So I don't know if you guys are aware, but one of the greatest video game debates in recent years have been the Zelda timeline. Only recently have people been able to figure out what order the games are in and how everything is connected and whatnot. Here's what is generally agreed upon:
[img]http://www.freewebs.com/paco-the-v/Zelda%20chrono%20time%20line.png[/img]
Now that y'all have the background, here's the video that explains it all:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHCbp5LTgbU&feature=player_embedded[/media]
That timeline is back from 2007, really old.
I like the tune on the video.
What was the budget for that fan film? $10?
[QUOTE=Arvuti;30081547]That timeline is back from 2007, really old.[/QUOTE]
Not only old, WRONG. Twilight Princess took place BEFORE the flooding of hyrule.
[QUOTE=TraderRager;30081703]Not only old, WRONG. Twilight Princess took place BEFORE the flooding of hyrule.[/QUOTE]
Twilight Princess is in the young link timeline, I think.
I really hope that the OP realizes that that video is a joke...
[QUOTE=Larikang;30083729]I really hope that the OP realizes that that video is a joke...[/QUOTE]
It seems to be everybody else not realizing that I realize it is one.
/ Young Timeline = Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess
Ocarina of Time
\ Adult Timeline = Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks
Minish Cap and Four Sword (Adventures was a Retelling of Four Sword) are likely to take place long before the rest of the series, or even be in their own continuity. Link's Awakening is a direct continuation of Link to the Past, and Oracles might be linked to that as well - their position in the timeline, however, I don't know. And the first two games are theorized to actually be last chronologically in the series.
Trying to figure out the timeline stuff is a pain in the ass. They make the games first and link them afterwards.
[b]Edit:[/b]
I decided to further elaborate on the differences between the Young and Adult timelines.
[i][Child][/i]
Basically, at the end of Ocarina of Time, Zelda plays the Ocarina of Time and her lullaby to send Link back in time and the Master Sword is resealed. All of his memories, as well as Zelda's, are supposedly maintained, and Link continues his childhood without the world ever knowing his exploits. To this, Zelda and Link report that Ganondorf is an untrustable person to the King of Hyrule, resulting in his early sealing by the Sages - Ganondorf's confinement and sealing in the Twilight Realm picks up right after that, setting the stage generations later in Twilight Princess. Meanwhile, Link goes to find Navi, who left him at the end of OOT, and ends up in Termina, a parallel universe to Hyrule (thus all the familiar characters), starting Majora's Mask. He returns to Hyrule for all we know after MM ends.
[i][Adult][/i]
Apparently the Hero of Time (Link) disappears or something in this timeline (likely dying from natural circumstances but he might've left as well), and Ganondorf manages to break out of the seal of the Sages and come back. Except this time, there's no Hero of Time to stop him. Ganondorf thus kills anyone who gets in his way, and even seals off the power of the Master Sword. Even the Sages and the King are helpless, so they prayed. And thus the gods of Hyrule cause the Great Flood in a last ditch attempt to stop Ganondorf. They spare certain pieces of the population for rebuilding. And thus the Great Sea and the islands of Wind Waker. That timeline goes on from there into Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks (Hourglass being a direct sequel like Majora's Mask was to Ocarina of Time, but Tracks taking place a hundred years or so after Hourglass - thinking about it, that's not too different from the timeskip between Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess).
Mayoras mask
Minishing cap
lol Mayora
I don't even try to wrap my head around how those games may connect. I just play each one as though it's something totally separate.
was this an nintendo offical stating this is the true time line? if no, shut up. if yes, congrats.
[QUOTE=Soren;30085263]was this an nintendo offical stating this is the true time line? if no, shut up. if yes, congrats.[/QUOTE]
I remember reading somewhere the there is a paper that puts all the games in a time line but only Special people can see it. I'm sure it's just a rumor though.
Minishing cap
Great Scott!
It all makes sense now
Nintendo has stated many times that there is no real timeline.
Link's Awaking, huh.
Or how about stop trying to put something were there isn't supposed to be something
The series doesn't need to have a timeline, Link's adventures to save the world every fucking time is basically groundhog day except he doesn't know about it. Fin.
[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;30088093]Nintendo has stated many times that there is no real timeline.[/QUOTE]
Actually, Eiji himself stated that there's a 'master document' of all of the series timelines properly stemmed together. They just aren't showing it to anyone, creating all this speculation. Nintendo said that there's no timeline for the Mario series, but then Sunshine calls back to Mario 64, and Galaxy 1 and 2 are obviously story-related.
I like detailed stories, so i'm one of those who try to see how timelines fit. And the games actually have lots of treats, nods, and easter eggs for not only those who play the other games, but for those who connect the dots. The creepy Skull Kid you fight in the Sacred Grove in TP is likely the same Skull Kid from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, for example, because the OOT Link canonically taught him Saria's Song (hinted at in the MM ending) - guess what song you hear playing when you fight the TP Skull Kid?
I personally think the 4 swords needs to be further ahead.
It has those pig things that ganon created as an image of himself.
[QUOTE=spanaren;30088702]I personally think the 4 swords needs to be further ahead.
It has those pig things that ganon created as an image of himself.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure Skyward Sword has those, too.
Zelda looks doable in that video.
[QUOTE=RikohZX;30088614]Actually, Eiji himself stated that there's a 'master document' of all of the series timelines properly stemmed together. They just aren't showing it to anyone, creating all this speculation. Nintendo said that there's no timeline for the Mario series, but then Sunshine calls back to Mario 64, and Galaxy 1 and 2 are obviously story-related.
[/QUOTE]
Well then Nintendo changed their story, I remember them saying that there was no zelda timeline, and that each game was like a different retelling of a legend
[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;30089966]Well then Nintendo changed their story, I remember them saying that there was no zelda timeline, and that each game was like a different retelling of a legend[/QUOTE]
That was just Miyamoto, I think. Eiji should be believed over him in Zelda's case.
Their first mistake was saying that Ocarina of Time splits things up.
Also, the timeline is a circle. Spirit Tracks comes before the original Zelda! :suicide:
Zelda timelines hurt as much as paradoxes
[img]http://www.gamehiker.com/files/ttott.jpg[/img]
link is baron munchausen
do i win
I'm 90% sure that Minish Cap and Four Swords Adventures are spin-offs
[QUOTE=Themage;30090349]Zelda timelines hurt as much as paradoxes
[img]http://www.gamehiker.com/files/ttott.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I don't even... :psyduck:
But Spirit tracks takes place some dozens of years after Phantom hourglass. I don't see how Twilight princess could fit.
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