Theories

I made another thread exactly like this one but i accidentaly put it in the gamcube section

anyway i would like to hear theories about the zelda world and the connections through the games so i can compile a list of theories to construct one that completely works

Examples are
Timeline
rito/zora connection
parallel worlds(termina)

other things are welcome too

NO FLAMING OR SPAMMING OF ANY KIND

thank you

MDK has good timelines you read his threads.

I tell you what I think.
Concerning the timeline theory, I think we as a forum should come together, put all our ideas together here, and then, as one, decide on a master theory. If we all worked together we could pack it with so much knowledge that no-one would be able to disagree with it!

Originally Posted by Da Bee

I tell you what I think.
Concerning the timeline theory, I think we as a forum should come together, put all our ideas together here, and then, as one, decide on a master theory. If we all worked together we could pack it with so much knowledge that no-one would be able to disagree with it!

The problem is, people are too stubborn and too loyal to their timelines. Then there's the problem with half of us saying it's a multiple line and the other half saying single. If too much knowledge is put in it simply becomes impossible to make a timeline at all.

Timline (kinda multiple):
We now know it has to be multiple b/c Zelda in TWW was from the bloodline of the origonal princess, how many Links and Zelda are impossible to tell, here's what i think

Oot (hyrule the land created, all the races come together)
MM (the Gods for some reason created a parrallel world from hyrule)
LoZ(don't really know this game, but from my backround knowlage it sounds like this is a good place for it)
AoL(don't really know this game, but from my backround knowlage it sounds like this is a good place for it)
OoA/OoS(after all that happens, link, either anotherone, or OoT time traveling)
WW(hyrule flooded)
LA(After WW, link sets out on a ship, i think the ship crashed and he, with the triforce was chosien by the Windfish to awakin him from his eternal slumber filled with nightmares)
Four swords series.

I really don't think there is a timeline, i just think Nintendo made a kick @$$ series of games that are in barely any way connected. But these are just my thoeries

here are the stories of the games that I believe are chronologically correct...

1. Ocarina of Time
2. Majora's Mask
3. Wind Waker
4. Minish Cap
5. Four Swords
6. A Link to the Past
7. Oracle of Ages
8. Oracle of Seasons
9. Link's Awaking
10. Original Zelda
11. Adventures of Link

But it is only my theory...

ENTER THE MULTIPLE TIMELINE THEORY! (Yes, after much deliberation, I've decided I do support it)

Timeline 1:

OoT(Child) (in MM, OoA and OoS, Link is a child)
MM (Direct sequel)
OoA/OoS (Direct sequel)
LoZ (Won't fit into the OoT(adult) timeline, so have to put it here)
AoL (Direct sequel)
ALttP (Assuming that AoL brought all three triforce pieces together, this is a logical place to put ALttP)
LA (Direct sequel)


Timeline 2:

OoT(Adult)
WW (WW didn't leave much time for intermmediate games. Hence this tmeline is rather sparse)


Note: We ignore the four sword games because Capcom can't be trusted with plot continuety (Just look at what they did to resident evil).



Edit: I can back this up with facts etc. Just need a little more time to rearrange my arguments so that they make more sense

Originally Posted by Junahu

ENTER THE MULTIPLE TIMELINE THEORY! (Yes, after much deliberation, I've decided I do support it)

Timeline 1:

OoT(Child) (in MM, OoA and OoS, Link is a child)
MM (Direct sequel)
OoA/OoS (Direct sequel)
LoZ (Won't fit into the OoT(adult) timeline, so have to put it here)
AoL (Direct sequel)
ALttP (Assuming that AoL brought all three triforce pieces together, this is a logical place to put ALttP)
LA (Direct sequel)


Timeline 2:

OoT(Adult)
WW (WW didn't leave much time for intermmediate games. Hence this tmeline is rather sparse)


Note: We ignore the four sword games because Capcom can't be trusted with plot continuety (Just look at what they did to resident evil).



Edit: I can back this up with facts etc. Just need a little more time to rearrange my arguments so that they make more sense

In the oracles Ganon is ressurected, if it's right after MM what is he being ressurected from? Ganon is dead after LOZ yet you put ALTTP after it, which of course has Ganon.
Also, Capcom made the oracles.

Capcom may have made the games but they're still part of the Zelda series, you can't just right them off.

As for my theory...er...it's kind of a work in progress but here it goes. Also, I support the single timeline theory.

Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Wind Waker
Minish Cap
Four Swords
Four Swords Adventure
A Link to the Past
Link's Awakening
Legend of Zelda
Adventure of Link
Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages (it's pretty hard to tell which comes first)

Originally Posted by silver arrow

In the oracles Ganon is ressurected, if it's right after MM what is he being ressurected from? Ganon is dead after LOZ yet you put ALTTP after it, which of course has Ganon.
Also, Capcom made the oracles.

Good points. I completely forgot that Ganon was killed in LoZ.

I'm basing the positioning of the oracles games from;
Link's blonde hair
Link's triforce mark on his hand
Link has epona


I am aware that Capcom made OoA/OoS. However, unlike FS and tMC, OoA/OoS made clear references to other games in the series. Hence it could actually be placed in the timeline.


Timeline 1:

OoT(Child) (in MM, OoA and OoS, Link is a child)
MM (Direct sequel)
OoA/OoS (Direct sequel)
ALttP (position in timeline corrected)
LA (Direct sequel)
LoZ (position in timeline corrected)
AoL (Direct sequel)


Timeline 2:

OoT(Adult)
WW (WW didn't leave much time for intermmediate games. Hence this tmeline is rather sparse)

Wait, doesn't Link have blond hair in every Zelda game? And I don't remember seeing Epona in either Oracle game.

Link has brown hair in LoZ AoL AlttP and LA.
You see link riding epona during the pre title cutscene of both oracle games.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the first cutscene. But Link encounters the Triforce in a castle. If Link never opened the Sacred Realm in the first place, how did the Triforce get in Hyrule?

OK i havent fully made my final timeline yet, and i wont just spew it here, but i read the others and have a few points.

Whats this about blond hair? Usually link has it, in a few older games he has reddish hair. in LA u could say its blond or reddish, the only time u get a close-up is in the intro scene, and i really cant tell the difference between the Gray-green equivilant of red or blond. U cant get the color from the DX version as it was tampered with and was made later on. I never thought of using the hair color to distinguish between the timelines, but it works. MM, OoT, TP,and WW all have the blond hair, and they r the newer ones. Its these that seem to fit together the best. I dont remember is Oracles and Seasons have blond hair, but i think it was red.

Another interesting point is when any of these characters are named link. They could just be a bunch of robin-hood looking heroes. I dont even call them all elves, because link wasnt seen as an elf until OoT, then MM. (i just realized, that in the LA intro theme i think link has pointed ears). I had to check, and i was right, in the original game, the name "Link" is never mentioned. I wonder about the release dates of Aol and LttP, cus it seems to me that in LttP it was definetly a play on words, hence causing ppl to think his name is link. To support that popularity they outright said his name in AoL. Links name is never mentioned in any of the other games. In WW, it just talks of a green robed hero. The way they make a legend of this, it must come way after w/e came first, When Link saved hyrule (which i think would make LttP the first game).

Also, gannon appears in LA as one of the nightmares. So it has to be sometime after link met him, (so he could dream of it). Unfortunatly, tat gannon is exactly like the one in Lttp, and is nothing like the gannon of WW. U could say, if u wanted, that he slightly resembles the gannon og OoT. This is akward, bec. it seems to fit so well after WW, but that gannon is just too different, compared to the LttP gannon, who's exactly the same.

remember this is not just about timelines but here is my timeline theory

Minish cap
four swords
four swords adventures

Oot
mm
alttp
ooa oos
la
ww

i dont know about loz and aol because i have not yet played those games

At the very beginning screen in LoZ, if you wait it will go to a story screen that will tell the story of how Ganon came and Zelda separated the Triforce. It then says, "Link, you must find the pieces and save Zelda." So the first Zelda game does mention the name Link.

Hmm, that really does change alot then. Whatever made them think of the name Link? I dont think its a japnese name, but it would work in the language. If it's not a play on the Link to the Past title, then where did it come from. At the time, link was not a name that came to mind of a great hero.

I think I read in some thread that link in Greek (or some langauge like that) meant "left-handed," and Link is left-handed.