Zelda 2005 takes place after The Wind Waker, not in Hyrule, and not with the TWW Link

THIS POST CONTAINS MANY THE WIND WAKER SPOILERS!

For those who think that the next Zelda features The Wind Waker Link and/or takes place in Hyrule, you're wrong! I'm getting tired of seeing these posts. You people have to take in the facts!

Okay, we'll start with the next game taking place in Hyrule, either the old Hyrule or a new Hyrule, it doesn't matter.

At the end of The Wind Waker, before the final battle with Ganon starts, the King of Hyrule touches the Triforce and asks the goddesses to let Ganon drown with Hyrule. After you defeat Ganon, the King talks to you and Zelda about how you must find a new land. Zelda suggests that this land could be the next Hyrule, but the King immeditaly slashes back at her and says, "It will be YOUR land." You'd think that out of respect for the King, Link and Zelda (Tetra) will NOT name their new found land Hyrule. So there, the next Zelda game DOES NOT take place in Hyrule.

But wait, Jason! How do we know that the next game even takes place AFTER The Wind Waker. Well, that's a very simple question. You see, in a recent interview, it was OFFICALLY CONFIRMED that the next Zelda takes place AFTER The Wind Waker.

Here is the quote:
"This next large Zelda, which makes continuation with the WindWaker episode chronologically..."

The word "chronologically" means "arranged in an order of occurrence".

Now, the Link in the next Zelda is not the same Link. It would've taken a lot of time to create the buildings and locales seen in the current trailers and screen shots, and it also would've taken time for them to age as much as they have. (Judging from the details in the trailer and screen shots.) My guess is that the new game takes place hundreds (but not a thousand) years after The Wind Waker.

Jeez don't you know there is going to be a Wind Waker sequal called the Wind Waker2 So no this is not the Wind wakwer sequal.

yeah of all the articles ive read it all pretty much comes down to its prolly going to b a oot sequel or something that is very similar bsides i figure tww has become famous for its graphics and it wouldnt seem in place if they made the sequal in a diff style of graphics

Originally Posted by Ro-Ro487

Jeez don't you know there is going to be a Wind Waker sequal called the Wind Waker2 So no this is not the Wind wakwer sequal.

Actually. This is what they call "Wind Waker 2". It may not be a direct sequel, or really a sequel to that matter, but it does take place after The Wind Waker, and is refered to as "Wind Waker 2", so the real question is "Don't you know Wind Waker 2 and LoZ '05 are technically the same thing?"

Umm well I heard from Nintendo power they come out on different dates.

Originally Posted by Ro-Ro487

Jeez don't you know there is going to be a Wind Waker sequal called the Wind Waker2 So no this is not the Wind wakwer sequal.

that's where ure wrong my friend. Eiji Aonuma said that this new Zelda game follows the storyline AFTER "The Wind Waker". making it the "sequel", but maybe not a direct sequel like "Majora's Mask" was to "Ocarina of Time". and if u didn't know, Aonuma is the one in charge of this project, so his word is pretty much THE word.

and man am i happy that they are not going back to "restart" or follow another story with this game. keep the story going. that's wut i think. Hyrule is done with, let the story continue. that gives the creators many doors to open with new worlds and new stories. instead of being limited wit' the same land and the same enemies and the same story over and over.

If all of you are wrong when it comes out, I'm going to laugh so hard.

If the wind waker is after the ADULT Link ending, then it's in an alternate future, when Link DOSEN'T save Hyrule before it's destroyed. The alternate story line could end there, at TWW. Also, this game could be after the TWW, but that doesn't mean it's in Hyrule. Or, a much simpler theory, they wern't feeling creative when they found the new land, so Link and Zelda name it hyrule... again. But that's just my humble opinion, for all it's worth.

what if it acts to Wind Waker like Wind Waker acted towards Ocarina of Time? It is a sequel but it is placed hundreds of year later, and when the King dies I think he says it will be your Hyrule, not your land.

Originally Posted by jehuty

what if it acts to Wind Waker like Wind Waker acted towards Ocarina of Time? It is a sequel but it is placed hundreds of year later, and when the King dies I think he says it will be your Hyrule, not your land.

Yeah I think he did say Hyrule not land. Even if he did said land he didn't mean not to call it Hyrule he just meant it will be Link and Zeldas land because he wasn't going to go with them like Zelda asked him to.

Hey if this is the hero of time in loz2005 and it takes place after the WW how can that be wouldent the hero of time be dead because the WW takes place hundrens of years after hyrule was flooded ( stated by the king of hyrule) unless link is 100-200 years old

I think the link in loz2005 is related to the hero of time thats why he looks and sounds like him

Originally Posted by HylianJason

You'd think that out of respect for the King, Link and Zelda (Tetra) will NOT name their new found land Hyrule. So there, the next Zelda game DOES NOT take place in Hyrule.

Its a damn shame when people, good people, make assumtions.. that are based in no real proof whatsoever..

now sure I understand what your saying.. but now your just going into the characters minds, and trying the think for them//

I do believe it probably will be a post-Wind Waker game. After all, Nintendo has to explain how the Master Sword gets back in the pedestal and the complete Triforce back in the Scared Realm (as seen in ALttP)

I think that this game is an oot sequal,because nintendo will probably make a ww sequal later, and are just making us go crazy , debating if it will be an oot sequal or ww sequal. And I think that Eiji or whoever said it took place after ww, in the order that they made them, but mabey not, Im probably wrong.

Originally Posted by justin3

Hey if this is the hero of time in loz2005 and it takes place after the WW how can that be wouldent the hero of time be dead because the WW takes place hundrens of years after hyrule was flooded ( stated by the king of hyrule) unless link is 100-200 years old

...u know theres more than one link ,right?

also i think the reason that some of the recent zelda games are considered "crappy" by some is that nintendo and their glorious screenwriters are trying to tie in all the loz games into one timeline

P.S. dont ask me how theyre going to do it cause i aint the screenwriter

Originally Posted by makar14

I think that this game is an oot sequal,because nintendo will probably make a ww sequal later, and are just making us go crazy , debating if it will be an oot sequal or ww sequal. And I think that Eiji or whoever said it took place after ww, in the order that they made them, but mabey not, Im probably wrong.

We now know for sure that this game is a Wind Waker sequel, well it at least takes place after TWW in the timeline.

Originally Posted by justin3

Hey if this is the hero of time in loz2005 and it takes place after the WW how can that be wouldent the hero of time be dead because the WW takes place hundrens of years after hyrule was flooded ( stated by the king of hyrule) unless link is 100-200 years old

I think the link in loz2005 is related to the hero of time thats why he looks and sounds like him

It'll most likely have NOTHING to do with the Hero of Time, it would most likely be focused on Link, Hero of Winds.

Anyway, for all we know, this map we saw in the trailer may just be a simple Beta Testing map, so it could be a different land, but they were only using a similar map for the trailer, but they could be using a different one for the actual game itself.

If it does take place a long time after WW, what if Hyrule was no longer flooded, and the game took place in hyrlue after all the water went away (due to a curse or something). That could make sense, right?

yes BUT the king wished that hyrule be sealed so HOW could this happen?

Something worth noticing is that one of the buildings in Zelda 2005 has the Triforce sign on it, coloured yellow too.

It could be that many many years have passed since the Hero of Winds defeated Ganondorf and went with Tetra/Zelda to find new land to build on.

But if you ask me, Jason is right; Zelda 2005 is after The Wind Waker, and I stand by this opinion.

I still think the water went away, and the seal was broken, as were many seals in the games before. seals are pretty much made to be broken. i write all this because the guy one or 2 post before me talked about seals.

If you look at the begginning of the movie, you see a little river flowing under a bridge. For those of you who don't know this, this scene is right outside of the Kakoriko village (I can't spell). Anyway, go back and play OoT again and you can see for yourself that it is there. And if you look a little farther down, you can see the bend where you go to reach the Zoros domain.