Back in 1992, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past received a novelization in Japan as part of the Futabasha fantasy novel series. Information on the novel was recently discovered and shared online by the unofficial Zelda website History of Hyrule, and there are some interesting things to be seen. Notably, the novel featured stunning art for some of the main characters that has never been uploaded online. Under each character is a brief description, along with their name in English. Most of those names remain fairly close to the games, with one pretty major exception: Link is named “Paul.”
I just added full scans (never online before!) of this 1992 Zelda: LttP novel by Katsuyuki Ozaki for the Futabasha Fantasy Novel Series. The art in this one is pretty wild & you’re the Hero of Hyrule, descendant of Hyrea (I’ll go with Hylia)… Paul! https://t.co/DfjCt7lTdv pic.twitter.com/iQsSoiJ5oj
