I've to say, I did not knew much about Legends of Localization before buying this book. Living in Belgium, French is my native language, so I guess that's why I never pay too much attention to all those discussions around the weird English used in the first Zelda game. But I should have, because games in the 80s and early 90s were almost never translated in French... As a kid, I played (The!) Legend of Zelda on the NES in English. When you think about it, it's kinda weird. When I talk about retro games with friends, we often forget that all those games were not translated and yet we remember them as if they were.

Of course, going back to those games now, I can understand why there are still discussions going on today about the translation of the original Zelda game. Yet, I never went so far as to read the LoL's website. But I bought the book. Because I'm a huge Zelda fan, and in a few day my favorite franchise will turn 30. So I though that this is the perfect time to delve deeper in the history of the one game that has started it all. And needless to say, I'm really enjoying this book so far !

There are some print issues unfortunately, text and pictures are sometimes a bit blurry. It's still always readable though. We can feel Mato's passion while reading the book, and it's always a pleasure to see how Zelda can affect the lives of some people. Also, despite the print issues, the book is beautiful all the way from the first cover to the very last page. Good job!