Not long ago, it was announced that the veritiable Zelda bible, "Hyrule Historia," was being localized for an eventual release for the US, UK, Australia, and parts of Europe. The end result?
Pre-orders shot up on Amazon, enough of them that it managed to shoot "Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia" to the top of Amazon's Best Sellers list, overtaking the "Fifty Shades of Grey" mommy porn series.
Despite "Grey's" popularity and success, it can't keep up with Nintendo's rabid fanbase.
The Legend of Zelda franchise has sold 68 million copies since the release of the first game, with the original Legend of Zelda being the fourth best selling NES game of all time, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time holding the record for the highest reviewed video game of all time.
In sales, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is certainly no slouch, selling close to 40 million copies since it debuted last year, and is currently being optioned for a movie because of its success. However, the series titillating subject matter is what really sells the books. The author's writing style on the other hand, has been heavily cticized, and its origin as "Twilight" fan-fiction can't be ignored. The Chicago Tribune's Jessica Reaves desribed
Jessica Reaves, of the Chicago Tribune, wrote that the "book's source material isn't great literature", and noted that the novel is "sprinkled liberally and repeatedly with asinine phrases."
In the end, it looks like people would rather read about ocarinas and rupees than rope and ball gags. "The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Histora," is available for $20.99 at Amazon now.