Anyone have a explaination for the Zelda Timeline.

[Khuutra]

Onyxmeth said:

Erik Aston said:
There's only a few games with an established order. I think the two timeline thing is suggested pretty strongly.

The thing to remember is, that it's the "legend" of Zelda, so to some extent some of the games are pretty much the same story with some elements changed, as if it's one legend retold through time. I sort of think that's a cop-out and uninteresting, but that seems to be the way that Nintendo is going with the litany of Zelda games with no real place in any sort of timeline over the last 10 years.

This is basically where I stand on this. I find it no different than Prince of Persia and it's many reincarnations, except that Zelda continuations can appear out of order and after many years. Some games are directly connected. Some aren't. I do not believe they all formulate a branching timeline.

This is where I stand. I don't hold that there's any actual timeline. I used to, until I threw up my hands and walked away from the discussion.

It seems to me that many games are retellings of the same story - Twilight Princess being a retelling of the conflict in Ocarina of Time, for instance. All the stories comee down to Ganondorf, Link, and Zelda.

I stopped trying to work everything into a neat order when I realized it did nothing to enhance my experience of the games.