Another Z'05 Theory...

Okay, people always say that they think the new Zelda will be about the Imprisoning War, a sequel to the WW, or something completely different and unrelated. Since I cant explain the unrelated one, I will explain an idea I have about the other two.

Now since it is likely that this game will be about the Imprisoning War, or a sequel to WW, I was thinking. Maybe those two ideas are really the same thing. What I mean is maybe the IW (Imprisoning War) is the sequel. No one really knows when the IW happened, other than that it was before ALTTP. That would fit in perfectly, because the WW is before ALTTP. That said, this is my theory:

Events of WW happen, Din, Nayru, and Farore respond to King Hyrules wishes and make the Great Sea...ect I think most of us knows what all happens there. Now, maybe after the great sea is drained (how it is drained is irrelevant to he big picture), the Imprisoning War happens. It would fit in perfectly to be before ALTTP, and since it was said that Zelda 05 would have a large focus on horseback fighting, it would fit in nicely to be a War. I think that when the Great Sea is drained, and people discover Hyrule and places like the temple of time, they rediscover the legends of the Triforce, and people want it, thus leading to the IW. This game might be about the IW, and a sequel to WW. Anyway, its just a thought, Im not expecting it to happen or anything, just seems to fit into the timeline and would be a good sequel to WW.

As for gameplay, if by some chance this game really did focus on what I just said, then gameplay would go something like this:
Rediscover Hyrule, and venture into some familiar and some unfamilar places. (Temple of Time for a example of a familiar place). Help rebuild Hyrule by searching through dungeons and caves, and help assist Deku, Goron, Zora, Hylians, Humans, and Rito, and other races through dangerous battelfields against hordes of Geuorudo armies, and other bandit armies, and help stop them from finding the Triforce.

And, at the end Link would put the Master sword not in the Temple of Time, but hidden in the lost woods, so even if someone did get to the Temple they wouldnt find it or even know where to begin looking. That explains why the Master Sword would be in the Lost Woods in ALTTP.


Well, its just an idea or a prediction, that seems to fit into the timeline (for those of you who are into the timeline stuff). I think it would make a pretty good game too, dunno about you, everyone would have different opinions, but whatuya think?

If by sequel you mean they use the same Link, in this case it being tWW Link, than I don't agree with your theory. I mean it is a good theory, don't get me wrong, but I don't believe they would be able to drain the Great Sea and rebuild Hyrule in what six years (I say six years because I think I heard that he is 16 in the new game, and he was 10 in tWW, I think). Good theory, but it just doesn't have enough time for it to happen.

Originally Posted by -Hero of Time-

If by sequel you mean they use the same Link, in this case it being tWW Link, than I don't agree with your theory. I mean it is a good theory, don't get me wrong, but I don't believe they would be able to drain the Great Sea and rebuild Hyrule in what six years (I say six years because I think I heard that he is 16 in the new game, and he was 10 in tWW, I think). Good theory, but it just doesn't have enough time for it to happen.

I didnt mean it had to be the same Link as in WW, but I mean this game would come after WW. It coul be that the WW Link retired back to Outset Island, or eventually passsed away, while another Link that was more related to the original Hero Of Times original bloodline (like the ALTTP Link was) went on this adventure. Or maybe Nintendo will suprise us and have this game many years after WW. For that part of the timeline I guess it can vary.

I'm thinking of it being before Wind Waker and showed how it flooded... I keep on having images of Link walking into a new gaphic version of the Wind Waker temple of time, there is water going to his knees,he sticks the sword in the pedestal and it swtiches to underwater where you can see a messy version of link due to the water and the the blade comes down and stirs the water when it gets into the pedestal. Then Link lets go and now the water is up to his chest, he looks at the door as it closes and takes a last glance at Zelda, he looks around to see the stained glass windows of all the sages, he smiles and closes his eyes, the water fills in and Link floats away in the water and then dies.

Originally Posted by jehuty

I'm thinking of it being before Wind Waker and showed how it flooded... I keep on having images of Link walking into a new gaphic version of the Wind Waker temple of time, there is water going to his knees,he sticks the sword in the pedestal and it swtiches to underwater where you can see a messy version of link due to the water and the the blade comes down and stirs the water when it gets into the pedestal. Then Link lets go and now the water is up to his chest, he looks at the door as it closes and takes a last glance at Zelda, he looks around to see the stained glass windows of all the sages, he smiles and closes his eyes, the water fills in and Link floats away in the water and then dies.

Sounds good, but there is one tiny problem-There can be no Links right before WW, because remember the reason it flooded was that Ganon/Ganondorf (cant remember which one) came back and was terrorizing Hyrule again. No Heros showed up, so King Hyrule asked Din, Nayru, and Farore to flood Hyrule. The whole reason for the Great Sea was because no Heros (Links) showed up to defeat Ganon this time.

You idea is good, and well described, but it cant be possible because of everything in the above paragraph.

Didnt IW hapen before OOT?

It was never really confirmed that the Imprisoning War was actually Ocarina of Time, it's just an assumptions us Zelda fans have drawn, as we overlooked the inconsitencies between the telling of the War from A Link to the Past, and the actual happenings of Ocarina of Time.

Your theory is actually identical to one I made up myself right after I finished The Wind Waker - It would fit the timeline completely in my opinion, and make everything as good as obvious, at least up to ALTTP. Think about it - The Legend in ALTTP tells us about the imprisoning war, but how likely is it that there would be no emphasis on what happened centuries after this war, assuming OOT was the imprisoning war, the return of Ganon, Hyrule being flooded, and so forth. Would they have forgotten these much more recent events, while they still remember when Ganon was fought in OOT?

I don't think so. Of course this is just a hopeful theory, but it is one that would, in my opinion, make the dreaded timeline much, much more consistent. And we could finally disregard the multiple timeline theories, for good, too.

Wasnt there a war before OOT and thats why Link ended up in the Kokori Forest. Doesnt say something about a war?

I dont think OOT was the IW. OOT was before the IW, I think. The IW was a War, which was fought when more than just one person wanted the Triforce. OOT was when it was only Ganon/Ganondorf wanted the Triforce. thats what I think, it makes sense but of course its only my opinion.

actually the developers of OoT at the time (1998) confirmed that OoT is the Imprisoning War.
I'm sure someone can back me up on that/find the interview

-Rick

Aonuma also "said" that The Wind Waker takes place exactly one hundred years after Ocarina of Time.

My point? Misunderstandings cause confusion, and especially bad translations cause misunderstandings. All we really can do, is let the game speak for them, because the interviews are often found to be inaccurate.

There was a war before oot that wasn't the imprisoning war, link's mother was wounded and she brought link to kokiri forest and died, the great deku tree said something about ganondorf in that story, what possible war could that have been maybe it was fsa.

I remember reading in the Official Timeline that it was a civil war between the races of Hyrule. Of course, that's not a reliable timeline, but it's possible. It can't be FSA, or there would be two Links at the same time.

I'm pretty sure this will be The Hero of Time. It might be a brand new Link, but I seriously disagree that it's the kid from The Wind Waker. Too much contradictions...

How are there too many contradictions? We don't even know anything about the story.

It sure doesn't look like TWW Link, for one. I'm sure he would be cel-shaded if they were to use him again.

Well, I believe there was an interview in which either Miyamoto or Aonuma explained that since Link is maturing, they wanted the style to mature, too; hence, why they would use a more realistic style.

All the more reason to ditch the Link from The Wind Waker!