gaming The Zelda Timeline - A Huge Mystery in the Gaming World

[Swit Swat 536]

Hello fellow bronies, pegasisters, Zeldians (As I call them), and gamers. I am starting this topic to discuss the huge cluster**** in gaming that first started circa 1991. During that time, A Link to the Past was pretty much brand new and alot of gamers attacked the stores in a desperate attempt to buy it. Many of these people were new fans who hadn't even played the first two games. Up until that point, Zelda (NES) was the first game in the series and Zelda II was the second. That all changed with A Link to the Past. It turns out this was a prequel to the previous two games. So, it's a prequel no biggie. Oh, but no... It got worse.

Following the release of A Link to the Past, it achieved mainstream success and was considered as probably the best SNES game at the time. The guys at Nintendo decided to make a 4th installment, this time on a portable gaming device, the Gameboy. The end product was a game called Link's Awakening that didn't seem to fit in anywhere in the series. At that point, we were all pretty much clueless as to what the **** was going on. Even Nintendo themselves said that Link's Awakening didn't really have a place in Zelda history at the time (It seems that Nintendo released an official timeline recently... but, you never know if it really is official until they say it in your face.) Anyway, whatever... It'll all make sense in the end... WRONG!

What the hell!? This isn't even Hyrule!

Holy god... After that incident, Nintendo made a 5th installment in the franchise... This, as it turns out, was probably the biggest ****ing paradox in gaming. The game was called Ocarina of Time and was another prequel... Ok, so wait a second... I thought Link to the Past was the prequel... So... we have a prequel to the prequel... Uh... What the balls?! Well, it was an epic game and all, but it still doesn't hide the fact that it completely messed up the timeline for good. I mean, in Ocarina of Time you start of as Kid Link and later on you go into the future 7 years and turn into Adult Link... Well, if you can manipulate time then where the hell does A Link to the Past fit into all this?! This marks out my previous statement of OoT being a prequel to the prequel. So, at this point, out brains just kind of stopped working.

The soundtrack album pretty much says it all...

Well, ok then... It is now the year 2000 and a 6th Zelda game is finally released with the title Majora's Mask. MM turned out to be a sequel to OoT. ANOTHER ****ING PARADOX. I mean seriously, this is what we have so far:

We have Zelda (NES) and it is preceded by Zelda II.

Then we have A Link to the Past and it turns out to be a prequel the those two up there.

Now, Link's Awakening seems to fit nowhere on this timeline, so we just kind of let it sit there.

Then, OoT kicks in and is another prequel, and this is later followed by MM which is a sequel to that prequel.

So, we have a sequel to the prequel of prequel of the of the original two, plus that other 4th game.

HOLY ****!

I can't say that it really bothers me. But, Nintendo added a hell lot more to the series that didn't make sense. For example, when Zelda made it's debut on the Gamecube with the Wind Waker, the entire land of Hyrule is flooded. Well, if everything's flooded then I guess that means it's the end right? WRONG. Apparently, they found a new land and named it Hyrule... So, technically, we have various reincarnations of Link and Zelda all across the timeline.

After they kept adding more and more games, the whole got more and more confusing. Then, Twilight Princess came out. But it kicked so much ass that nobody really cared where it went on the timeline.

But, then... Skyward Sword came out............ ANOTHER PREQUEL.

**** life as we know it. We got like nearly 4 prequels here and various sequels to these prequels. So what the hell is Nintendo going at this? I don't know. Maybe you can figure it out.

Nintendo claims that this is the first game in the entire franchise. So... OoT is pretty much a lie????

Well, that's the short version of what I'm trying to get at. But, yeah. Leave your comments below and tell me what you think on the matter.

[Lost Profile 644]

 

this video is the best there is to figure out the timeline of the legend of zelda... and its AWESOMELY funny!

 

watch video at own risk!

[None42069 520]

I'm one of those people who believe in the official timeline. I need to play the games before I figure out what connects to what but so far, it would make the most sense as far fetched as it is. Here it is:

 

[~Rogue~ 193]

This comic strip I found on reddit much explains the zelda timeline. This is why the timelines took so long to figure out....damn miyamoto

Edited March 3, 2013 by TheNinjaPony

[Pan the Fabulous Ferret 2,642]

I cant stand the thought of all the zelda games linking together in a timeline. Only a few games actually go together in my mind, and For most games I just believe they are separate worlds.

[Zygen 6,066]

I listened to Zelda timeline videos before, but I really haven't played all the Zelda games, so I get quite confused . Besides the whole theory thing is just confusing to me. So much implications Xd.

 

I just go with the Nintendo one, since it makes sense pretty much. I mean I haven't played all the games so idk.

 

I feel like maybe the developers simply made the timeline because it was asked for and not because they originally planned to do a timeline for the series.

 

Or they just keep it locked away in a top secret vault underground at the earths core.

[~Vallo~ 409]

I'm pretty sure there's a video about this on IGN, which explains that there's actually three separate timelines. I think they also made one about Mario.

Edited August 10, 2013 by ~Vallo~

[Radiance64 7,053]

I dunno, all I really know is that Skyward Sword goes first, makes tons of sense after you see the ending.

Anyway, no need to make such a fuss about it. I pretty much believe Nintendo's official timeline as well.