Although there are just a few pages dedicated to each game (and then not even every game is represented), Zelda concept art can speak volumes. For example, the spirits of light in Twilight Princess could've been humans with animal heads.
Plus, based on their body shapes, it looked like most of them could have been women. Not to mention the Hero's Spirit had a female version in one concept sketch. Each thing that didn't make it into the final version of its game definitely has a story all its own, but each one is but a fragment of said story.
It's revealed in a note, but Purlo (the caller in front of the STAR game) in Twilight Princess was supposed to be a more realistic version of Tingle. Then there are other things like the fairy symbol on concept version of Ilia's head. Actually, given the large back catalogue of games in the franchise, much of the first half of the concept art section is stuff for Twilight Princess. That the second most recent console game be prominent isn't surprising, but it is disappointing.
Where's the concept art for A Link to the Past (beyond the two pages included?)?
Or the art for The Adventure of Link?
Has it all been lost because at the time the Zelda series seemed like a flash in the pan?
The most pressing question borne from this lack, though: Aside from the Hyrule Historia, has there ever been a book written about the history of the Zelda games?
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