This is the first (and to date, only) piece of promotional artwork related to the upcoming installment in The Legend of Zelda video game series. For the most part, I do like the picture. There's a nice color scheme with the reddish-orange background providing a contrast with the comparably darker shaded characters in the center. The blurry surroundings offer an air of mystery without giving the impression that the artists are cheating or cutting corners. While some may be taken back by how obscure the background is, I say less is more. The more mystery there is in the image, the more intriguing it is. That being said, I do have some misgivings.

One problem the picture suffers from is inconsistency. The bright orange center is too abrupt of a change from the brownish surrounding. A more understated transition would have been nice. Another problem is that the image might be a little too unclear. It's understandable that the game's designers would want to keep things under wraps until the final product itself was released, but fleshing out the details just a hair more wouldn't have hurt my feelings.

Despite such problems, the picture gets more right than wrong. It presents an interesting light/dark dynamic and a degree of mystery that doesn't feel like it's cheating, and those things are what really sell it.

References
"The Legend of Zelda Wii" 8 Sept. 2009. http://www.zeldauniverse.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/zeldawiiposter1-423x600.jpg