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{{ | Historically, the [[Zelda Timeline]] has been an afterthought with respect to game development. It was not pre-planned and has grown incrementally with each new release, often being re-arranged to accommodate new titles{{Fact}}. An official overarching timeline was not laid out in full until {{HH}} was first released in 2011. Prior to the release of {{HH|-}}, the overall timeline was the subject of [[Archive:Timeline Theories|numerous fan theories]]. | ||
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This article details the evolution of the timeline—and its fan intepretations—throughout the series' history. | |||
==History of the official | ==History of the official timeline== | ||
===1986-1993=== | |||
The first decade of the series saw four releases from 1986 to 1993. With so few games, the timeline remained relatively straightforward. | |||
* {{TLoZ}} is the original game of the series, first released in Japan in 1986. | |||
* {{TAoL}} is released as a direct sequel to the original {{TLoZ}},<ref>{{Cite Manual|quote=At the end of a fierce fight, Link overthrew Ganon, took back the Triforce and rescued Princess Zelda. However, is it all really finished? Many seasons have passed since then.|game=TAoL|page=3}}</ref> set some years later.<ref>{{Cite Manual|quote=One day, a strange mark, exactly like the crest of the kingdom, appeared on the back of Link's hand as he approached his 16th birthday.|game=TAoL|page=3}}</ref> | |||
* {{ALttP}} is released as a prequel to the original {{TLoZ|-}}. Its main characters are described as the predecessors of the Link and Zelda from the first two titles.<ref>{{Cite Box|quote= The predecessors of Link and Zelda face monsters on the march when a menacing magician takes over the kingdom.|game= ALttP}}</ref> | |||
* {{LA}} is released as a direct sequel to {{ALttP|-}} according to its [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/azlj/sutori.html official Japanese site]. | |||
The timeline complications begin with the next wave of releases five years later. | |||
In the | ===1998-2001=== | ||
In 1998, {{OoT}} is released as a prequel to {{ALttP|-}}. Nintendo purports the game to be a retelling of the [[Imprisoning War]] in the backstory of {{ALttP|-}}.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=The story in Ocarina of time isn’t actually original, it deals with the Sages’ Imprisoning War from the Super Famicom's ALttP.|author=Satoru Takizawa|published=June 22, 2007|retrieved=December 22, 2013|url=http://www.glitterberri.com/ocarina-of-time/1101-interviews/ganondorf/|title=Ganondorf|site=GlitterBerri's Game Translations|}}</ref> However the actual events of {{OoT|-}} do not fully align with the Imprisoning War.{{how}} In an interview on the chronology however, Miyamoto refers to the order as being {{OoT|-}}, {{TLoZ|-}}, {{TAoL|-}} and then {{ALttP|-}}, with {{LA|-}} occurring at any time after {{OoT|-}}.<ref>{{Cite Person|quote= 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.|name=Shigeru Miyamoto |url=http://zeldalegends.net/index.php?n=interviews&id=1998-11-13-np-miya&m=html |title=Nintendo Power Vol. 116: Interview with Mr. Miyamoto}}</ref> | |||
In 2000, {{MM}} is released as a direct sequel of {{OoT|-}} but has a minimal impact on the timeline, taking place in a [[Termina|parallel world]]. | |||
In 2001, {{Wp|Nintendo of America}} released a timeline of the first six games on [[Zelda.com|Zelda Universe]], and later added entries for {{OoS|-}} and {{OoA|-}}.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote= Our historians have toiled loing and hard to ensure that this infomation is accurate, and except for a few dissenters most citizens of Hyrule agree our Timeline is precice and reliable.|author= |title=The Hyrule Library: Hall of Time |url= |archive= http://web.archive.org/web/20021002111625/http://www.zelda.com/lib_timeline.html|published= |retrieved= |site= zelda.com|type= }}</ref> All of the games are purported to involve the same Link, to explain this discrepancy, this timeline has it that time passes differently in Termina, so when Link returned to Hyrule hundreds of years had passed. | |||
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{{ | |+ The Hyrule Library | ||
! Hall of Time | |||
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| {{OoT}} | |||
{{LA}} | |- | ||
| {{MM}} | |||
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| {{ALttP}} | |||
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| {{OoA}} | |||
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| {{OoS}} | |||
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| {{TLoZ}} | |||
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| {{TAoL}} | |||
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| {{LA}}{{Note|{{LA|-}} Occurring during the point in {{TAoL|-}} where Link crosses to Eastern Hyrule.}} | |||
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The | In 2001, {{OoS}} and {{OoA}} are released. The Triforce plays a central role in the plot and [[Ganon]] is still the ultimate villain, but the games have no apparent connection to the overall timeline.{{Verify}} | ||
=== | ===2002-2011=== | ||
In 2002 and 2003, {{TWW}} is released as a distant-future sequel to {{OoT|-}}. It takes place in a time after a [[Great Flood]] washes away Hyrule completely, an event that upheaves the timeline. The game does not recognize the events of {{ALttP|-}}, which would have occurred between {{OoT|-}} and {{TWW|-}}. | |||
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In 2006, {{TP}} is released as yet another sequel to {{OoT|-}}, ostensibly contradicting {{TWW|-}}. Shortly after, producer [[Eiji Aonuma]] officially declares the existence of two parallel timelines resulting from Link's time travel in {{OoT|-}}.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=The Wind Waker is parallel. In Ocarina of Time, Link flew seven years in time, he beat Ganon and went back to being a kid, remember? Twilight Princess takes place in the world of Ocarina of Time, a hundred and something years after the peace returned to kid Link's time. In the last scene of Ocarina of Time, kids Link and Zelda have a little talk, and as a consequence of that talk, their relationship with Ganon takes a whole new direction. In the middle of this game [Twilight Princess], there's a scene showing Ganon's execution. It was decided that Ganon be executed because he'd do something outrageous if they left him be. That scene takes place several years after Ocarina of Time. Ganon was sent to another world and now he wants to obtain the power...|author=Eiji Aonuma|published=03-10-2007|retrieved=December 22, 2013|url=http://www.thehylia.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1173582355|title=Nintendo Dream: Eiji Aonuma Interview 1|site=The Hylia|}}</ref> {{TP|-}} is stated to occur in the "Child Link Timeline" while {{TWW|-}} occurs in the "Adult Link Timeline". | |||
In the meantime, from 2002 to 2005, {{FS}}, {{FSA}}, and {{TMC}} are released. The games form their own plot featuring [[Vaati]] as the primary villain and the [[Four Sword]] as the holy grail instead of the [[Triforce]]. {{TMC|-}} is a distant prequel to {{FS|-}}. {{FSA|-}}, at the time, is presented as a direct sequel to {{FS|-}}. {{FSA|-}} ties into the greater series by re-introducing [[Ganon]] as the ultimate villain behind Vaati's power. However, the game's placement in the timeline—in either of the two branches—is unclear at the time. The same is true for {{ALttP|-}} and the other three titles preceding {{OoT|-}}. | |||
From 2007 to 2009, {{PH}} and {{ST}} are released as sequels to {{TWW|-}}.{{Clarify}} | |||
{{SS}} is released in 2011 and is placed at the very beginning of the timeline. | |||
===2011–Present=== | |||
Shortly after {{SS|-}}, a full account of the timeline is released in {{HH}}. It attempts to resolve the contradictions by contriving a third timeline branch where Link is defeated by Ganon in {{OoT|-}}. | |||
The so-called Fallen Hero Timeline accounts for the events of {{ALttP|-}}, {{OoS|-}}, and {{OoA|-}}, {{LA|-}}, {{TLoZ|-}} and {{TAoL|-}} in that order. Later, in {{E}}, this timeline branch is re-arranged to account for {{ALBW}} and {{TFH}}, which are placed directly after {{OoS|-}} and {{OoA|-}}. {{LA|-}} is once again placed directly after {{ALttP|-}}. | |||
{{HH|-}} places {{TMC|-}} and {{FS|-}} after {{SS|-}} at the beginning of the timeline. {{FSA|-}} is shoehorned into the Child Timeline as its latest games. | |||
{| class="wikitable | |||
|+ Fallen Hero Timeline | |||
! {{HH}} | |||
! {{E}} | |||
|- | |||
| {{ALttP}} | |||
| {{ALttP}} | |||
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| {{OoA}} and {{OoS}} | |||
| {{LA}} | |||
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| {{LA}} | |||
| {{OoS}} and {{OoA}} | |||
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| {{ALBW}} | |||
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| {{TFH}} | |||
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| {{TLoZ}} | |||
| {{TLoZ}} | |||
|- | |||
| {{TAoL}} | |||
| {{TAoL}} | |||
|} | |||
In {{CaC}}, the events that occurred in Hyrule's early history are described to have faded into myth.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= The kingdom of Hyrule has a long, long history. So long, in fact, that the events that occurred leading up to its founding and in its early years have faded into myth. Hyrule's recurring periods of prosperity and decline have made it impossible to tell which legends are historical fact and which are mere fairy tale. However, it is an undisputable truth that Calamity Ganon attacked Hyrule and was sealed ten thousand years ago, and that it revived one hundred years ago in an event called the Great Calamity.|book= CaC|publisher= |page= 360}}</ref> The timeline begins anew with {{BotW}}. | |||
==Fan interpretations of timeline== | |||
{{Main|Archive:Timeline Theories}} | |||
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==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Timeline Hyrule Historia.jpg|The timeline as shown in {{HH|-}} | |||
File:E Timeline.png|The timeline as shown in {{E|-}} | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{Notes}} | |||
{{Ref}} | {{Ref}} |
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