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Both Iwata and the guy who has worked on Zelda since OoT (I forget his name, Ejie Anouma or something similar) said several years ago they have a complete timeline for Zelda and that they intend to keep it private.



meh, could care less. I just play the game and focus on saving the princess as well as the citizens of Hyrule over and over again. Can't wait to do it in December.



There definately is a timeline but it's a bit messed  because of Miyamoto, numerous writer and confusing retconning and so forth. I think that from now on we are going to see every zelda game linked to each other, but linking the really old ones together will always be problematic



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It's highly likely that any timeline they might have is too incoherent for anyone to make sense of

I'd love to see a complete Zelda timeline but I doubt there is one



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Glug...this thread made me go read through a bunch on the theories on Zeldapedia. Now my head hurts.

I don't think there is much in the way of really putting every single game into a cohesive narrative. Not yet anyway. I agree that if/when Nintendo wants a clear timeline, they can place some new games in to fill holes.



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Saw this on Zeldawiki, even though I'm not deeply interested, I'd like to see what timeline they come up with it. But Like Dan said, if we they told us the official timeline, then the "legend" is lost for ever!



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Some interesting stuff there, and while Dan Owsen is more infamous than famous in the Zelda community, this quote adheres to what my beliefs are on the timeline. That there is the potential to connect the games, to connect the legends together, but a key part of the series is allowing the players to piece together the mystery themselves. As much as I'd love an official timeline document, I really do respect Nintendo of Japan's decision here. It makes me wonder though, if the series was to ever come to an end, would we one day see the official timeline.

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I hope for the sake of all gamers that this day will never come.



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