Talk:Zelda Timeline

Link to the Past & the original
All over this place you say that it is one of the cannon facts that Link to the Past is before the original, but I can't see any reason why this must be the case. I have seen time lines that put it later, and I remember a quote from the creator suggesting that it took place after the original.


 * This was a stated fact from Nintendo. They said so around the release of A Link to the Past. It is even implied in the title of the game. Until we retrieve the exact words, I put down a citation needed tag.--Mjr162006 14:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I always understood the title as referring to the "past" events discussed in the game's prologue, not that the entire game takes place in the past. Also, there is a Miyamoto quote that suggest the exact opposite.  While LttP is likely before LoZ, it is not clear enough to be put in the section for absolute facts.  --Extry 16:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Please don't go around changing articles just be cause you disagree with a controversial fact.--Mjr162006 14:26, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


 * My personal opinion on the time line is beside the point to my edits, I wasn't changing it to match my own view on it, I changed it because it is controversial, and therefore should not be included in the lists of absolute facts. You need to clearly separate the parts that are undisputed from the theories, and the relationship between the 8-bit and 16-bit games is debatable. --Extry 16:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


 * That is correct. All of the timeline articles are controversial. Separating undisputed facts from the theories is the best thing to do.--Mjr162006 16:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

aLttP and tWW parallel?
I was thinking that both the Wind Waker and a Link to the Past take place in the "adult" time-line, but they seem, IMO, to be irreconcilably conflicting. Then it hit me: in the beginning of tWW, during the "fairytale" opening they told that Ganon appeared after being sealed by the Hero of Time, but the Hero did not reappear to stop him. There's no mention of Ganon(dorf) appearing any more times than that, so there shouldn't be any games between tWW and OoT. The same would apply for aLttP: an ancient story of Ganon being trapped in the Sacred Realm, but we discover he's loose during the game, and the events at the end of OoT mesh (nearly) perfectly with the opening plot. So my idea is that tWW is a "what if" scenario. *What if* Link didn't emerge in the aLttP, *what if* no-one could've resisted Ganon? Think about it. Agahnim would've revealed himself as Ganon as soon as he was ready, so when he did, it would've come as a complete surprise to the people, who might've been completely oblivious as to what was happening inside their kingdom.Tounushi 17:16, 25 September 2008 (UTC)