The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — Creating a Champion
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- Create Date：2021-05-18 11:55:04
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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Summary
This oversized hardcover is the ultimate companion to the award-winning video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and includes material from its DLC packs。 Witness the making of a champion！
This book features:
* Nearly 50 pages of sketches and official illustrations from Takumi Wada
* 296 Pages of design artwork and commentary about the making of the game from creators
* 55 Page historical section that divulges an in-depth history of the Hyrule of Breath of the Wild。
* Interviews with key members of the development team including Hidemaro Fujibayashi， Satoru Takizawa， Takumi Wada， and Eiji Aonuma
Make sure to check out the other installments in this unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise with the New York Times best selling The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia， The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts， and The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia which detail the first 30 years of this historic video game franchise！
This book features:
* Nearly 50 pages of sketches and official illustrations from Takumi Wada
* 296 Pages of design artwork and commentary about the making of the game from creators
* 55 Page historical section that divulges an in-depth history of the Hyrule of Breath of the Wild。
* Interviews with key members of the development team including Hidemaro Fujibayashi， Satoru Takizawa， Takumi Wada， and Eiji Aonuma
Make sure to check out the other installments in this unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise with the New York Times best selling The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia， The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts， and The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia which detail the first 30 years of this historic video game franchise！
Reviews
Dylan Pratt
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Must read for any would be developer
Idde
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Love it
Kat
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This book is absolutely gorgeous， and whether you are a long time Zelda fan， or a more recent one， like myself， this is a must buy。 It's wonderful to see all of the work that went into Breath of the Wild， a game I only played through about a year ago during the first COVID shutdown where I live。 I had never played a single Zelda game up until this one， and it has made me want to go and play the older ones， especially since they are remaking Skyward Sword for this year。 Honestly， if you are just This book is absolutely gorgeous， and whether you are a long time Zelda fan， or a more recent one， like myself， this is a must buy。 It's wonderful to see all of the work that went into Breath of the Wild， a game I only played through about a year ago during the first COVID shutdown where I live。 I had never played a single Zelda game up until this one， and it has made me want to go and play the older ones， especially since they are remaking Skyward Sword for this year。 Honestly， if you are just curious to read more about the art process， and detail that went into creating the Hyrule of Breath of the Wild， as well as some of the history of the world， then you won't be disappointed。 The only reason I am giving it 4 stars is that some of the info was a bit repetitive， especially if you played the game from start to finish already。 。。。more
Lidia
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Qué pasada de libro。 El libro de arte más completo y trabajado que he visto nunca， al menos para un videojuego。 La edición es preciosa y desgrana con todo detalle el universo de Zelda Breath of the Wild y también de personajes de Hyrule Warriors。 Se centra en todos los aspectos del videojuego con todo detalle， hasta tal punto que parece que lees sobre un mundo real。 Diseño e historia de los personajes， desarrollo de la historia de Breath of the Wild narrando acontecimientos anteriores y posterio Qué pasada de libro。 El libro de arte más completo y trabajado que he visto nunca， al menos para un videojuego。 La edición es preciosa y desgrana con todo detalle el universo de Zelda Breath of the Wild y también de personajes de Hyrule Warriors。 Se centra en todos los aspectos del videojuego con todo detalle， hasta tal punto que parece que lees sobre un mundo real。 Diseño e historia de los personajes， desarrollo de la historia de Breath of the Wild narrando acontecimientos anteriores y posteriores a la principal， paisajes， armas， fauna， monstruos， vestuario， muchísimas ilustraciones a color y de gran tamaño，。。。Se nota que tanto el libro como el videojuego se han hecho con mucho mimo。 Una delicia para cualquier fan。 。。。more
Todd Smith-Salter
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It's Zelda。 10/10 It's Zelda。 10/10 。。。more
Rebecca
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I was hoping to read this cover to cover but about halfway I must admit that I did just go for the "oooh let's look at pretty pictures！" route。 So I'll come back to the rest later。 It's so detailed and the art is stunning。 It's fascinating to see how the world developed， becoming so beautiful in-game。 I was hoping to read this cover to cover but about halfway I must admit that I did just go for the "oooh let's look at pretty pictures！" route。 So I'll come back to the rest later。 It's so detailed and the art is stunning。 It's fascinating to see how the world developed， becoming so beautiful in-game。 。。。more
Emanuel Camacho
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If you are a fan of the series， this is a must have collector’s item。 Especially， if you have played through the game。 It is beautiful and wonderfully laid out。 It is not， in the strictest sense， a strategy guide。 It does however， reveal story points you may not want revealed until you discover it for yourself。 This is a big gorgeous game and this book covers the breadth of the world。
Essi
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I love dwelling deeper into this game and this book told me so many cool little facts and ugh I loved it。 Only giving 4 stars though because it was quite repetitive。
Grace
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GoodThis book was very good :） :） :） :） :） ！ I hope u like this book too :） ;）！
Lidia Lightwood
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Este es el último libro de una colección especial de tomos sobre la saga de videojuegos y universo de The leyend of Zelda。 Así que si no sabes de la saga o no te gustan los libros de arte e ilustración en general， puede que no te interese， pero yo ánimo darle una oportunidad porque de verdad que es precioso。 De todos lo otros que he leído por el estilo este es mi favorito。 Poder conocer el proceso de creación， anécdotas y datos curiosos de los personajes y mundo del juego Breath of the wild ha s Este es el último libro de una colección especial de tomos sobre la saga de videojuegos y universo de The leyend of Zelda。 Así que si no sabes de la saga o no te gustan los libros de arte e ilustración en general， puede que no te interese， pero yo ánimo darle una oportunidad porque de verdad que es precioso。 De todos lo otros que he leído por el estilo este es mi favorito。 Poder conocer el proceso de creación， anécdotas y datos curiosos de los personajes y mundo del juego Breath of the wild ha sido una muy buena experiencia （al contrario que los anteriores libro aviso de que este solo cubre ese título de la serie）。 La edición es muy buena y el texto está dividido en cuatro partes: la primera de ilustraciones promocionales， la segunda ya sobre la creación artística， la tercera más ambientada en la narración y explicación de la historia del juego y ya la última parte dedicada a entrevistas de los desarrolladores。 。。。more
Annayah Prosser
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Beautiful book， with a lot of extra details for fans of Breath of the Wild。 A good book to read cover to cover， but then dip back into every now and then。
Mademoiselle
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Wow！ Tolles Buch！ Ich habe es von Freunden zum Geburtstag geschenkt bekommen und lese seitdem daran。 Es ist voller Details， Anekdoten， Historie， Designvorschlägen wie es mal hätte aussehen können über das geniale Spiel "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild"， das ich hart liebe。 Vieles im Buch mag für einrn aufmerksamen Spieler nicht neu sein， eine Menge ist es aber durchaus。 V。A。 ist es bildreich und umfassend。 Es macht deutlich was für umfrangreiche und akribische Planung und Geist hier eing Wow！ Tolles Buch！ Ich habe es von Freunden zum Geburtstag geschenkt bekommen und lese seitdem daran。 Es ist voller Details， Anekdoten， Historie， Designvorschlägen wie es mal hätte aussehen können über das geniale Spiel "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild"， das ich hart liebe。 Vieles im Buch mag für einrn aufmerksamen Spieler nicht neu sein， eine Menge ist es aber durchaus。 V。A。 ist es bildreich und umfassend。 Es macht deutlich was für umfrangreiche und akribische Planung und Geist hier eingeflossen ist。 Ich meine 。。。 es gibt Seiten， da wird die Bevölkerungsdichte vor der Zerstörung Hyrules und danach analysiert。 Krasse Masse。 Ich bin sehr dankbar für das Geschenk 😉 。。。more
Israel Guerrero
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Briefly skimmed through the pages。 Lots of details and information to read here。 Goes through the details of the games in a thoroughly fashion。
Ethan
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One of the best game artbooks there is。 It's fairly commoditized， as are all artbooks within 5 years of launch。 "Creating a Champion" is much more honest; the concept art isn't terribly polished。 It's real， functional concept art for production。 It has its fair share of glowy marketing art， but this book gives you pretty good insight into real production design for a game of this scale。 One of the best game artbooks there is。 It's fairly commoditized， as are all artbooks within 5 years of launch。 "Creating a Champion" is much more honest; the concept art isn't terribly polished。 It's real， functional concept art for production。 It has its fair share of glowy marketing art， but this book gives you pretty good insight into real production design for a game of this scale。 。。。more
Yingbo Zheng
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Beautiful artistic renditions of character and world designs from arguably the greatest modern Nintendo game。
M。 David
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I do not know if I can say enough good things about this book。 Breath of the Wild is one of my favourite Zelda games （second only to Wind Waker and The Minish Cap） and the extra depth that this provides is such a fantastic resource for anybody who is an avid fan of the series。I will admit that this book almost got an instant 5 from me， but after reading through all the developer notes， development sketches and additional content that sheds lights on every concept in Breath of the Wild， that inst I do not know if I can say enough good things about this book。 Breath of the Wild is one of my favourite Zelda games （second only to Wind Waker and The Minish Cap） and the extra depth that this provides is such a fantastic resource for anybody who is an avid fan of the series。I will admit that this book almost got an instant 5 from me， but after reading through all the developer notes， development sketches and additional content that sheds lights on every concept in Breath of the Wild， that instant 5 became a very well-rounded 5， as it totally deserves it。Also， as an art book Creating a Champion works phenomenally。 The amount of information and depth on locations， characters and costumes will provide every reference under the sun for all your artistic endeavours！ 。。。more
Bradley Sheranian
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my favorite video game ever！ I am so excited for botw2
Lena
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Ich habe bereits das Spiel zum Buch und habe schon viel von Bücher über die Zelda-Reihe gehört。 Als ich dann vor ein paar Tagen in einem Buchladen war， und dieses Buch entdeckte， musste ich es einfach kaufen。 Und ich bereue es DEFINITIV NICHT！！！ Im Buch werden die verschiedensten Dörfer， Bewohner， Monster， Tiere， Waffen usw。 vorgestellt， die im Spiel zu finden sind。 Daher ist das Buch nicht nur für Profis， bzw。 Personen， die das Spiel bereits gut kennen， geeignet， denn auch blutige Anfänger kön Ich habe bereits das Spiel zum Buch und habe schon viel von Bücher über die Zelda-Reihe gehört。 Als ich dann vor ein paar Tagen in einem Buchladen war， und dieses Buch entdeckte， musste ich es einfach kaufen。 Und ich bereue es DEFINITIV NICHT！！！ Im Buch werden die verschiedensten Dörfer， Bewohner， Monster， Tiere， Waffen usw。 vorgestellt， die im Spiel zu finden sind。 Daher ist das Buch nicht nur für Profis， bzw。 Personen， die das Spiel bereits gut kennen， geeignet， denn auch blutige Anfänger können durch dieses Buch die wunderbare Welt von „The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild“ kennenlernen。Das großartige Nachschlagwerk erklärt sehr anschaulich， wie an einem Videospiel， wie TLoZ:BotW gearbeitet wird。 Zwischen den Kapiteln findet man die Designvorschläge， in denen die Entwickler zeigen， wie die unterschiedlichen Bewohner， Tiere， Monster， usw。 zu Beginn der Spielentwicklung aussahen。 Besonders beeindruckt hat mich die Information， dass sich die Entwickler über jegliche Sachen Gedanken gemacht haben。 So wurden in Buch beispielsweise die Verschlüsse von Umhängen oder Schnallen an Pfeilköchern beschrieben und es wurde klargestellt， dass diese tatsächlich funktionieren würden。Hinzu kommt die ansprechende Gestaltung， die mir wirklich SEHR gefallen hat。 Daher bekommt dieses Buch von mir 5 Sterne。 FAZIT: Durch die ansprechende Gestaltung und ausführlichen Erklärungen ist das Buch für jeden （werdenden） Zelda-Fan geeignet und ein Muss in jedem Bücherregal。 。。。more
Jordan
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This is a beautiful， hardbound book of 400+ high-quality pages filled with full-color， detailed images spanning concept art， intermediate designs， final designs， and scrapped ideas for every possible character， location， monster， tool， food， monster part， and more--along with developer notes on every page。 From an artistic design perspective， this book provides a ton of insights into the designers' reasons for the game's aesthetic。 My brain can't contain everything they put into this masterpiece This is a beautiful， hardbound book of 400+ high-quality pages filled with full-color， detailed images spanning concept art， intermediate designs， final designs， and scrapped ideas for every possible character， location， monster， tool， food， monster part， and more--along with developer notes on every page。 From an artistic design perspective， this book provides a ton of insights into the designers' reasons for the game's aesthetic。 My brain can't contain everything they put into this masterpiece。This book is easily worth twice or even three times what I paid for it。 If you're looking to buy it， don't order through Amazon because my copy from Amazon was severely damaged from insufficient packaging， and the book's reviews on Amazon are filled with similar stories。 Buy this in a store。 Get your money's worth。 。。。more
Louise
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i'd def say this is a book to buy and keep forever so you can always look at the stunning art whenever you want。 it's very clear that SO MUCH thought and care went into botw and i hope Nintendo makes more of these books for future games in the series。 i loved reading more about the lore and the developer's thoughts about their storytelling。 an invaluable look inside game development for anyone who's interested。 i'd def say this is a book to buy and keep forever so you can always look at the stunning art whenever you want。 it's very clear that SO MUCH thought and care went into botw and i hope Nintendo makes more of these books for future games in the series。 i loved reading more about the lore and the developer's thoughts about their storytelling。 an invaluable look inside game development for anyone who's interested。 。。。more
Atanas
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Adds some much-needed background info and history for absolutely every aspect of the game。 Well thought-out， beautifully-drawn and interesting for both casual and frequent players。
Megan
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Loved looking at the rough sketches and reading the developer's explanations for why they choose what to create。 Though the information about the game's story and lore got repetitive。 Loved looking at the rough sketches and reading the developer's explanations for why they choose what to create。 Though the information about the game's story and lore got repetitive。 。。。more
Mohammed Alshehhi
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I saw this book in my child library so browse through it。 It was listed in Good Reads so it will help with my reading challenge😃 target。 The drawings are amazing with so much details There are so many characters associated with Zilda My child has helped me to understand the relations between them。 My challenge now is to play the game itself。
Krista Jenkins
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A must for any Zelda fan *_*
Parker （Paperback Parker）
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*4。5/5 stars！！ really loved learning more about my fave video game。 wasn’t a big fan of how they structured the book though， and i really struggled to get through the history portion 😅
Otempora
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Usually I wouldn't count something with this many pictures as part of my book count for the year but it's quarantine and we all need to cut ourselves a little slack， all right？！ You can tell just by looking at it that Creating a Champion is an absolutely phenomenal artbook， gorgeously designed and packed with information。 The "History of Hyrule" chapter is definitely the standout: it's incredible how much thought went into designing， for example， the battlefields around Akkala Citadel， and how l Usually I wouldn't count something with this many pictures as part of my book count for the year but it's quarantine and we all need to cut ourselves a little slack， all right？！ You can tell just by looking at it that Creating a Champion is an absolutely phenomenal artbook， gorgeously designed and packed with information。 The "History of Hyrule" chapter is definitely the standout: it's incredible how much thought went into designing， for example， the battlefields around Akkala Citadel， and how little of that was ever explicitly pointed out in-game。 The concept art is obviously gorgeous and the developer interviews are brimming with passion。 Personally， I would have loved for the concept art section to feature more developer commentary。 I love learning about real-world inspirations for fantasy designs， and hearing skilled artists talk about how they wanted to suggest certain emotions or characterizations through subtle details。 There's definitely some of that （the Guardians are Jomon pottery！）， but I could have easily gobbled down twice as much and still wanted more。 Still， despite having 110 hours in Breath of the Wild， this book just made me want to dive back in and keep exploring。 If you're a collector or just a big fan of the game， this is definitely worth your money。 。。。more
Jeremy
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Just like the game， this book is majestic。 A pure and wonderful piece of art！
Tamara
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An immaculate art book for the game。 A must for any Zelda fan out there。
Emily
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The art in this book is really stunning， and I love the constant developer's notes explaining the reasons for certain designs and the metaphors behind everything。 It really shows how much love was poured into this game。 It also contains a lot of lore players may have missed when originally playing the game。 The only thing that could make this better is more rough concept art or rejected designs， I always love seeing the artistic process that leads up to the final design。 The art in this book is really stunning， and I love the constant developer's notes explaining the reasons for certain designs and the metaphors behind everything。 It really shows how much love was poured into this game。 It also contains a lot of lore players may have missed when originally playing the game。 The only thing that could make this better is more rough concept art or rejected designs， I always love seeing the artistic process that leads up to the final design。 。。。more
Leopoltergeist
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