the timeline only works if you go through the orde rin which they were developed.
I believe there are 3 strings, not 2
1st one
Ocarina of time
Lttp
LA
Zelda
AoL
Ocarina of time messes everything up, not only does it create a split timeline but it pretty much ignores all the games before it
2nd One
OoT
WW
PH
ST
this one is set in stone
2nd one
OoT
MM
TP
These strings are all pretty much confimred. where the rest fit in are interesting.
MC is said to be the first one, which is kinda right becasue apparently 'thats where link gets his hat' although this doesnt work either because the brother of the original zelda wheres a hat like that. most likely these dont fit anywhere.
OoS and OoA also seem like games to me that were made with zelda lore but not with any reference to a time line. They fit in after AoL but this could just be by accident.
In conclusion, Aonuma likes to fit his games together most of the time, the others dont really care
FA and FSA seem to be sequels to MC, yet they cannot be before OoT since i believe Ganon cant exist before then, most likely they just dont care about time line
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