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The recently released Hyrule Arts and Artefacts book is primarily stuffed to the gills with artwork from the Zelda series' 30 year history, but that artwork is occasionally adorned with a bit of commentary from Nintendo artists Yusuke Nakano, Satoru Takizawa, and Yoshiki Haruhana. One of the more interesting bits of commentary to emerge is that during development

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