Eiji Aonuma said:
Each of the races has a character fated to be one of the sages later on. We named them after towns in The Adventure of Link so it would appear that the towns had been named after them. In the world of Zelda, the events of Ocarina of Time occur before the events of Adventure of Link
Well, I suppose if this magazine is post-WW, then I really don't know what to say about that. You could say that the tale of the Sages was passed down, but I don't know about how much detail Link would have went into in his conversation with Zelda at the end of OoT. Plus, you must consider that legends usually lose a lot of information over time, and since the Sages weren't changed in the CT, the towns in AoL really don't add up anymore. All I know, is that the timeline at OoT's release looked something like:
OoT--ALttP/LA--LoZ--AoL
Which would have made perfect sense towards this quote. Then again, I guess since there is apparently a New Hyrule that has been discovered (shown in Spirit Tracks), LoZ and AoL could take place on the Adult Timeline just as well.
I guess we overlooked the towns in AoL. Must mean they're on the adult timeline. Oh and one thing: There was no master sword in original loz. But is the magic sword the master sword? We can assume alttp takes place after loz/aol, but what if it's on the child timeline? Just look at where you get the master sword. Same as tp: the lost woods.
I don't assume that at all. As of right now, my timeline isn't perfect, and there are a few things that I am unsure about, so I just throw them in wherever I can. Here is an example.
....../--WW/PH--ST
OoT
......\MM--TP--ALttP/LA--LoZ/AoL
Note that I have left out a bunch of games, including MC, FS, FSA, and the Oracle titles, since I am not exactly sure where I would put them right now. But the timeline shown here is what I'm following at least. I refuse to accept that ALttP takes place before LoZ/AoL. The whole point of ALttP was to show the origins of Ganon and give some backstory to the events of LoZ/AoL since neither really had much. The Master Sword placement is something I take pretty seriously as good evidence. I feel that it stays in the same pedestal from OoT, to TP, then on into ALttP. Afterwards, it has not yet been used again on the CT, according to my theory.