Twilight Princess/Minish Cap Connection?

Maybe this has been said before, but does anyone else think that there's a chance, from what we've seen, that TP could be TMC's backstory?

Although this could easily be metaphorical is does talk about Hyrule almost being swallowed by darkness, and in TP we see "the twilight" encroaching on Hyrule and making it all bleak and such. This of you who have seen the JEUX-FRANCE videos will have observed the darkness actually spreading across the landscape and grabbing Link and pulling him in with amorphous hands that form out of its edges in a very literal way .

Further there is the talk of monsters "appearing" through Hyrule etc., and sure enough those black, vaguely Tower of the Gods like tears in the skein of reality do deposit monsters into Hyrule. I am also of the opinion that Midna has a vaguely human Vaati/Minish look about her, and the Minish could I suppose have been said to "appear from the sky" if they too enter Hyrule through those portals.

Some theorised in the past that the Minish and Sacred Realms are one and the same--I think it's possible that in TP the Sacred Realm (now the Dark World) is encroaching on Hyrule (as in ALttP's backstory), beasts and such coming through it via these portals and this "Twilight Realm" appearing where the worlds of Light and Dark have been blurred together. If the Minish Realm is indeed the Sacred Realm then they could indeed bring help or whatever to Link. The fact that TP Link seems to end up in a hat is a minor sticking point but really, not one I would consider a major snafu.

Of course there is then the issue of the Picori Blade being in the game, and in what way the Minish bring Link their "golden light force" (Triforce, obviously, as far as I'm concerned). Obviously the legend could be simplified and the reality is that they help Link obtain/awkaen or whatever the Triforce of Courage (he has the mark on his hand in some TP videos, after all. AoL might set a precedent for this not actually meaning he has the Triforce but I'm certain that in the wake of OoT and TWW that it is going to in any future Zelda games), but, meh.

Obviously this is a whole lot of extrapolation when we don't really know the ins and outs of the storyline, but hey, it's a workable hypothesis for the time being. Thoughts?

Hmmm interesting.
But I think Nintendo wanted this game to be compleatly separate to other games in the series.
I thinks its just a compleat diffrent story

I agree, this timeline is good but there are a few major snags (which can be expected though)

I don't think they would make TP a backstory for MC, they are just too different in nature. Shrug.

Also, Minish Cap isn't made by nintendo, ans Nintendo have stated that TP will take place after OOT.

Well yes, but there's no reason why TMC's backstory couldn't take place after OoT.

I thought Nintendo confirmed it took place after WW? I am getting confused all over again...

[quote="nintendo-europe"Storyline-wise, where does Twilight Princess fit in with the chronology of the other games?
Aonuma: A few decades after Ocarina of Time, but before the Wind Waker. [/quote]

That will make it clear to you -its from nintendo's official europe website.

The Minish Cap cannot be considered any part of the actual Zelda timeline. The Minish Cap was part of the 4 swords series which is a seperate from the main games (LOZ, LA, ALTTP, OOT, MM, TWW.) I believe that it has been stated by Nintendo that the Four Swords games have nothing to do with the main series. So although your theory is a decent one it still dosent change the fact that TMC is a Four Swords installment while TP isnt.

Originally Posted by Cube

That will make it clear to you -its from nintendo's official europe website.

Psh, yeah, because NOE represents a market Nintendo really cares about and actually has a clue what it's talking about. No, really.

It dosen't matter that TP takes place between OoT and TWW, TP can still be the backstory to TMC. TMC and TMC's backstory are different installments in the saga.

Originally Posted by Cube

That will make it clear to you -its from nintendo's official europe website.

Psh, yeah, because NOE represents a market Nintendo really cares about and actually has a clue what it's talking about. No, really.

It dosen't matter that TP takes place between OoT and TWW, TP can still be the backstory to TMC. TMC and TMC's backstory are different installments in the saga.

Psh, yeah, because NOE represents a market Nintendo really cares about and actually has a clue what it's talking about. No, really.

Its on the american one as well, none of the nintendo offical website know what they are talking about, the only one that seems in place is the jap one all the others are just there for advatizing there games, thats what it looks like anyway.
And yeah ok in the past Nintendo didnt really give europe any real thought, but now at least they are trying to, with some big games beeing realeased in europe first, mario kart DD was released in europe first and MC was in europe before usa.
I think nintendo are just now staring to realize how important the european market is.
and now they are going into Online play I think the european market will be another one of there main targets
I know you probly didnt mean any offence in that statement but i just felt i type this
(ps sorry about the spelling im late for somthing

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