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Casual Matt · #12 [ ] 04-28-2008, 07:53 PM

I really think the fact Majora's Mask exists confirms the split timelime.

I mean I don't really get how the events of MM could happen in one timeline since both A Link to the Past and possibly even moreso, The Wind Waker, tell of the "Adult Timeline" ending.

The only way it could be a linear timeline is if after Majora's Mask, events similar to the adult portions of Ocarina of Time happen all over again, which doesn't seem likely to me considering Link would either have to be dumb enough to open the door of time for Ganon again or fail to stop him. Heck, even if Ganon opened the door, he would be unable to draw the Master Sword and enter the Sacred Realm.

I don't see what the big deal is, anyway. I mean most games happen in the "Adult Timeline". A Link to the Past follows from the adult ending, and thus, so do the NES titles. The Oracle games feature Ganon as we know him in the adult timeline, as does Four Swords Adventures. And The Wind Waker clearly continues the adult ending.

So far the only games in the Child Timeline are Majora's Mask, and from what nearly everybody says, Twilight Princess. And I'm pretty sure the latter was placed in the other timeline to make Twilight Princess and it's "realistic" style a parallel world to The Wind Waker's more cartoony approach. I think it's done in a good way because it keeps these different games in their own timelines, but the timelines are still connected with an actual explanation for the split.