600-2400dpi Scans of The Complete Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia Strategy Guide: Zelda 1-3 by Keibunsha

Here are the 600dpi scans of the full guide, along with 2400dpi scans of the artwork.

I forgot to post about this here. This is a strategy guide for Zelda 1-3, Hyrule Fantasy, Adventure of Link, and A Link to the Past. I have to avoid certain keywords or a bot sends out an automated take-down to blogger for a work by a different publisher and artist.

All The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia
全ゼルダの伝説大百科

February 18, 1992
Published by Keibunsha
ISBN: None. T1063551030727
Comics by Aizawa [Moga] Hiroshi
愛沢"モカ"ひろし
Illustration Ken Murata

[Need Names in Japanese]

The comic pages have been translated into English here.

I'm in a Book! Video Game Maps: Volume 2

Retro Game Books is releasing their 2nd volume of video game maps soon, and I'm in it! Which is so exciting, I never imagined being in a book! Be sure to buy it here! It's currently a pre-order and should be released later in the Spring.

 

The Book's Description:

In video games, maps have always played a crucial role, serving as guide, world builder, and interactive element. A single image can add incredible depth to the story and lore of a digital universe.

With Video Game Maps: SNES - Volume 2, experience the beauty and wonder of some of the most iconic Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Famicom maps. From the farmlands of Harvest Moon to the dual worlds of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, this book showcases the stunning artwork that captured the imagination of gamers around the world. Discover hidden secrets and intricate details within the maps, and marvel at the art styles and design choices that brought these virtual worlds to life.

Inside you’ll find maps spanning over 65 games — including Japanese exclusives — that originated from guides, posters, instruction manuals, advertisements, magazines, and so much more. Plus, quotes from 30 artists, writers, game developers, podcasters, comedians, and journalists.

Perfect for both casual gamers and art aficionados, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in the artistic side of video game design and cartography.Created by Brian Riggsbee

• Cover by Mary Anne Kluth
• Logos by Shibuya-K
• Edited by Riley MacLeod
• Foreword by Fabien Sanglard
• Interview with Melora Hart
• Article by Brian Riggsbee
• Words by Alex Juel, Adam Engels, Andre M., Andrew Elmore, Brett Martin, Brian Riggsbee, Chris Modica, Christian Hammond, Cole Marshall, Darren Hupke, David Lasby, David Teixeira, Fabien Sanglard, George J. S. Smith, Heather Anne Campbell, Ian Southwell, John Riggs, Jonathan Leung, Kurt Kalata, Matt (Stormageddon), Max Nichols, Mike Sholars, Peter Tieryas, Rod Lloyd, Salvatore Pane, Stephen Frost, Tegan, Travis Nicholas, and VGCartography
• Art by Craig Tait, Jeff Retro, Brian Riggsbee, and Pipeur

Information:

• Limited bundle includes: Book — 300 full-color pages, 8.5"x11", hardcover
• Notebook — 144 pages, 5.25”x8.25”, dot grid
• Art print — By Craig Tait, 8.25"x6"
• Bookmark — 2"x6"
• Sticker — 2"x2.5"
• Hardcover includes: Book — 300 full-color pages, 8.5"x11", hardcover
• ISBN: 978-1-966009-01-6
• This book is not affiliated with Nintendo.

If you would like to buy volume 1, the physical copy is currently out of stock but you can purchase the ebook and 

Translation Complete: All 4 Volumes of Oath of Riruto Now In English!

This was an epic feat: All four volumes of The Legend of Zelda: Oath of Riruto have been translated by the incredible Ammon. He's been working on this for a few years and it's thanks to his dedication that more fans will actually be able to enjoy this work. It's so incredible that we're all finally able to read this.

Junya Furusawa 古澤純也, (also known as ふるじゅん) was apparently a big fan of Dragon Ball and actually went from fan artist to a staff artist for the animated Dragon Ball series. These were written by Jin Munesue 棟居 whom I honestly don't know a lot about. If you have more information on him, please let me know!

This was originally published from 1994-1997, bi-monthly, in Shounen Oh magazine which was published by Kobunsha.

• Oath of Lilto Volume 1
• Furusawa Junya 古澤純也 [Illustrations]
• Munei Hitoshi 棟居仁 [Story]
• 1995/06/30
• ISBN4-334-80270-2
• Published by Kobunsha
• ZeldaWiki

February 1, 2022: A full English translation of this, paid for by me and done by the ever wonderful Ammon, can now be found as a word document in the file download list or at this Google Document link

• Oath of Lilto Volume 2
• Furusawa Junya 古澤純也 [Illustrations]
• Munei Hitoshi 棟居仁 [Story]
• 1996/05/10
• ISBN4-334-80317-2
• Published by Kobunsha
• ZeldaWiki

Jan 20, 2023: A full English translation of this, paid for by me and done by the ever wonderful Ammon, can now be found as a word document in the file download list or at this Google Document link

• Oath of Lilto Volume 3
• Furusawa Junya 古澤純也 [Illustrations]
• Munei Hitoshi 棟居仁 [Story]
• 1997/02/10
• ISBN4-334-80362-8
• Published by Kobunsha
• ZeldaWiki

Jan 20, 2023: A full English translation of this, paid for by me and done by the ever wonderful Ammon, can now be found as a word document in the file download list or at this Google Document link

• Oath of Lilto Volume 4
• Furusawa Junya 古澤純也 [Illustrations]
• Munei Hitoshi 棟居仁 [Story]
• 1997/06/05
• ISBN4-334-80379-2
• Published by Kobunsha
• ZeldaWiki

Jan 1, 2024: A full English translation of this, paid for by me and done by the ever wonderful Ammon, can now be found as a word document in the file download list or at this Google Document link

Scans of A Link to the Past Manga by Noboru Sakaoka and Mario-kun by Hiroshi Takase

This has never been online before. I just 2400dpi scanned & uploaded this 8 page Zelda: Link to the Past 神々のトライフォース manga by Noboru Sakaoka 坂丘のぼる from Shogaku Ninensei, February 1992. Find it here.

Translation wanted!

shogaku_grade2_1992
This is probably my favorite panel from it:

I have also uploaded 1200dpi RAWS for the Mario (Mario-kun) comic and content (including a cool little pyramid cut-out) by Hiroshi Takase that was in this issue. You can find the zip for that download here.

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Scans of Triforce of the Gods World Guidebook Strategy Guide

 

I just high-res scanned and uploaded another retro guide for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, find the 1200-2400dpi RAW and lightly cleaned files at this link. I also added the art to the flickr gallery.

The Legend of Zelda Triforce of the Gods World Guidebook
ゼルダの伝説, 神々のトライフォース, ワールドガイドブック
ISBN4-8033-3874-4

C2055 and P1200E
Published by Taishubo Co.

Also called "Continental Shobo"

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Map Gallery and New 2400dpi Map Scans and Repairs

I needed to get someone some images for a time-sensitive project they're doing so I've been adding old strategy guide maps to the gallery for Zelda: A Link to the Past. This gallery on Flickr will also have all of the Zelda maps and "world scenes" that I've been able to get to so far. There's some pretty good ones in there already and A LOT more to come. Some of these also need to be cleaned up (like the dungeon maps for LttP) but me, and the ever wonderful and talented Olga, have gotten some of them done. Specifically the overworld. I did the 2 from this "Continental Shobo" guide, and she cleaned up the 2 big maps of the Light World and Dark World from The Zelda Handbook. What she accomplished was an utterly massive amount of work when you realize how many of the buildings and details were nearly completely covered by text and how much detail the seam in the middle needed to be fixed:

By the way, these haven't really been online before. There was one bad set of full-book scans on archive.org that is now missing but no one ever got good images online or cleaned them up. So this is very likely the first time you are seeing them. Give them a look, they're great.

2400dpi Scans of the the Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods Japanese Game Manual

 

I just high-res scanned and uploaded the Japanese Super Famicom game manual for The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods (aka A Link to the Past.) The 2400dpi RAWs and lightly cleaned files are at this link. 

There are some cool translation comparison tables and notes at this link.

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Zelda Story Illustration Scans: Shogaku Ichinensei 1992

TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.com

These are from some almost impossibly-rare children's magazines and I am so excited to finally be able to see good versions of nearly all of them because the art is incredible. They come from Shogokukan's magazine for 1st graders from 1992 and the Link to the Past feature ran from April to September. They're called "The Legend of Zelda, Link's Great Adventure." The artist is: Junichiro Saito / 斎藤純一郎 and I want to thank fellow fan, Sambyu / 旅人, for helping me so much with information on everything.

These are rare enough that I, personally, only own August at the moment. But Linkabel/AbelMunizJr has been collecting them for a while and was incredibly kind when I asked if I could get some photos of them. And now that they got some time, and a working scanner, they archived them for all of us. 


AbelMunizJr posted these on Twitter saying:

"Here are the scans for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past manga that was featured in Shogaku Ichinensei issues, from 05/1992[sic] to 09/1992. It seems I'm missing one issue, but I'm sure it will eventually surface.

Direct scans here and thread below: https://t.co/SIuZRu6UZc "

Here's what was in each issue:

• April (White Pages)
• May (Blue Pages)
• June
• July (Pink Pages)
• August (Tan Pages)
• September (Lilac Pages)

Never Before Seen Zelda Manga Scans Trying to Predict what Link to the Past Will Be Like

TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.com

Here's a small strategy guide Zelda manga that I just scanned that hasn't been online before! It was drawn by Hiroshi "Moga" Aizawa, 愛沢"モカ"ひろし, who also actually did work for the official Nintendo Player's Guide and Nintendo Power guides! It's pretty cool: it's speculating what Link to the Past will be like after Adventure of Link.

Find all 5 pages here. 

It's from this guide and here is the credit's page.

The title translates to something like "Emergency Report Super Famicom"
Published December 25, 1990, size B6 size, 79 pages, by Keibunsha, Magazine code 63550-53

Never Before Seen 2400dpi Zelda Manga Scans from "The Legend of Zelda Handbook"

TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.com

This is actually in a strategy guide but, for now, I only have the 16 pages of manga scanned. Which is absolutely beautiful. The guide is The Legend of Zelda Handbook by Keibunsha.

Find the 2400dpi page scans here. (Update needed. These are here for now)

The manga artist is Matsunori Iwamoto | 岩本松徳 who did artwork for the official Nintendo Player's Guides. Specifically animal and item art that is quite detailed and stunning.

The guide was published by Keibunsha, March 28, 1992, 63552-25 / T1063552250889

Scan of Lost Official Art: Pyramid of Power from A Link to the Past

This one blows my mind. That background image, of the Pyramid of Power, absolutely has to be true official art they simply never reproduced anywhere else. Why do I think this? 

In several issues of Famimaga, an official Nintendo Magazine in Japan, they started off the Link to the Past feature each month with one of the other official images. Like Link smiling at the maiden in the crystal. This is the only image from that set that is not in the booklet for the game. And the quality is just as good as the others and the style is so similar to the other animation-style backgrounds. I really have no doubt that this is official but simply stayed on the cutting room floor until someone grabbed it for a filler image for their magazine. It's not like something this high quality was made just for the magazine (and just to be covered up by that other random art.)

Anyway, I'm devastated that we will probably never get to see the full image of this. For all the guides, magazines, and merch I have seen over the years: this is the only place this appears. As far as I know at least. However, if you see it somewhere else, please write me right away and let me know. 

Find the 2400dpi scan here. It is specifically from the 1992 no. 03 issue of Family Computer Magazine

Here are some photos twitter user, Number 20, took to show us (Thank you so much for your help!)

     

Rare Art Scan: Pyramid of Power (also: WANTED!)

This may not look like much but this is a piece of (very likely) official Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past art that only seems to be found in the 1992, number 3, issue of Famimaga (Family Computer Magazine) Thanks to @Kobun20 for id'ing the issue for me and to the collector brycecorp where I originally saw the photo.

 
I scanned it at 2400dpi


I believe it is part of the set of official art from the game manual: Such as Link being awoken from his sleep by Princess Zelda's telepathic plea, them fleeing through the sewers, Link on the cliff looking at the Tower of Hera, etc. Each issue of this magazine contains part of a walkthrough for the game. Each section starts with one of those pieces of official art. This is the only one that hasn't been seen before. So I do think it came from the same studio that did that official art and that was just never used until they needed an extra piece for this magazine spread. Cutting room floor causality, if you will. This has happened a few times, for example there was enemy art for Link to the Past that we never saw before until the Art and Artifacts artbook (the blue Daria.) The Ocarina of Time manual also has an image of Link not seen in any other publication. (In the very beginning, his face is overlaid on Ganon's boot.)


Anyway, if you see this image anywhere else, please write me right away! melorasworld@gmail.com

Scans: Famimaga 1991-11-15 (Special Issue Vol. 8)

The Zelda feature is really short but someone was looking for this and asked me if I could make scans. Find it here

 

High Res Art from the PAAS Zelda Easter Egg Kit

The ever incredible collector, Ikhana, generously scanned the fun little pieces from the PAAS Easter Egg Decorating Kit, Glitter Mario Paint. 1993. The Zelda Egg-Quest Adventure. You can find them scattered throughout the woefully incomplete Link to the Past section of the gallery.

There's 7 total: Link, Zelda, a talking tree, a fortune teller, a fairy, one of the blacksmiths, and Agahnim.

 

1200dpi scans of Zelda: Perfect Fan Book

TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.com

The Full Scans Are Here.

This is an additional publication that came with the December 20, 1991 issue of Marukatsu Super Famicom (マル勝スーパーファミコン) volume 20. It was published by Kadokawashoten.

It's a guide for first part of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Triforce of the Gods) and the back of the book contains a small manga for each of the first 3 Zelda games. Hyrule Fantasy (Author: Tsukasa Nishino,) The Adventure of Link (Author: Ayumu Takanaga,) and A Link to the Past (Author: Show Honda.) The manga is read in the opposite direction than the front of the book.

They seem to have interview quotes with Miyamoto in it that do confirm a simple little timeline. Like obviously there was one but it's a small fun fact about it: https://twitter.com/makgameadv/status/1620227664715055107

This is also a cool little book because it has even more manga examples of Link with a fairy companion years before the introduction of Navi. The novels, gamebooks, and manga are interesting for reasons like this.

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2400dpi Scans of the German Link to the Past Guide

I just made 2400dpi scans of the German language The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Official Player's Guide. This is one of my favorite guides, be sure to check it out. It has different art than the US guide. 

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English Translation for Oath of Lilto Volume 3!

Ammon is amazing. He has been diligently translating hundreds of pages of this highly requested Zelda manga by the Dragon Ball Z artist Furusawa Junya! The amount and quality of his work is incredible. Please enjoy the newest addition with volume 3!

• Text Translation of Oath of Lilto Volume 1
• 600dpi scans of Vol 1
• Text Translation of Oath of Lilto Volume 2
• 600dpi scans of Vol 2
• Text Translaipon of Oath of Lilto Volume 3
• 600dpi scans of Vol 3
• Volume 4 is not translated yet
• 600dpi scans of Vol 4

Title: The Legend of Zelda: Oath of Lilto Volume 3
ゼルダの伝説: リルトの誓い
Zeruda no Densetsu: Riruto no Chikai


Written by Jin Munesue
Illustrated by Junya Furusawa. "Furusawa Jun'ya" (古澤純也)
Originally published in Shounen oh Comics
Published by Kobunsha.

Archival Scans of The People of Kakariko Village Volume 1

Here are the 600dpi scans posted on archive.org

I've started scanning the 26ish volumes of Legend of Zelda 4-Koma and I'm actually going to post large versions of it, which I usually don't do, but it's only because I think the chances of it having a market to be republished are pretty slim. I'm trying to make sure I support publishers but, also, it's a shame something disappears because it's been unavailable for decades so I'm trying to figure out the balance there.

This was scanned by CapCom of The Metroid Database and he has kindly allowed me to post the Zelda section here.

This is a short multi-part manga for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

火の玉ゲームコミック 1
The People of Kakariko Village
by Akawa Akemi / 阿川あけみ
Published August 1, 1994 by Kobunsha
ISBN 4-334-80235-4 / C9979

I have the other 2 volumes and will upload them later, but we translated volume 3 and it is posted here: https://historyofhyrule.com/publications/manga_random_mini3/index.html

There was apparently supposed to be a volume 4 but it was never completed.

 Any translations will be posted to this Flickr album for now.

I am super sad these never got popular. They're so awesome! I've had small scans of most of the pages on historyofhyrule.com since 2002-2004 and I haven't even seen so much as a meme from them. And they are so meme worthy! Only 1 out of roughly 26 Zelda 4komas have been translated so, if you would like to translate this, even just sections of it, please go ahead and let me know!

If you use these pages please always link back to the main website though, so people can find more information and rare materials, or even help me find more!

Here are examples and info on the other 4koma, they're for the games LttP, LA, OoT, MM, WW, OoA, and OoS. I will be scanning them all in the coming weeks: Here's what you can expect to see.

Keywords: The Legend of Zelda, Link to the Past, ゼルダの伝説, 神々のトライフォース, Zelda, tLoZ, LoZ, aLttP, Lttp, A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda, Zeruda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce, The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods, SNES, Super Famicom, 600ppi, RAW, RAWS, scan, scans, high res, high rez, high resolution, Link, Ganon, Princess Zelda, Hyrule, Nintendo, book, videogame, Comics, Manga, LoZ, Nintendo,

Archival Scans of the Legend of Zelda 4koma Gag Battle by Kobunsha

Here are the 600dpi scans posted on archive.org

I've started scanning the 26ish volumes of Legend of Zelda 4-Koma and I'm actually going to post large versions of it, which I usually don't do, but it's only because I think the chances of it having a market to be republished are pretty slim. I'm trying to make sure I support publishers but, also, it's a shame something disappears because it's been unavailable for decades so I'm trying to figure out the balance there.

The Legend of Zelda 4koma Gag Battle
A 4koma for A Link to the Past for the GBA
Published by Kobunsha
ISBN4-334-80590-6 / C9979
First Published Date: July 10, 2003

Artist Information (Source)

• [勇者様 リターンズ！] - 人参So.
• [もうひとつ] - 福永朱示
• [勇者道中記] - 京侍洋那
• [怖いものなしの向こう見ず] - 高沢浩里
• [カミトラ！] - サイキユニ
• [どっちも世界！！] - 七谷文
• [ナイトLV1] - 五十嵐愛美
• [オカリナ宅配便] - 牧原ひさと
• [表裏いったりきたり] - 月野出伽夜
• [オカリナ ふいたら] - こうた
• [光と闇のおはなし] - 三津浦彩
• [伝説は夜に生まれる。] - 枉未和己
• [オタクのつぼ] - 大賀一五
• [ハイラルの表裏] - たかのはしふみこ
• [のほほんと冒険] - 大久保みどり
• [ゼルダ系] - 清正
• [冒険日和] - 神武ひろよし
• [がんばっていこう] - 都波みなと
• カバーイラスト…人参So./京侍洋那/大賀一五
• 総扉イラスト…福永朱示
• 目次イラスト…五十嵐愛美

 Any translations will be posted to this Flickr album for now.

I am super sad these never got popular. They're so awesome! I've had small scans of most of the pages on historyofhyrule.com since 2002-2004 and I haven't even seen so much as a meme from them. And they are so meme worthy! Only 1 out of roughly 26 Zelda 4komas have been translated so, if you would like to translate this, even just sections of it, please go ahead and let me know!

If you use these pages please always link back to the main website though, so people can find more information and rare materials, or even help me find more!

Here are examples and info on the other 4koma, they're for the games LttP, LA, OoT, MM, WW, OoA, and OoS. I will be scanning them all in the coming weeks: Here's what you can expect to see.

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Archival Scans of the Gamebook: Triforce of the Gods

Here are the 600dpi scans posted on archive.org

This is a Choose You Own Adventure/Gamebook for A Link to the Past

• ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース
• The Legend of Zelda: The Triforce of the Gods
• "Legend of Zelda; Tryfoce of Gods"
• Author: Yoshihiko Tomizawa / 著: 富沢義彦
• Illustration: Shinpei Ito / 挿絵: 伊藤伸平
• Published July 26, 1992 by Futabasha
• ISBN: 4-575-76179-6 / C0193
• Ken Sawafuji, Hiroshi Tominaga, Studio Hard

You can find more information on it over on ZeldaWiki: Triforce of the Gods thanks to MiloScat

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