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[Shulk]

This thread needed a major update! We are now getting information on the official Zelda Timeline. With the release of the book Hyrule Historia.

Here is the video of the book:



Here is a link to a trusted translation:

http://www.glitterbe...zelda-timeline/

Another translation:

http://kotaku.com/58...zelda-timeline/

Official quotes from the past: http://www.zeldadung...line-Quotes.php


So there you have it... so far we are getting that the timeline was not a two way split from OoT, but rather a three way split taking into account if Link failed at the end of the game.

Enjoy ^_^

Edited by Rhyme, 23 December 2011 - 08:48 AM.

[gbwyoshi]

The timeline is debatable. What is known from what is said is that the WW saga is the end of the timeline and SS comes before OoT(which is the beginning itself of the main series)

It is off of what Iwata has said and a few other big wigs. Minish cap seems to be before OoT yet is relevant more to ALttP. If there is one line then you have(main series): SS>OoT/MM>ALttP>TP>WW/PH/ST with every other game ranging between OoT, ALttP, and TP.

As for SS I don't know how far you are in the game so as to keep it as spoiler free as possible I will put it this way:

Notice the Goddess Symbol that is all over Skyloft/The Sail cloth? Now look at the cover of the game. The cover has the royal crest.

Edited by gbwyoshi, 21 November 2011 - 08:06 AM.

[Shulk]

You mean the Tri-Force? Hmmm well this could get interesting then. Still seems really odd that all the games could connect together. They seem to go all over the place. Where would Link to the Past fit in?

[gbwyoshi]

I edited in Link to the past. Don't forget the series spans lifetimes so what happens in SS is probably Millions of years prior to TP/WW. Don't figure out the side games only the main games and your good.

[Shulk]

But how could these characters live for millions of years and never be older? In SS, Link seems older. Especially older then in OoT and if in SS there is that lost civilization on the surface world where perhaps they came from but lived their whole life up to that point in Skyloft, then how could Link be younger on the surface world in OoT?

Also is this timeline... fan created or something that the game developer has confirmed?

[gbwyoshi]

But how could these characters live for millions of years and never be older? In SS, Link seems older. Especially older then in OoT and if in SS there is that lost civilization on the surface world where perhaps they came from but lived their whole life up to that point in Skyloft, then how could Link be younger on the surface world in OoT?

Also is this timeline... fan created or something that the game developer has confirmed?

Different generations of hero's. As confirmed the Royal family is the same throughout the games but different Link and Zelda. Only 4 links are in the same game

OoT/MM(Adventure after saving hyrule)
ALttP/LA(Ship wrecked)
Zelda/Zelda2(Adventure after saving hyrule)
WW/PH(Lost at sea)

The timeline was confirmed that nintendo has a copy of it but won't make it public. All timelines out there are fan made but have some relevance behind placement. It was said SS takes place prior to OoT. OoT is the legend of old spoken of in TP/WW. Hyrule exists in TP and WW Hyrule is gone. Hence the timeline.

[Razor Bern]

The timeline was confirmed that nintendo has a copy of it but won't make it public.

I'm not saying that isn't true but that sounds more like a conspiracy theory than fact, considering that the developers are more interested in gameplay than ongoing story.

[gbwyoshi]

I'm not saying that isn't true but that sounds more like a conspiracy theory than fact, considering that the developers are more interested in gameplay than ongoing story.

Well they have some sort of timeline so they dont screw up. Like if a game takes place after ww and lets assume the triforce is destroyed if used. "Hyrule of old exists down to the temple of time" yet in ww it was shown that hyrule was destroyed by the triforce. Things like that I think the timeline exists but for all the games....retcon can only go so far.

[Shulk]

Well they probably did that to keep the fandom happy and to create more stories or theories throughout.

If there isn't an official time line that has been released, then I'm under the assumption that one doesn't really exist and the games tie in to each other simply because it's good to have a theme that carries through each.

It's hard for me to believe that different generations of Zelda's and Links living through the different ages are all related and look so much alike. It's easier for me to believe that they are all just different games with the continued cast of characters, but that's just me.

I for one play the games because I love how they are designed and are so interesting each to their own. Not because of some big conspiracy about a timeline that does or does not exist.

[Razor Bern]

Well they have some sort of timeline so they dont screw up. Like if a game takes place after ww and lets assume the triforce is destroyed if used. "Hyrule of old exists down to the temple of time" yet in ww it was shown that hyrule was destroyed by the triforce. Things like that I think the timeline exists but for all the games....retcon can only go so far.

I don't think that Nintendo cares as much as you think they do about the timeline. I think they do to a point, as in throwing tidbits here and there that reference other games in the series. Ultimately I think that fans put a lot of importance into it moreso than the developer.

To be honest, I wouldn't care how much of the timeline they retcon. I don't play for the timeline, I play because the Zelda series is great.

[Keatos]

The timeline thing is really just for fun than something serious, I think. It's pretty clear in the games they don't really care THAT much.

Anyways, it really isn't that weird that all the Links and Zeldas look the same. Zelda is a part of the royal family, which is well, pretty dang inbred. I'm sure most daughters look pretty similar. Zelda is a name that is passed down throughout generations. I think the story was in Zelda II: Adventure of Link, where I believe a wizard put the first Zelda into a deep sleep that spanned... a long time. The prince, her brother, was distraught and then to honor her he decided that every princess would be named Zelda.

As for Link, well, he's a light skinned Hylian boy with blonde or brown hair of any shade. I don't think that's that strange, is it? Also the player can name Link so the name isn't an issue.

[Shulk]

I think I should have named him for Skyward Sword >_< lol I just went with Link hehehe

But I see that now. That seems like a far better explanation so thanks Keatos. I never played the first 2 original games.

[JMarz]

Well to be honest everything got confusing with the Split Timeline.

[Razor Bern]

Well to be honest everything got confusing with the Split Timeline.

LOL, that's why I don't even worry about it. I just take every game as its own self-contained story.

[Shulk]

That's how I take them. It makes so much more sense to me. Especially now that I know the timeline isn't even an official thing.

[JMarz]

Next thing you know, they will prove a timeline just to mess up everyone.

[Shulk]

Who would prove it? Fans or Developer. Since there would be a HUGE difference. I mean it's like trying to prove there is a God. If God came and appeared to the world everyone would have to believe, but other wise it's a choice to believe. Same with this whole timeline business

[JMarz]

Developers and Miyamoto.

[gbwyoshi]

IDC really for the timeline. Just dont go creating paradoxes among games.

[Nathan]

I sort of wish there was an official timeline. I think it'd add a bit to the games knowing they all related in some way.