The graphic novel re-telling of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past that originally graced the issues of Nintendo Power in 1992 will flip the hourglass and return in full-colour form this year via VIZ Media.
Outside of Nintendo's magazine, the graphic novel was last compiled for sale in 1993. Nostalgic collectors have waited many ages and seasons for its return, while younger generations who only knew Nintendo Power in its twilight years might just be catching wind and awakening to the comic's existence for the first time.
Anyone who tracks manga might recognize the visual style in A Link to the Past as that of Shotaro Ishinomori, who's also donned the cap of manga artist for series such as Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009. While the overall story arc of the game is followed, Ishinomori added a few of his own touches and characters, making it an interesting foray between worlds of canon and fabrication.
The graphic novel of A Link to the Past is expected to arrive this May. We can barely mask our enthusiasm for its release. How about you?
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I want that in my hands now!Not tomorrow,not after CSI now!
Yes! I had this when I was young, but old age has gotten the better of it. Torn and bent pages, a broken spine, and stains. I'll try to pick this one up and take better care of it.
Ooh, I remember reading this in my old magazines! Awesome!
I love all of the Legend of Zelda callouts you slipped into this article!!
I am livin for the sly Zelda references in this piece.
Definitely interested in getting my hands on this.
@Ps4all @Baker1000 You don't know how happy it makes me that my complete nerdery was discovered. : )
Was this any good? If so I might have to pick this up, if it's even possible to do so. Fing scalpers....
I have such great memories of reading these in Nintendo Power. I hope I can get this before the damn scalpers do.
How cool, will definitely be getting this. I pulled all of my Nintendo Powers out and re-read this just over the weekend! Memories came flooding back.
@TimLatshaw Holy crap, now that you mention it, the amount of references is staggering. Wow...
Where would you buy it?
I'm getting it
The puns, will they ever stop?
@JasonAnArgoNOT64 Basically anywhere that you would buy Manga Probably. In fact, Barnes and Nobles will be perfectly fine. Viz will also add it to thier online release calender in a few months(probably march) and when they do that they'll have a list of online retailers you can buy from. Don't worry, it most likely won't be very hard to find a copy. Viz is really good at printing plenty of stock.
Oh yeah, now this is gonna be great. This is my favorite Zelda game in the series. Now, they should add Agahnim in Hyrule Warriors.
How/where do I order this? And does anybody know how much it will be?
This is one of my favorite comics ever! I am beyond excited! Thanks for the news!
I haven't read it, but I have a copy of Akira Himekawa's adaptation. I imagine it's quite different in tone.
@ZeMegaMan that would totally work as a skin for Wizzro.
I want it NAOW!
@TimLatshaw Ha! I was so excited that the first time I read it, I didn't even realize.
This book made me love Sarasalla. I never thought him of any importance before reading actually. Sarasalla, the first Navi.
@TimLashaw Impressive use of puns. Shocked you could fit so many of them into one article.
Ishinomori did a bit more than "don the cap of manga artist" for Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009. He created them, and his characters are among the most known and beloved in Japanese history.
I wonder why he never seems to get his due in the west, but Tezuka does.
Fantastic news! I've wanted to reread this treasure from my childhood for many years but the asking price for the last printed collection was just too much for my wallet.
This comic was one of the highlights of my childhood! I'd really want to give it a read, I never managed to get my hands on all the volumes of Nintendo Power to read every chapter
Any new on localisation? Will this be available in Europe, and, much more importantly, the UK?
@G0dlike Most of Viz Media's manga makes it over here (the UK), so I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't be released over here. Even if it isn't officially released over here, it's a book with the words "Legend of Zelda" on the cover; amazon UK will inevitably sell imported copies of it.
The Zelda series has captured the imagination of many game players since Mr. Miyamoto and Nintendo intruduced the series nearly 3 decades ago.
I suscribed to NP and I still have the comics.
The plot is slightly different than the game. Especially in relations to characters and places. For example, Ganon has a tower in the game and a suspended palace in the comic.
I hope everyone enjoys it.
Ed
Like others have said before me, so many Zelda references in this article absolutely makes me smile.
Oh yeah, I do still have the stand-alone comic/ graphic novel of this somewhere. I think it's in good condition, I kept it sealed away. Awesome that it's getting a re-print.
I never even knew it existed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it`s mine the day it`s released in Europe.
The Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past.
Will this officially be released in the UK or is it purely an American thing?
Before I knew about manga, the amount of pages was huge for a kid. I had the finnish Nintendo magazine which had the 6th part of the series. "6th part, and this one has 16 pages... WOW, this comic is huge!" I though back then. It's a nice comic and itäs fully colored.
Awesome! I have quite a few of the early NPs, but not that many from 1992 onwards. This is must buy!
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