Nintendo's Making a Huge Zelda Breath of the Wild Vinyl Box Set

By Garrett Martin | October 29, 2025 | 2:00pm

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Nintendo's Making a Huge Zelda Breath of the Wild Vinyl Box Set

The Legend of Zelda and its hero Link are officially middle-aged. The two are staring down the big 4-0, with ‘26 marking that significant birthday, and so it’s not surprising that they’re picking up one of the more common midlife crisis affectations: an overpriced vinyl collection. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s soundtrack is getting a massive 8-LP box set in 2026, in both colored and black editions. And if you haven’t upgraded your wallet enough to have the rupees for that behemoth, there will also be a slimmer, more economical double LP, also in two color varieties. The two sets are being released by Laced Records in partnership with Nintendo, and will be out on June 19, 2026—a date that actually has no relevance for the Zelda series whatsoever.

The eight-discer isn’t just the bigger and more expensive of the two releases, but the fancier one all around. Its eight records each come in their own printed sleeve with artwork from the game, on blue and gold splatter colored vinyl, all housed inside a deluxe dual slipcase box. It looks like the kind of thick, hefty vinyl box set that you could crush a skull with. Its eight records have their own individual themes, like challenging the Divine Beasts or exploring the game’s shrines, which a press release says “mirrors the progression of the game experience.” That better mean one of the records falls apart after eight listens.

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The slimmer, more affordable two-disc option will serve as a kind of “greatest hits” from the game’s score. Confirmed tracks so far include “Great Fairy Fountain,” “Hyrule Castle,” and “Overworld (Day).”

Vinyl ain’t cheap, of course. The big box will set you back $180 (same price for both the colored and black vinyl), whereas the 2xLP is $40—honestly, $40 for a double LP is fairly reasonable in comparison to the outrageous prices of vinyl these days. Both sets are available for preorder today at the Laced Records site and the My Nintendo Store. You can also snag it from select other retailers, including Black Screen Records and Rough Trade (which now makes me wonder if Geoff Travis has ever played a Zelda game in his entire life). You can find links to those stores here.

Breath of the Wild’s score is noted for its restraint as much as its quality. It tends to be sparse and ambient, only really coming to the fore during pivotal moments or major battles. It’s an interesting choice for this kind of project, which is sort of a new direction for Nintendo; there have been vinyl soundtracks for Nintendo games in America before, and they’re not as uncommon in Japan, but they’ve never released anything of this scope over here before. Hopefully it finds an audience and we can get a similar vinyl box set for another Nintendo game celebrating its 40th next year: Pro Wrestling.