Hyrule Historia: Skyward Sword Concept Art
Posted on July 27 2012 by Legacy Staff
The Spirit Tracks section of Hyrule Historia‘s concept art is complete!
The translating of the text is complete on the concept art pages featuring past Zelda titles with a retrospective on the designs of the characters Link (pages 228 & 229), Zelda (pages 230 & 231), and Ganon (page 232).
Now, GlitterBerri’s Game Translations is focusing on the art of Skyward Sword. You may have already feasted your eyes on the never-before-released sketches, watercolors, and computer models unveiled in Hyrule Historia. But now, you can treat yourself to commentary from the game’s planners, directors, and designers, freshly translated into English! See a few samples and get a direct link to the trivia after the jump.
(Did you know Skyward Sword Link is 17 and a half years old?)
Developer quote about Skyward Sword Link concept art:
“This time, Link was designed as a 17.5 year old. The setting said, ‘halfway grown-up, immature,’ so we had to adjust the face and the body complexion of the Link featured in Twilight Princess. Their tunics are almost the same (maybe just without the arm guard?). His face has a slightly more comical air rather than the grown-up look in the previous game, so no matter what expression he makes, he didn’t look out of place. Also, this story makes the player figure out the nature of some relationships, so it became rich in expressions.”
(Kobayashi, Designer)
Pages 6 and 7 – The Introduction:
Skyward Sword can be appropriately described with the words “a dense Zelda game,” with the world visuals we created for it, the many characters, the elaborate puzzles and the tight links to the successive games on the timeline it features all over.
In this section, we introduce some sketches drawn during the game’s development along with comments from the developing staff, and we’ve also added the description of several elements that link the game to other instalments of the series.
Developer quote about Loftwings design:
“Since a hero riding a red bird saved the land that would eventually become Hyrule, there’s a bird on the shield. However, that emblem was designed previously, so I guess fate was already decided. Loftwings are like shoebills, but the model for their curling tails was the designer’s Shiba dog. It looked cute wagging its tail inside a cage when it was a puppy.”
(Hiraoka, Designer)
Find the full collection of translated pages by clicking here.
Source: GlitterBerri
