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expanded the summary and added some tentative headers for the History section. (these are very bad; they just give a general idea of how I think it should be organized)
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The '''Zelda Timeline''' is an ordering of the ''Zelda'' games as their events occur within the fictional universe. | The '''Zelda Timeline''' is an ordering of the ''Zelda'' games as their events occur within the fictional universe. This official chronology was revealed in detail in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia]]'', published in December of 2011. Before that, it had been kept a deeply held secret,{{Ref|[[Interview:Electronic Gaming Monthly June 2005|Electronic Gaming Monthly]], June 2005}}{{Ref|[[Interview:Camp Hyrule August 15th 2005|Camp Hyrule]], August 15, 2005}}{{Ref|[[Interview:GameTrailers October 28th 2011|GameTrailers]], October 28, 2011}} even to most of the developers.{{Ref|[[Interview:Official Nintendo Magazine July 21st 2010|Official Nintendo Magazine]], July 21, 2005}} This was done to prevent the developers from falling into the trap of focusing on the storyline instead of the gameplay{{Ref|[[Interview:Game Informer October 2011|Game Informer]], October 2011}} and to allow for more creative flexibility for future releases.{{Unsourced}} Before ''Hyrule Historia'' was published, the timeline was a major topic of debate among ''Zelda'' fans, owing to vague, open-ended, or absent connections between games, as well as many apparent contradictions. | ||
[[File:HH-Timeline.png|350px|thumb|The official Zelda timeline as seen in [[Hyrule Historia]]]] | [[File:HH-Timeline.png|350px|thumb|The official Zelda timeline as seen in [[Hyrule Historia]]]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The history of the ''Zelda'' Timeline is punctuated by the addition of new games which expand, clarify, or redefine it. | |||
{{TODO|These section headers are tentative.}} | |||
===The Beginning to Ocarina of Time=== | |||
===The Wind Waker: A New World=== | |||
===Four Swords Saga: Side-Stories?=== | |||
===Twilight Princess: Expanding Both Timelines===<!-- might not be notable enough to have its own section. only thing it added was the interview supporting the split --> | |||
===Skyward Sword and Hyrule Historia=== | |||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||