i just had to start this thread because there are WAY too many people out there who are making timeline theories that can not back up any reasonings for where they place these games and why. if people would take the time to reasearch then it would be much more obvious as to where these games go. i will explain where these games go and why.
i will start off with the order that JUST THESE THREE GAMES GO.
Minish Cap HAS TO BE BEFORE FS AND FSA.
Reason: MC is the first time anyone comes into any sort of confrontation with Vaati. the game explains Vaati's backstory. what he used to do before he was evil. why he became evil. how he got his power. its basically in comparison to OoT. OoT had the introduction of Ganondorf. MC has the introduction of Vaati. at the end of the game, Vaati is sealed in the very chest that he opened at the beginning of the game.
this leads into FS. it HAS to be second because Vaati is accidentally released from the chest by Link. in order for him to be released, he had to have been put in there somehow (hence why MC is first). at the end of the game he is resealed into the chest.
and the last of the three is FSA. the reason this game is last is because Ganon is in it. Vaati is trying to ressurect Ganon (after he is accidentally released from the chest again). at the end of the game Vaati is defeated and Ganon is sealed in the chest.
now i will explain where these games go on the timeline relative to the other games.
MC is first on the timeline. i will explain why in a second.
FS is second on the timeline. when FS came out, Miyamoto stated that FS takes place BEFORE OoT on the timeline. now because MC is an obvious prequel to FS (because of my reasonings earlier) that would put MC first.
FSA does not take place til some time later. before ALTTP specifically. the reason FSA comes just before ALTTP is because of the ending of FSA. in the end of the game, we see Ganon has the trident/trifork of power which he also has in ALTTP (the only other game he has it i believe).
also, in ALTTP you can get to the four sword chamber (where ganon is sealed at the end of FSA) and you can see the broken sword and the opened chest which means that Ganon escaped the four sword chest (which he was put in at the end of FSA) so FSA HAS to come just before ALTTP which means it doesnt take place til quite a while after MC and FS.
i have heard the following argument many times.
"they all have the same villain, sword, and basic storyline so they cant take place that much further apart."
here is my rebuttal.
the FS series (MC FS FSA) do, indeed, all have the same villain, sword and basic storyline. you are all very observant, but do you want to know WHY they can take place so far apart on a timeline? its because all the other zelda games are the same.
lets see...every game other than the FS series, LA and PH have the same common villain, the same sword and the same basic storyline (get the triforce before Ganon/dorf). all of those games take place with great amounts of time apart so why should it be any different for the FS series?
this is my argument. its a very good one, IMO. go ahead and discuss what you think is right and wrong.
i will start off with the order that JUST THESE THREE GAMES GO.
Minish Cap HAS TO BE BEFORE FS AND FSA.
Reason: MC is the first time anyone comes into any sort of confrontation with Vaati. the game explains Vaati's backstory. what he used to do before he was evil. why he became evil. how he got his power. its basically in comparison to OoT. OoT had the introduction of Ganondorf. MC has the introduction of Vaati. at the end of the game, Vaati is sealed in the very chest that he opened at the beginning of the game.
this leads into FS. it HAS to be second because Vaati is accidentally released from the chest by Link. in order for him to be released, he had to have been put in there somehow (hence why MC is first). at the end of the game he is resealed into the chest.
and the last of the three is FSA. the reason this game is last is because Ganon is in it. Vaati is trying to ressurect Ganon (after he is accidentally released from the chest again). at the end of the game Vaati is defeated and Ganon is sealed in the chest.
now i will explain where these games go on the timeline relative to the other games.
MC is first on the timeline. i will explain why in a second.
FS is second on the timeline. when FS came out, Miyamoto stated that FS takes place BEFORE OoT on the timeline. now because MC is an obvious prequel to FS (because of my reasonings earlier) that would put MC first.
FSA does not take place til some time later. before ALTTP specifically. the reason FSA comes just before ALTTP is because of the ending of FSA. in the end of the game, we see Ganon has the trident/trifork of power which he also has in ALTTP (the only other game he has it i believe).
also, in ALTTP you can get to the four sword chamber (where ganon is sealed at the end of FSA) and you can see the broken sword and the opened chest which means that Ganon escaped the four sword chest (which he was put in at the end of FSA) so FSA HAS to come just before ALTTP which means it doesnt take place til quite a while after MC and FS.
i have heard the following argument many times.
"they all have the same villain, sword, and basic storyline so they cant take place that much further apart."
here is my rebuttal.
the FS series (MC FS FSA) do, indeed, all have the same villain, sword and basic storyline. you are all very observant, but do you want to know WHY they can take place so far apart on a timeline? its because all the other zelda games are the same.
lets see...every game other than the FS series, LA and PH have the same common villain, the same sword and the same basic storyline (get the triforce before Ganon/dorf). all of those games take place with great amounts of time apart so why should it be any different for the FS series?
this is my argument. its a very good one, IMO. go ahead and discuss what you think is right and wrong.