Does Zelda have a timeline?

This is bugging me, I used to think that every Zelda game was a stand alone game, but then I got in an argument with a friend and he tried to explain it to me and it just didn`t make any sense. So does the Legand of Zelda series have a timeline?

The said that minish cap is the first game in the time line, so it must have a time line.l8bitz

[QUOTE="l8bitz"]The said that minish cap is the first game in the time line, so it must have a time line.viva_havarte

I wouldn't doubt it... try going to gametrailers.com and looking for there Zelda Timeline video. They give there complex theory on the whole thing.

Edit:check it out

Nintendo hasnt released an official timeline, but gametrailers has a pretty convincing timeline theory.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/15194.html

Sure does. But only nintendo knows what it is.

Nintendo has not blatently said the timeline, therefore one does not exist. Zelda is not real-life so it exists only as portrayed by Nintendo.

The way that it was explained to me is that in each game, Link is a different person in a whole alternate dimension and time, but the "prophecized hero" is the same soul that gets "reincarnated" into each of the characters, ie. why they all have the same birthmarks and whatnot, but they are not the same person. This also goes for Zelda, Ganon, and all recurring characters being teh same "spiritual entity" but not the samephysical person.

There are timelines WITHIN games , ie. Link growing up in OOT, but not throughout the entires eries.

Sure does. But only nintendo knows what it is.

bowden911

nope, not even Nintendo.

Sorta.They say The Wind Waker is set 100 years after Ocarina of Time while Majora's Mask is set several months after OoT. And we all know where PH comes.ShadowLaguna

[QUOTE="ShadowLaguna"]Sorta.They say The Wind Waker is set 100 years after Ocarina of Time while Majora's Mask is set several months after OoT. And we all know where PH comes.viva_havarte

No, no they didn't. TP is 100 years after OoT. WW is HUNDREDS of years after TWW, which was originally poorly translated into 100 years. They're at separate times.

I like GameTrailer's split timeline theory alot. It has a few holes, but for the most part, that's what I believe.

[QUOTE="viva_havarte"][QUOTE="ShadowLaguna"]Sorta.They say The Wind Waker is set 100 years after Ocarina of Time while Majora's Mask is set several months after OoT. And we all know where PH comes.maclotr

No, no they didn't. TP is 100 years after OoT. WW is HUNDREDS of years after TWW, which was originally poorly translated into 100 years. They're at separate times.

I like GameTrailer's split timeline theory alot. It has a few holes, but for the most part, that's what I believe.

Didn't read everything, so I'm not sure if this has been posted.

THIS IS FROM WIKIPEDIA.

The creators maintain that the series has a set timeline, but due to the poor translation protocols in the 1990s, and debate over what counts as "canonical" material, the available information continues to be disputed. Eiji Aonuma has since promised he will do his best to patch it all up, and reveal the timeline someday, and Miyamoto stated in a 2003 interview that there is a master document containing the timeline. Eiji Aonuma has also stated in a July 2007 video interview that there is such a document on his PC, and that this document is considered confidential. According to this interview, development of a Zelda title can commence without the team knowing in advance where exactly the title will fit into the timeline; but by the time the title is finished, its placement in the timeline will be determined. However, this document has not been seen publicly, and there is little other proof of its existence.

I believe Game Trailers theroy into the timeline along with a few of my own additions/changes. Btw WW is either 100 or 1000 years after OOT cant remember and TP is around 60 years after OOT and I personally believe that fits into timeline A.lucky326

What's timline A? Young Link at the end of Oot? If so, it doesn't fit. Ganondorf has the triforce of power in TP but he wouldn't have it in Young Link's timeline. If it's Adult Link's timeline it still doesn't make sense that he sees Link but never says anything like "Hey remember when I swore vengence upon your predessor's decendents? Well, guess what? You're dead."

Thus my confusion with TP.

Didn't read everything, so I'm not sure if this has been posted.

THIS IS FROM WIKIPEDIA.

The creators maintain that the series has a set timeline, but due to the poor translation protocols in the 1990s, and debate over what counts as "canonical" material, the available information continues to be disputed. Eiji Aonumahas since promised he will do his best to patch it all up, and reveal the timeline someday, and Miyamoto stated in a 2003 interview that there is a master document containing the timeline. Eiji Aonuma has also stated in a July 2007 video interview that there is such a document on his PC, and that this document is considered confidential. According to this interview, development of a Zelda title can commence without the team knowing in advance where exactly the title will fit into the timeline; but by the time the title is finished, its placement in the timeline will be determined. However, this document has not been seen publicly, and there is little other proof of its existence.

andrew_lynch

Well, the game has some sort of a time line. But nothing has been organized yet. It has been said that Phantom Hourglass is the sequel to Wind Waker.

I think that Wind Waker & Phantom Hourglass are protrayed in the future, and thus being another series.

Then comes Minish Cap, and then either Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask, ALTTP, LoZ, or Twilight Princess carries on.

I'm thinking that, not all games are connected. But they are all categorized in different series. Right now, I see 2-3 series.

It's very hard to depict whether which games come first or not, but there has to be some sort of timeline.

Maybe the Zelda franchise will unfold this question as we go on.

yes and no. Some of the gamesexplicit hints to thestory line. We know OoT comes before MM. There are hints that TP comes hundreds of years after MM and OoT. Of course, WW is supposed to take place a REALLY long time after OoT, and then PH is a direct sequel to that.

Basically it goes- OoT, MM, TP, WW, PH.

Other games, like LttP, really don't fit in with the above mentioned games. Fans like to make it fit nicely, but those games were never really intended to fit in with a big picture of Hyrule and the adventures fo recent games. There may be two storylines, but that is another post entirely!

Well, the game has some sort of a time line. But nothing has been organized yet. It has been said that Phantom Hourglass is the sequel to Wind Waker.

I think that Wind Waker & Phantom Hourglass are protrayed in the future, and thus being another series.

Then comes Minish Cap, and then either Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask, ALTTP, LoZ, or Twilight Princess carries on.

I'm thinking that, not all games are connected. But they are all categorized in different series. Right now, I see 2-3 series.

It's very hard to depict whether which games come first or not, but there has to be some sort of timeline.

Maybe the Zelda franchise will unfold this question as we go on.

PainGivingLink

[QUOTE="lucky326"]I believe Game Trailers theroy into the timeline along with a few of my own additions/changes. Btw WW is either 100 or 1000 years after OOT cant remember and TP is around 60 years after OOT and I personally believe that fits into timeline A.Arc2012

What's timline A? Young Link at the end of Oot? If so, it doesn't fit. Ganondorf has the triforce of power in TP but he wouldn't have it in Young Link's timeline. If it's Adult Link's timeline it still doesn't make sense that he sees Link but never says anything like "Hey remember when I swore vengence upon your predessor's decendents? Well, guess what? You're dead."

Thus my confusion with TP.

It fits with young Link's timeline. When the sages attempted to execute him in TP, the triforce of power just comes to him somehow.

I thought Twilight took after WW. It makes sense; Tetra and Link eventually find a new Hyrule. Centuries later Link defeats Ganon in new Hyrule and Ganon's piece of the triforce disappears from his hand. Knowing this Link and Zelda have no reason to wield the triforce pieces so they contain it. Link decides to check on the pieces one day. This event gives way to Zelda Oracle of ages.

My theory about Hyrule B

I thought Twilight took after WW. It makes sense; Tetra and Link eventually find a new Hyrule. Centuries later Link defeats Ganon in new Hyrule and Ganon's piece of the triforce disappears from his hand. Knowing this Link and Zelda have no reason to wield the triforce pieces so they contain it. Link decides to check on the pieces one day. This event gives way to Zelda Oracle of ages.

My theory about Hyrule B

hathejoker

TP has to happen before WW, b/c the OoT Hyrule is under water. Spolier- In TP Link find the ruins to the Temple of Time, which is under water in WW.