I wonder about the timeline just like lots of other people around here, but pretty much all the timelines are mere speculation. Let's use this topic to disagree on everything without solid facts.
Yes, Ocarina of Time talks about the three goddesses that created the lands. But I think this doesn't mean that OoT neccesarily has to go first in the series, as there is no proof for that (to my knowledge).
Same goes for the Minish Cap. Yes, he gets his hat, so this is the first game in the series, is all other Zelda games Link wore a green hat. Wrong! No proof! More things in the story (something sealed away in a chest, locked with some sort of sword...) learn us that there was at least one event before this.
Many timelines have TLoZ and TAoL directly after each other (with some blank years in between, but still)...
Not that I have better proof, but if you look at the manual of both games, LoZ is a kid, TAoL is older (16 years old). Doesn't some story go in between these? Being both NES games doesn't proof that the follow each other chronoligically...
Any more things bothering you?
Yes, Ocarina of Time talks about the three goddesses that created the lands. But I think this doesn't mean that OoT neccesarily has to go first in the series, as there is no proof for that (to my knowledge).
Same goes for the Minish Cap. Yes, he gets his hat, so this is the first game in the series, is all other Zelda games Link wore a green hat. Wrong! No proof! More things in the story (something sealed away in a chest, locked with some sort of sword...) learn us that there was at least one event before this.
Many timelines have TLoZ and TAoL directly after each other (with some blank years in between, but still)...
Not that I have better proof, but if you look at the manual of both games, LoZ is a kid, TAoL is older (16 years old). Doesn't some story go in between these? Being both NES games doesn't proof that the follow each other chronoligically...
Any more things bothering you?