Actually, I think they put them in the same timeline -- Hyrule A; however, they did list Link's Awakening as coming before Four Swords and Link to the Past.  Maybe Four Swords alters the relationship between Link to the Past and Link's Awakening somehow?  Also, they say that Link's Awakening up to the point where Link wakes up holding the board is a dream, so maybe it can fit in there anywhere? 

they are similar but not the same the dungeouns and stuff are different if I'm remembering correctly aswell as the main theme. In seasons you basically get the power to change the seasons in the game. In ages well you should get where i'm getting at.  And Yes if you beat both games you  get a password and and input it into the other so you can fight the REAL final boss of the games.

The problem with the whole overarching storyline is that each game doesnt really put that much thought into it. Its not like in the next zelda we'll all see how everything is connected...it's all open to interpretation.

Wow, I don't know what the hell I was seeing when I wrote that. I watched it again and you are correct; they put them in the same timeline.

Either way, what you noticed still debunks the timeline.

About LoZ:LA... Link isn't the one dreaming - it's the Windfish who's dreaming. Link is caught within the Windfish's dream and must defeat the Nightmares who keep the Windfish asleep in order to wake the fish up, and thus let Link out of his dreams. ...Come to think of it, I don't quite remember how Link actually winds up in the Wind Fish's dream (that is, how he was pulled in).

The finer details here don't matter though. LA comes after Lttp and that is certain. It's a blaring flaw in their timeline which means none of us should really pay attention to them It is not an accurate portrayal. I could probably find other flaws, but there's no point at this time.

also no I am of the belief that with the exception of a couple Zelda games being direct sequels that there is no connection in the stories of the Zelda series

Zelda team (and miyamoto too) has always said that there is an official timeline. Just not a public one, maybe some day.

I liked the idea of branching timelines after Ocarina of Time, but i've only played: OoT, Wind Waker, Majora's Mask (but never actually owned it), Phantom Hourglass, and Twilight Princess

But i thought it was established that Link to the Past was a distant prequel to the original LoZ? That would certainly shatter their ideas

Although i suppose if LttP occurs before LoZ, then Ocarina of Time has to come even further back, because the back-legend in OoT claimed that the kingdom didn't exist before Young Link was born, so for anything to occur before it, there couldn't be a unified Hyrule. The idea of Ages/Seasons being the same instance in different timelines is also problematic, because in one timeline, Hyrule was totally destroyed, whereas it wasn't in the other

They've got some good theories, but it doesn't cover all the bases quite yet

I disagree, with some points

1 - Link's Awakening is the sequel to the the Oracle games

2 - The Oracle games (when played on secret mode) reform the timeline into 1

3 - Twilight Princess' place in the timeline is the hardest place. I would have it in the Windwaker timeline but like 500 years before Windwaker, wich would mean that TP is like some 100 years after Ocarina... not a very realisitic approche.