F0X said:
fordy said:
F0X said:
The Zelda timeline is not even an actual timeline to begin with. It's really a Zelda multiverse in which Nintendo's writers can get away with anything and everything. |
It's semi-timeline based. There ARE some connections (Zelda 2 is definitely based on the aftermath of Zelda 1, and all of the Cel shaded, toon based Zeldas seem to be related), but you're right. Plenty of inconsistencies, which is why lots tend to justify it based on splitting the timeline in Ocarina of Time.
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If I'm following the Official Zelda Timeline correctly, Nintendo is invoking the many-worlds interpretation, in which every choice results in a seperate, branching universe being made. Link dies in Ocarina of Time, setting up A Link to the Past? That's a new branch universe. Plot inconsistency? Oh, just say it's a branch universe or something. This is the only explaination I can gather for the continuity gaps and errors in the series, and the best way for the Zelda series to continue doing Miyamoto-knows-what.
100% Official Nintendo-approved Timeline: http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline
Before the Nintendo timeline, I would've been happy with "eh, split timelines and what-not".
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At one point not even Miyamoto got it correct, but it might have been that he was questioned on the spot. He put Link to the Past at the end of the timeline.
However, the Triforce thing was not timeline based. It's role remained pretty consistent throughout the entire series. Perhaps the ultimate power of the gods isn't as unlimited as previous games made it out to be....
