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sc94597 on 23 August 2009
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Hero_Of_Time said:
sc94597 said:

Zelda II is a direct sequel to TLOZ. In Zelda II the cities are named after the sages in OoT. That means that both games take place after OoT. Also how would you explain the geographic changes of hyrule? There are many others facts that support this too. Such as Hylians being rare in TLoZ, and you see evidence of their numbers dwindling in Windwaker, while in OoT they outnumbered "magic-less humans". A Link to The Past is also a prequel to TLoZ and Zelda II. It mentions the events of the Imprisoning War(basically OoT's story) in it's backstory. So if A Link to The Past takes place after OoT, so does TLoZ and Zelda II.  So no they aren't before OoT.

The story is not perfect, but I prefer placing "The Legend of Zelda" first and its sequel "The Adventure of Link" second because it better explains how the original Link is selected and how the Triforce of Courage is formed.  How can the Triforce of Courage exist before it is created?  This discussion can go on for ever because the story is riddled with plot holes, but this thread is not a discussion about the Zelda back story and I prefer to stay on topic.  I do not mind making a thread for that if you want?

The Triforce of Courage doesn't need to be present in the game for it to exist. Same thing for the master sword.  The creators of the series already established that Zelda II is a sequel to LoZ, and ALTTP is a distant prequel of both. Then they stated that the backstory of Alttp is OoT. To say otherwise is not discounting story written proof, but the canon that is the developers word. I agree though, we should stop discussing Zelda timelines and get back on topic.