The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild--Creating a Champion

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Debuted March 3rd 2017 for Nintendo Switch and Wii U.

Open world game letting player explore freely.

Was most talked about game at 2016 E3 when it was announced.

Total Sales: 8 Million Copies (6.6 Switch, 1.4 Wii U). Brke Nintendos Launch Game sales record in multiple regions. It is currently 3rd best selling Switch game after Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

One of best recieved video games of all time. Holds 97/100 on Metacritic. Holds largest number of perfect scores of any game reviewed on Metacritic.

Won every major Game of the Year Award.

Separated into four sections (whose names have not been finalized yet): Illustrations, Development, History, and Interviews.

Illustrations: 45 pages of every piece of key art (box art, magazine covers, promo materials etc.) and character art to exist as of November 2017. 99% by Takumi Wada. Notes by Wada.

Development: 290 pages of development artwork. Designs for characters, enemies, clothing, animals, weapons, ancient relics, and locations. Notes from the developers.

History: 50 pages of the fictional history of Breath of the Wild divided into sections. The sections are 10,000 years ago. 100 years ago. The present.

Interviews: 9 pages of interviews with Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Satoru Takizawa, Takumi Wada, and Eiji Aonuma.Behind the scenes look at the making of Breath of the Wild.

An in-depth history of the Hyrule of Breath of the Wild.

Insights from the creators on the making of the game.

Three-hundred and fifty pages of illustrations and designs.