The End of Ocarina of Time: Difference between revisions

[[File:OOT Ending.jpg|right|thumb|285px|The ending of ''Ocarina of Time'']]

{{Timeline}}The ending of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' has long been considered the cornerstone of the [[Zelda Timeline]], as the presence of the Hero who went back and forth in time generated a fork in history, dividing Hyrule’s chronology. The official timeline describes the ending of Ocarina of Time as creating three parallel timelines:<ref>''[[Hyrule Historia]]'', page 69</ref><ref>{{cite person|quote=Amanda Mackay: Now a lot of the music within the Zelda series carries over within different games. Does that mean that they're within the same timeline?<br>Eiji Aonuma: Yes, all of the games are within one timeline for the entire series, but that timeline is a secret that I cannot reveal.|name=[[Eiji Aonuma]]|url=http://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda-Developer-Timeline-Quotes.php|title=GameTrailers, October 2011 interview}}</ref>

*The '''Child timeline''' is the timeline that follows Link after being sent back to his original time to warn Zelda, following the Hero of Time's defeat of Ganondorf in the final battle. This turn of events created the timeline containing ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'', and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]''.

*The '''Adult timeline''' is the timeline that follows the events after Link is being sent back to his original time, following the Hero of Time's defeat of Ganondorf in the final battle. Ganondorf is sealed within the Sacred Realm by the Seven Sages but with Link sent back in time, the world is left without a Hero. This turn of events created the timeline containing ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]'', and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]]''.