how come Legend of Zelda games timeline are connected in the first place?

[Tokoro]

yushire said:

Tokoro said:

sc94597 said:
Nintendo already stated the games are connected. Nobody knows the actual timeline though. The only agreement between every one is the the minish cap came first.

Did they already state that? I guess I'm just out of the loop. That's why everyone tries to figure it out I suppose :3

I guess that's your answer on why yushire. Like I said, I probably wouldn't worry about it too much. It'll be interesting when they pull it all together.

They state that to excuse themselves that they screw Zelda story in Ocarina of Time. The proper timeline should be A link to the past>Zelda 1>Zelda 2 then the timeline screwed up in Ocarina of Time. 

 

Wait, shouldn't it be something like Zelda 1>Zelda 2>Zelda 3>A Link to the Past>so on and so forth?

I don't really see how OoT messed up the timeline thing, I mean sure, time travel >.> but it's only 7 years.

Edit: I read the post below me and I have to say I didn't know a Link to the Past was a prequel^^ My bad.