A rather crazy Zelda timeline

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sguy78 on 13 July 2009

Too many Links.

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GLoRySoGLoRy on 13 July 2009

Louie said:
Zelda doesn't have a timeline because Nintendo never bothered to make the games fit into one. That's the whole story.

this.

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theRepublic on 13 July 2009

So let me get this straight:

Ocarina of Time (1998)
A Link to the Past (1991)	Majora's Mask (2000)
Oracle of Seasons (2001)	Twilight Princess (2006)
Oracle of Ages (2001)	The Minish Cap (2004)
The Wind Waker (2002)	Four Swords (2002)
Phantom Hourglass (2007)	Four Swords Adventures (2004)
Link's Awakening (1993)	The Legend of Zelda (1986)
	The Adventure of Link (1987)

Aside from the games with an obvious sequel, I just don't see how a timeline is supposed to exist. If Nintendo really had a plan, they wouldn't jump around so much.

Then there is this from Wikipedia about Four Swords:

According to an interview, Eiji Aonuma, a major designer and the director of many games in the Zelda series, considered this game to be the oldest in the timeline, implying that both this and The Minish Cap occur earlier than Ocarina of Time.

That sort of blows up this theory.

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puffy on 14 July 2009

This is a truly amazing piece of writing..

http://www.thedailyblitz.org/index.php?s=hyrule+history

It is extremely long and there are a few things I don't agree on but the way that all the games are connected is brilliant. It really feels like an amazing book, a very deep story and there are things that I think a lot of people probably have never considered.

I must warn people though that it is split into 7 parts and each part takes a while to read but if you love zelda this is definitely a MUST READ!

Also don't be put off by the fact that this follows the theory of only one timeline because it integrates very well :)

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Mr Khan on 14 July 2009

puffy said:
This is a truly amazing piece of writing..

http://www.thedailyblitz.org/index.php?s=hyrule+history

It is extremely long and there are a few things I don't agree on but the way that all the games are connected is brilliant. It really feels like an amazing book, a very deep story and there are things that I think a lot of people probably have never considered.

I must warn people though that it is split into 7 parts and each part takes a while to read but if you love zelda this is definitely a MUST READ!

Also don't be put off by the fact that this follows the theory of only one timeline because it integrates very well :)

A much more epic portrayal, like a miniature novelization. Of course, it shuns the split timeline theory, making it all the more interesting (since he has to account for the different world appearances, explaining them in multiple cataclysms)