My Thoughts on the Official Zelda Timeline

Alright, so lately there's been a lot of talk about the latest Zelda news, which is the Hyrule Historia book. That's what this video is about, as I'm sure you can glean from the title. I've received questions about the book numerous times the last week, but I didn't answer them on the mailbag because I've been planning this video, so now you can hear me thoughts on it. I hope you enjoy!

Link to Hyrule Historia's timeline: http://www.zeldadungeon.net/2011/12/hyrule-historia-visual-timeline-map-recre...

I'm sure regular mailbag viewers will know that I rarely discuss the timeline outside of the major canonical connections that have been confirmed. Never been a really big timeline guy, and I've usually found all the major timeline theorizing to be kind of annoying. That said I do actually have some thoughts on the Hyrule Historia timeline, not all of them positive, but not all of them negative either.

So what about you guys? Can you guess any of the music in the background? And what are your thoughts on this timeline mess? Were you into the timeline much before, and whether you were or not, what are your thoughts on the new timeline? Do you agree with anything I've said? Do you think this timeline is here to stay? Tell me in the comments!

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[kidingo2000]

btw to wht ur sayin bout Link being defeated, u know in oot when he pulled the master sword he was missing for 7 years, so during tht time he was defeated! There was no hero for hyrule when ganondorf gotten into the sacred realm and stole the triforce!

[RT2361]

Here's my theory on the third split:

When Link was sent back in time by Zelda at the end of Ocarina of Time, there was no chance he could be sent back to his original timeline. By original, I mean the events leading up to Link drawing the Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time. Since Ganon was defeated, there was no way he could've been in the timeline Link returns to. In the original timeline, Link was never there to stop Ganon, thus, explaning a third split.

That's my opinion, not fact.

[colsparklelord]

True That vonti

[Vontiification]

I couldn't care less about the time line. I enjoyed playing the Legend of Zelda game series. That's all that matters.

[kaylawhoop15]

Oops ran out of characters, but it always made sense to me that then the split would go towards either Twilight Princess (if he returns, peace in Hyrule yay) or if he doesn't and either stays in Termina or travels all these other places looking for Navi, then that could lead up to Windwaker (remember the prologue? How the hero left after saving the day but never returned then things went to crap?) I dunno. I'm just throwing my thoughts out there. Still doesn't explain much though. Nothing can..

[kaylawhoop15]

Nice 25th anniversary symphony music in the background! lol But I completely agree that the third timeline split was ridiculous. I mean, if that's the case, then couldn't there be splits at the end of EVERY game based on whether or not the hero was successful?? A cop-out for sure. I've had my own little theories about the split though. I think it should have split at the end of Majora (it IS supposed to be a direct sequal to OoT) and then be based on whether or not Link ever returned to Hyrule.

[VeganAmazing]

In response to the video, I personally prefer the theory that the Triforce wish at the end if ALttP, in an attempt to undo Ganons evil, changed the past and allowed the Hero Of Time to win, thus meaning the HoT failing was predestined. However the entire timeline is solid, all except the reason behind the third split (which is fine just weird), I just think Zelda fans are having a hard time accepting Hyrule Historia because we are so used to coming up with our own theories.

[Puppet743]

My theory about Impa putting the Triforce "somewhere else" is that Impa put the Triforce in the sacred realm connected to the Lanayru desert Temple of Time, where it is found in OoT in Castle town. However, the Master Sword rests in the Sealed Grounds temple, not the Temple of Time in castle town. Why was it then in OoT? Because the legend is vague and there will always be timeline inconsistencies.

[Blazelee97]

I was so close... (damn you third split!!)

My Timeline:

AT: SS MC FS OOT WW PH ST

CT: SS MC FS OOT MM TP FSA ALTTP OOX LA LOZ AOL

[AaronsGame]

The new 3rd timeline was how it was supost to happen before they did the split timeline and made Windwaker and Twilight Princes. Ocreana of Time was supost to be a prequle to a link to the past

[wario139]

/watch?v=umS4flaa-20

[TmKmHill]

Personally, I prefer to interpret the Zelda timeline the way it makes sense to me and makes me happy. Why anguish over the "official" timeline and get irritated when others' cling to ideas that you don't like? The stories in Zelda have always been wonderful because they have the amount of minimalism you need to use your own imagination to fill the details. That's what makes Zelda stories some of the best ever crafted.

Getting worked up about it like in this video, is silly & missing the point.

[TmKmHill]

Personally, I prefer to interpret the Zelda timeline the way it makes sense to me and makes me happy. Why anguish over the "official" timeline and get irritated when others' cling to ideas that you don't like? The stories in Zelda have always been wonderful because they have the amount of minimalism you need to use your own imagination to fill the details. That's what makes Zelda stories some of the best ever crafted.

Getting worked up about it like in this video, is silly & missing the point.

[TmKmHill]

I have to disagree about the Oracle games fitting in nicely in the new theory. In Minish Cap, it is specifically said that Minish Cap's version of Nayru is a descendant of the ORACLE Nayru from the Oracle games. If this new "official" timeline is true, then how in the hell is Nayru of Minish Cap a descendant of a character from a story that doesn't come for possibly centuries.

[TmKmHill]

@kidingo2000 I always figured the defeated Link timeline would refer to when he went back in time to gain access to the Spirit Temple. He gets the Silver Gauntlets as a kid and so the timeline was forever changed, leading to the new timeline of defeating Ganon as adult Link. After going back in time and changing the timeline this way, the old adult Link timeline before the Silver Gauntlet is now missing adult Link, hence the Sealing Wars.