Mario games make it clear there is no series continuity whereas Zelda actively builds on its lore and references past events from other games.
'Zelda 3' is dumb because A Link to the Past was 'Zelda 3', it was the third Zelda game released...
We may have a Zelda 2 but that game was highly...
They didn't say it was at the end of all three timelines, just that it was at the end of the timeline currently and that which branch it belonged to was up to fan theories.
Aonuma will do what Aonuma wants.
There is no science to the Zelda timeline. Aonuma just does what he wants to do. Zelda...