Talk:Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Spin-Off Canon
How come its still considered a spin-off since they made it clear that this game is basically their canon way of telling the story of the events that took place 100 years before Breath of the Wild events? -- Wolfgerlion64 (talk) 16:45, 9 September 2020 (UTC)


 * The series is a spin-off series, and this new game has ":" in the title, which makes it part of that series. But remember, being a spin-off doesn't automatically make it non-canon. There are other game series that have had canon spin-offs before, it's nothing new.  18:12, 9 September 2020 (UTC)


 * I can understand some people wondering why this is still considered a spin-off even though they confirmed it being a prequel. It's just kinda weird seeing this being treated as spin-off while (which has a completely different gameplay system (and minor different name pattern) than any other games in the series) being treated as main game. Even more since this is completely seperated to the original  title. I'd still put it as spin-off on this website, but might need to be discussed in the future depending on how Nintendo themself treat this game in the future like are they gonna list it amongst main games on official sources or do they list it seperate etc. --Raygius (talk) 17:21, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

First Canon Game with Multiple Playable Characters?
Would Age of Calamity qualify as this? Or would Spirit Tracks be considered this? Though I guess if we wanna stretch it, Four Swords would be the first one. Scorching Emblem (talk) 07:15, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Since is non-canon, it wouldn't matter.  13:47, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Canonicity, Again
Although a longtime reader, I'm new to editing this wiki so I apologize if I'm missing anything. (I've read the Canon Policy.) However I must ask: why is this game, and things from it, labeled as non-canon? There is no indication it is non-canon, it just (mostly) doesn't take place in the same timeline as Breath of the Wild. In the beginning we see Terrako travel from BotW's timeline, which is canon, to this new one. Also Riju, Sidon, Teba and Yunobo appear from that timeline. Just because it is a new timeline does not make it non-canon... does it? Plus, how could a character like Terrako, who is the exact same individual in both timelines, be canon in one and not the other? (Not to mention some articles are inconsistent on this and this would make articles like Terrako's a mess.) Chubby Potato (talk) 07:06, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Also, if it wasn't clear enough from the actual events of the game, a loading text screen says the following: "Splintered Worlds: When Terrako—pursued by Ganon's Malice—arrived from the future, a new world was born." So it's yet another timeline split, not a separate canon. Chubby Potato (talk) 09:08, 30 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Many people have gotten confused about this and we were pretty confused ourselves at first. We looked over the events of the game and compared them to the events of and realized that even without time travel from, events don't line up. In , Daruk's Journal states that Link got the Master Sword around when he was 12 or 13, however, in , Link is already past that age and has not yet obtained the Master Sword. Even without time travel, this shouldn't be this way because Terrako traveled to after these events. Daruk's Journal also implies that Link was made Zelda's knight after he became a champion, which also contradicts what happens in  (although this is after Terrako travels back in time). Also what many people become confused about is Nintendo's word choice when they announced the game. Nintendo never directly confirmed AoC to be canon. What they said was "This game takes place 100 years before the events of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild." If Nintendo ever releases any media that confirms AoC to be a new timeline (even with contradictions) then we can switch everything over. Hopefully, if anyone else is confused they will see this message! I've also gone and updated the  Guidelines, so any other questions you have should be able to be answered there. Thank you!  13:56, 30 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks for explaining. By the way, while Daruk's Journal talks about Link being appointed as Zelda's knight, it's Mipha's Diary that says he acquired the sword before she became the pilot or a Champion; Revali's implies this too. It's that specifies the age. Personally, I think it would make more sense to have AoC to be "Ambiguously Canon", although I understand that isn't exactly how it's defined in the Canon Policy. Chubby Potato (talk) 20:19, 30 November 2020 (UTC)