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- Jun 7, 2011
I will show how I came to my timeline conclusions. The Four Swords games are not included.
i. The Hyrule Fantasy.
HF
ii. The Adventure of Link comes within a few years after the Hyrule Fantasy.
HF/AL
iii. Triforce of the Gods (A Link to the Past) appearently precreeds the Hyrule Fantasy.
TG--HF/AL
iv. Link's Awakening follows Triforce of the Gods.
TG/LA--HF/AL
v. Ocarina of Time tells the backstory of Triforce of the Gods
OT--TG/LA--HF/AL
vi. Majora's Mask directly follows Ocarina of Time.
OT/MM--TG/LA--HF/AL
vii. I have read that at the end of the linked Oracle games, Link leaves on a boat similiar to the one seen at the beginning of Link's Awakening. Also, in Triforce of the Gods, Ganon is defeated, and in the Oracle games an attempt is made to ressurect him.
OT/MM--TG/OoX/LA--HF/AL
viii. The Wind Waker takes place in the alternate timeline created at the end of Ocarina of Time.
........../-TG/OoX/LA--HF/AL
OT/MM-
..........\-WW
ix. Now I make a controversial move. At the end of Ocarina of Time two timelines exist- one where Ganondorf is sealed into the sacred realm after reigning for seven years, and another where he is to be executed seven years earlier. The Wind Waker takes place in the former, Twilight Princess in the latter. In Twilight Princess the attempt to execute Ganondorf fails, and he is sealed not the in Sacred Realm, but the Twilight Realm. So this must take place on a seperate timeline than the Wind Waker. In the Wind Waker, though, only the Human Ganondorf appears, while in Triforce of the Gods only the Beast Ganon appears. Somehow in the sacred realm these two aspects must have seperated. Triforce of the Gods must preceed the Wind Waker because it takes place in Old Hyrule, and the map bears similarities to that of Ocarina of Time. So I revoke my previous ideas and shift all games aside from Twilight Princess into the Wind Waker timeline. Hyrule Fantasy and Adventure of Link take place after the Wind Waker, because how else could they suceed Triforce of the Gods? I understand that information is of debatable authenticity, and it may instead suceed Twilight Princess.
........../-TP
OT/MM-
..........\-TG/OoX/LA--WW--HF/AL
x. Phantom Hourglass is a direct sequel to the Wind Waker.
........../-TP
OT/MM-
..........\-TG/OoX/LA--WW/PH--HF/AL
xi. Spirit Tracks is known to take place around a hundred years after Phantom Hourglass.
........../-TP
OT/MM-
..........\-TG/OoX/LA--WW/PH--ST--HF/AL
xii. Skyward Sword will preceed Ocarina of Time.
................./-TP
SS--OT/MM-
.................\-TG/OoX/LA--WW/PH--ST--HF/AL
xii. I cannot see any flaws in this timeline- except one: the placement of Hyrule Fantasy and The Adventure of Link. These games obviously take place after Ocarina of Time, given the villages being named after the sages, yet Ganon is somehow alive despite being killed in both Triforce of the Gods and in Twilight Princess, and it features the Triforce despite the Triforce appearently being missing from Spirit Track's New Hyrule. There seems to be no place to put them. If you have another idea, please tell me. In case the first two games are merely a myth or distorted account of another game, I offer the timeline without them:
................./-TP
SS--OT/MM-
.................\-TG/OoX/LA--WW/PH--ST
i. The Hyrule Fantasy.
HF
ii. The Adventure of Link comes within a few years after the Hyrule Fantasy.
HF/AL
iii. Triforce of the Gods (A Link to the Past) appearently precreeds the Hyrule Fantasy.
TG--HF/AL
iv. Link's Awakening follows Triforce of the Gods.
TG/LA--HF/AL
v. Ocarina of Time tells the backstory of Triforce of the Gods
OT--TG/LA--HF/AL
vi. Majora's Mask directly follows Ocarina of Time.
OT/MM--TG/LA--HF/AL
vii. I have read that at the end of the linked Oracle games, Link leaves on a boat similiar to the one seen at the beginning of Link's Awakening. Also, in Triforce of the Gods, Ganon is defeated, and in the Oracle games an attempt is made to ressurect him.
OT/MM--TG/OoX/LA--HF/AL
viii. The Wind Waker takes place in the alternate timeline created at the end of Ocarina of Time.
........../-TG/OoX/LA--HF/AL
OT/MM-
..........\-WW
ix. Now I make a controversial move. At the end of Ocarina of Time two timelines exist- one where Ganondorf is sealed into the sacred realm after reigning for seven years, and another where he is to be executed seven years earlier. The Wind Waker takes place in the former, Twilight Princess in the latter. In Twilight Princess the attempt to execute Ganondorf fails, and he is sealed not the in Sacred Realm, but the Twilight Realm. So this must take place on a seperate timeline than the Wind Waker. In the Wind Waker, though, only the Human Ganondorf appears, while in Triforce of the Gods only the Beast Ganon appears. Somehow in the sacred realm these two aspects must have seperated. Triforce of the Gods must preceed the Wind Waker because it takes place in Old Hyrule, and the map bears similarities to that of Ocarina of Time. So I revoke my previous ideas and shift all games aside from Twilight Princess into the Wind Waker timeline. Hyrule Fantasy and Adventure of Link take place after the Wind Waker, because how else could they suceed Triforce of the Gods? I understand that information is of debatable authenticity, and it may instead suceed Twilight Princess.
........../-TP
OT/MM-
..........\-TG/OoX/LA--WW--HF/AL
x. Phantom Hourglass is a direct sequel to the Wind Waker.
........../-TP
OT/MM-
..........\-TG/OoX/LA--WW/PH--HF/AL
xi. Spirit Tracks is known to take place around a hundred years after Phantom Hourglass.
........../-TP
OT/MM-
..........\-TG/OoX/LA--WW/PH--ST--HF/AL
xii. Skyward Sword will preceed Ocarina of Time.
................./-TP
SS--OT/MM-
.................\-TG/OoX/LA--WW/PH--ST--HF/AL
xii. I cannot see any flaws in this timeline- except one: the placement of Hyrule Fantasy and The Adventure of Link. These games obviously take place after Ocarina of Time, given the villages being named after the sages, yet Ganon is somehow alive despite being killed in both Triforce of the Gods and in Twilight Princess, and it features the Triforce despite the Triforce appearently being missing from Spirit Track's New Hyrule. There seems to be no place to put them. If you have another idea, please tell me. In case the first two games are merely a myth or distorted account of another game, I offer the timeline without them:
................./-TP
SS--OT/MM-
.................\-TG/OoX/LA--WW/PH--ST