PSA: Watch Out, Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Art Book Spoilers Have Leaked Online

I saw it on Nintendo Everything, 51 pages of it, I just couldnt help but look, I kept on telling myself, dont look, but kept clicking on Next
If this is concept artwork, can't wait for the game

I'll give the game a go some years down the line. While BOTW had it's moments there was just much holding it down.

@Vexx234 according to most critics it’s one of the best games ever made and it’s certainly the best video game I’ve ever played.

So so much for ‘much holding it down’.

I’ve seen in many comments on youtube and reddit that people actually got more excited about the game after seeing the leaked pages of the artbook. That’s often not the case.

Apparently there’s much to look forward to 😃. I certainly can’t wait!

This throws up something I hadn't considered before - I have the Collectors Edition on pre-order, but does this mean I shouldn't look at the artbook before completing the game? Surely Nintendo must have considered that people are going to flick through it as soon as they open the box and so wouldn't have included anything too spoilery?

@Bunkerneath there is 201 pages. I seen them all. Like you have said, it's not spoiler heavy (there is no story or boss content). There is maybe 4 pages that I was like "oh, it's a light spoiler ahah". There is some monsters from older Zelda games that I'm quite happy to see. 😁

@Friendly true, the artbook hype me up a lot more than all the miniscule trailers we have saw in 4 years from Nintendo. 😅

Disappointed by this low effort article. There's a huge leak on the most anticipated game of the year and all that Ollie did is mentioning a random message from Stealth on Twitter (??). A bit more context and investigation would have been appreciated (keeping it spoiler free).

Given the concept art for BOTW included UFOs, and Link in jeans with a Flying V guitar, riding a “realistic” motorbike, it’s quite possible the new art book contains designs that aren’t exactly spoilers either

I’ve seen them it’s not that spoilery

I looked at the whole thing and to be honest, I feel the same that I felt with the last trailer, a lot of images but no info, story or context. The artbook doesn't have spoilers, it barely have any description or information, sometimes it doesn't have the name of the design itself.

It doesn’t sound that bad but I have seen how sensitive people are to spoilers so it will differ from person to person, for me, I don’t mind.

Most Nintendo games are about gameplay and not about a storyline though, so an artbook can't be that spoilery for a Nintendo game (other than designs of the characters).

I haven't looked but i will be ordering the book once it goes live on amazon.

Is it a coffee table sized book again. I have all the others. I highly recommend the BOTW one to fans if you've not got it. So much info in there.

@Friendly Nope. Princess Zelda in BOTW is strong! She managed to fail her entire kingdom but atleast hold Ganon in a bubble while golden boy slept.

Strong!

My personal favorite theory that I've come up with for TotK? Princess Zelda dies at the beginning of the game...hence the name "tears of the kingdom". Tears for the fallen princess of the Kingdom of Hyrule. Its made me wonder if that glowing figure we briefly glimpsed in the last trailer, who Link appears to be reaching up to touch hands with but then is not there, is Zelda's spirit. And Link has to go on a journey to defeat Gannon and resurrect Zelda. I also think, for some strange reason, that the Twilight Kingdom is going to be involved somehow.

Edit: And no, none of this theory comes from the art book leaks. I did check some of them out, though, and I have to agree with the others here who say Nintendo did a pretty good job making the images in the book pretty spoiler free. I didn't really see anything that looked like much of a spoiler at all.

@dazzleshell I think this is the collectors edition book that comes with the game and not a Creating a Champion style book (hopefully that comes later though)

For a lot of us, those leaked images may be the only way we'll be able to get our hands on the artbook, assuming the images are legit.

Here in America, the Collector's Edition sold out in 20 minutes at GameStop. Nintendo never even told the stores what time preorders would go live, and by the time GameStop even knew what was going on, they were already sold out.

There's talk of a second wave of preorders, but if it happens, much less when it happens, and especially much less as to the size and scope of it, is anyone's guess.

But there's a good chance that not many of us legitimate buyers will be able to get our hands on a copy of the Collector's Edition. It will basically be the Special and Master Editions of Breath of the Wild all over again.

This is why Nintendo not only needs to communicate with their retail partners about when preorders go live, but also shift from producing a limited quantity of Collector's Editions to a limited preorder window. No limit on the stock, but a limit on the time period to preorder. Even 24 hours is enough.

Besides, there's no evidence that the game has gone gold yet, so they haven't even started production of the game itself, much less the swag to go with it. So there should be no reason why they are limiting stock on the Collector's Edition.

My only guess is they are trying to artificially inflate demand, which is a dirty trick. Or they didn't learn their lesson from last time and figured that people would play nice this time, completely forgetting that there are those who will never play nice as long as there is money to be made (i.e., scalpers).

"The only things that could even remotely be considered spoilers are a couple of costumes that reference older games in the series, and the return of a particularly [awful] type of enemy, but those are just...facts about the game, not narrative beats.

"So if you’re sensitive to spoilers and you somehow end up somewhere on the internet where this book’s leaks cannot be avoided, relax. This is a preorder bonus, not a Spoiler Tome."

@Highlar It wouldn't be the first time she died. Technically speaking, she died in Spirit Tracks when Chancellor Cole separated her spirit from her body, but said spirit became Link's traveling companion, and then she was able to rejoin with her body at the end of the game to defeat Malladus.

And in Twilight Princess, she sacrifices herself to save Midna, who was on the verge of death, by transferring her spirit into Midna's, to the point where her body disappears. How her body reconstituted itself after disappearing was left unexplained, though.

I poked around through it and it doesn't really feel like it spoils much of consequence anyway. You don't seem to see any bosses or anything.

@Friendly Look, Im glad you and millions of others enjoyed it. Not so much me. I think im allowed that feeling right?

The biggest question I have on this game is if dungeons are returning or we get shrines instead. I haven’t seen any indication of either but I’d be very surprised and happy if we had dungeons back. I hope Nintendo doesn’t throw out the classic Zelda formula of Link braving the dungeon, solving puzzles with the special item you recover, and the boss at the end of each. Those are the greatest Zeldas for me.

Nothing that really reveals much.

In any case, those precious about spoilers really ought to enjoy playing games, rather than being preoccupied with the destination.

@Friendly people have different tastes... BotW is very far from both my favourites Zelda games or Open world games. I am hyped to play totk but if they removed/revamped weapon degradation, added themed dungeons, a lot of sidequests and a more linear story (like Witcher 3) I would be through the roof

@Ooccoo_Jr the Artbook that came with the Astral Chain Collector’s Edition started with a page with a warning that there were some spoilers ahead. Which indeed may seem a bit obvious but I also hadn’t thought of that when I ordered the CE.
I didn’t look until I finished the game.
Not sure if I can do the same to TotK 😬

@Vexx234 of course you are allowed that feeling. You could have added ‘to me’ in your first comment instead of stating it as fact. Because to me and most critics it’s the opposite.

@GoshJosh you’re absolutely correct. I removed that part of my comment

@Friendly Respectfully no. It should have been obvious that I'm sharing an opinion vs stating a fact. If you thought otherwise, then with all due respect, that's on you.

I want everything to be surprise for me, so new costumes and returning/new enemies would be huge spoilers for me. Thats why I won't be looking at the artbook and am gonna be more carefull these three months on the internet.

Link looks awesome in this new game. Will definitely be doing some Tears of the Kingdom art once I finish the game.

@Vexx234 yes, you could have. Fact. You didn’t though.

I’m curious what you think is holding it back though. For you to not try this game too.

Because as I said it doesn’t seem anything is holding it back for the masses or critics.

With which addition or change do you think it’s a good game for you? Good enough to try it out?

Saw all 203 pages. As mentioned before not too spoiler-ish, except for one or two things I would say which are really big spoilers in my book. Still happy I had a look as the Zelda junky that I am.

Man I hate the internet. Or the... Leak-net? Whatever the thing is where people decide they need to find and then leak stuff in order to bring themselves internet fame (I guess?) is. I honestly don't get why it's such a huge thing.

Could anyone tell me how to mute keywords? Can it be done on Google or YouTube or both?

In a way they're doing us commoners who couldn't get a hold of the CE a service. Just...too soon. I'm really only interested in the art book out of the CE. The steel book would be nice, but I'm completely fine with skipping everything else. For a lower price and better goodies, the BotW Special Edition was much better value (I was fine with skipping the Master Edition back then; I wasn't paying $30 extra for a plastic Master Sword, even if it did look sorta neat).

15 minutes of internet fame.

I will wait on the artbook to come out.

Checked every leaked page from various sites. There's more than 200 pages so don't fool yourself if you checked only from one source; it is a big leak. And it is pretty bad. It's even possible to guess certain story beats from it.

The trailers really were just scratching the surface, so Darwin award goes to those who thought the game was nothing but a BotW dlc pack.

It should've been obvious it's gonna be a new game if it takes 6 years to develop...

Doubtful people will agree with me here, but it is a bit annoying these artbooks get released along side the game. Whenever I get one I don't look at it properly for months because it usually has environments or characters from late in the story I'd rather keep as a surprise. Obviously it's not going to matter in this instance now, but I wouldn't complain if when ordering a collectors edition of a game they just sent me the game and then the extras came a month later. They've had to do it for Xenoblade (due to supply issues) and I think they ought to do it for games like Zelda as standard. The other benefit is they often might leave out artwork which is considered too much of a spoiler, so delaying it would allow them to include it.

But besides all that, how about just releasing these books to retail instead of in limited edition collectors bundles? I'd pay for it by itself, I don't often want the stuff like the steelbooks that come with them. And that way, they can control WHEN the book is released much easier and also maybe keep it under wraps from leakers easier.

Anyway, I know people are gonna be reading this going what are you on about mate. But that's my opinion.

@Baker1000 I can't agree more. I would much rather they publish any art book separately. That way, it can be much more robust of a volume rather than squished into a collector's edition. Breath of the Wild's art book is stellar in this regard: a huge volume, packed with extra content, lots of written explanations and interviews from the devs, plus the size itself is properly massive.

I'm extremely disappointed that the preorders dropped so suddenly after the Direct, without any prior warning. It sold out so quickly here in the US, and worse still, it's just another copy-paste Nintendo Store collector's edition with a smaller art book squeezed in, more like an OST track that's just a small selection of the soundtrack rather than the whole list.

Small art books only offering a limited selection of artwork are almost as annoying as those CD's only including a small selection of tracks from the OST.

@gaga64 This is the official collectors edition art book though, it's not concept art

People are really under playing what's in that art book, I looked through the entire 200 page pdf and all i can say is wow, this game is going to be massive

I saw the art book and all I can say is that I want it even more now!