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Caleb, Of Asui
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Nintendo Power: Where do all the Zelda games fall into place when arranged chronologically by their stories?
Miyamoto: Ocarina of Time is the first story, then the original Legend of Zelda, then Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and finally A Link to the Past. It's not very clear where Link's Awakening fits in--it could be anytime after Ocarina of Time.
This is the oldest official timeline quote that I know of. It comes directly from Miyamoto, who's at the head of the whole series, yet so many people now so easily disregard it. Why?
Here are a few points I'd like to make about the subject:
1. Miyamoto's Intentions: What's the reason for Miyamoto to tell us this order if it's invalid? Do Zelda fans honestly agree that the series' creator would deliberately mislead us? He can't have remembered incorrectly from a company meeting - he's the one that made the decision on this order in the first place.
2. OoT-LttP Connection: I do know that the whole timeline debate started with a supposed connection between Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past. Most timeline theorists now, with the way the timeline splits, consider this a false connection. I think the reason Nintendo made Ocarina of Time similar to A Link to the Past's backstory was to get people thinking about the story more (which definitely worked). Then, once that was established, Miyamoto came out and said "this is the order." It would have been less appropriate before that, because nobody cared.
3. Twilight Princess supports this order, given the location of the Triforce. Let's look at how it flows with both orders:
OoT: Triforce is in the Sacred Realm.
TP: Reveals that it was removed and split during OoT, and is still split.
LoZ/AoL: Has been split since "MANY YEARS AGO" and is rejoined in the story.
LttP Backstory: Ganon is trapped in the Sacred Realm with the Triforce, which he uses to make the Sacred Realm the Dark World.
LttP: All three pieces with Ganon, trapped in the Dark World. Later retrieved by Link.
The other way...
OoT: Triforce is in the Sacred Realm.
TP: Reveals that it was removed and split during OoT, and is still split.
LttP Backstory: Ganon is trapped in the Sacred Realm with the Triforce, which he uses to make the Sacred Realm the Dark World.
LttP: All three pieces with Ganon, trapped in the Dark World. Later retrieved by Link.
LoZ/AoL: Has been split since "MANY YEARS AGO" and is rejoined in the story.
Which one fits better? The first one. The Triforce flows very simply and exactly from one location to the next. In the second, it jumps around quite a lot and many more stories have to be created outside of the canon to support the order.
4. Childish attitude towards Miyamoto. I was away from the computer for a bit during this post, and during that bit, my little 7-year-old sister and my dad got into a small argument about her having her pillowcase downstairs. Basically, my sister said "there was no rule about it", my dad said "I said it was a rule that pillowcase stays upstairs", and my sister said "That's a rule Dad made, it doesn't count."
Those who disregard what Miyamoto says about the timeline are doing the same thing as my 7-year-old sister.
Miyamoto: Ocarina of Time is the first story, then the original Legend of Zelda, then Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and finally A Link to the Past. It's not very clear where Link's Awakening fits in--it could be anytime after Ocarina of Time.
This is the oldest official timeline quote that I know of. It comes directly from Miyamoto, who's at the head of the whole series, yet so many people now so easily disregard it. Why?
Here are a few points I'd like to make about the subject:
1. Miyamoto's Intentions: What's the reason for Miyamoto to tell us this order if it's invalid? Do Zelda fans honestly agree that the series' creator would deliberately mislead us? He can't have remembered incorrectly from a company meeting - he's the one that made the decision on this order in the first place.
2. OoT-LttP Connection: I do know that the whole timeline debate started with a supposed connection between Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past. Most timeline theorists now, with the way the timeline splits, consider this a false connection. I think the reason Nintendo made Ocarina of Time similar to A Link to the Past's backstory was to get people thinking about the story more (which definitely worked). Then, once that was established, Miyamoto came out and said "this is the order." It would have been less appropriate before that, because nobody cared.
3. Twilight Princess supports this order, given the location of the Triforce. Let's look at how it flows with both orders:
OoT: Triforce is in the Sacred Realm.
TP: Reveals that it was removed and split during OoT, and is still split.
LoZ/AoL: Has been split since "MANY YEARS AGO" and is rejoined in the story.
LttP Backstory: Ganon is trapped in the Sacred Realm with the Triforce, which he uses to make the Sacred Realm the Dark World.
LttP: All three pieces with Ganon, trapped in the Dark World. Later retrieved by Link.
The other way...
OoT: Triforce is in the Sacred Realm.
TP: Reveals that it was removed and split during OoT, and is still split.
LttP Backstory: Ganon is trapped in the Sacred Realm with the Triforce, which he uses to make the Sacred Realm the Dark World.
LttP: All three pieces with Ganon, trapped in the Dark World. Later retrieved by Link.
LoZ/AoL: Has been split since "MANY YEARS AGO" and is rejoined in the story.
Which one fits better? The first one. The Triforce flows very simply and exactly from one location to the next. In the second, it jumps around quite a lot and many more stories have to be created outside of the canon to support the order.
4. Childish attitude towards Miyamoto. I was away from the computer for a bit during this post, and during that bit, my little 7-year-old sister and my dad got into a small argument about her having her pillowcase downstairs. Basically, my sister said "there was no rule about it", my dad said "I said it was a rule that pillowcase stays upstairs", and my sister said "That's a rule Dad made, it doesn't count."
Those who disregard what Miyamoto says about the timeline are doing the same thing as my 7-year-old sister.