan at the end of July. Fans will be able to pick it up as either a standard version or limited edition. Japanese record label Columbia will be publishing.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom composer shares insight into the music
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Masato Ohashi, one of the composers who worked on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, recently shared insight into the game’s music. Ohashi shared a number of thoughts as part of a post on Nintendo’s recruitment website.
Music can sometimes be straightforward in games, but that wasn’t the case in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Ohashi gave one example by highlighting the ascent to the flying ship in the sky, or the Wind Temple. The goal here was to “make music that rose in tension”, which meant starting with just a few instruments and increasing the number as players keep going up. It’s topped off with a climax and the team decided not to have any music at all when the sky clears.
Here’s our full translation:
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Link figma release window, photos, pre-orders live
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Good Smile has revealed the release window and new photos for the upcoming Link figma based on his appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and pre-orders also just opened.
The figure is set for launch in Q3 2025. It will come with a few different face places and optional parts. In terms of face plates, you’ll be getting the standard one, smiling, and shouting. Optional parts include the Master Sword, Hylian Shield, Hylian Hood, and more. Note that the Hylian Shield can be attached to Link’s back using dedicated attachment parts.
WonHobby 38 figure news: Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom figmas, Eunie Xenoblade 3 figma, more
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Wonderful Hobby Life For You 38 is currently taking place, and it’s revealed a slew of figure news.
Looking at Nintendo products, new figmas are on the way for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with Zelda herself as well as Link and Ganondorf. Elsewhere, Eunie from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is getting her own figma as well. There are both brand new figures here as well as new looks at ones that were previously announced.
Here are some of the highlights:
