Eralk's List of Canon Resources

Last Update: 7/20/07, added more text dumps.

Don't remember what that quote was? What'd that statue look like, anyways? With the Internet being... the Internet, you've got no excuse to find out. I've included the GameFaqs versions of some Zelda Legends resources, as the site was down at the time I made this list.

TEXT RESOURCES

text dumps

The Adventure of Link by davogones

A Link to the Past by davogones

Link's Awakening by davogones

Ocarina of Time by davogones

Majora's Mask by davogones

Oracle of Ages by davogones

Oracle of Seasons by davogones

The Wind Waker by Iron Knuckle

Four Swords Adventures by Iron Knuckle

Twilight Princess by Iron Knuckle

game scripts

A Link to the Past by davogones

Link's Awakening by TheSinnerChrono

Ocarina of Time by davogones

The Wind Waker by davogones

Four Swords Adventures by whacked_rak

The Minish Cap by Crocomire

Twilight Princess by Mgoblue201

manuals

Legend of Zelda by CMoriarty (keyword: S E C T I O N F O U R)

Adventure of Link by CMoriarty (keyword: SECTION IV)

A Link to the Past (SNES) by CMoriarty (keyword: S E C T I O N F O U R)

A Link to the Past (GBA) by EarthAdept1 (keyword: A PROLOGUE TO "A LINK TO THE PAST")

Link's Awakening by DBM11085 (keyword: 3. Story)

Oracle of Ages by DBM11085 (keyword: 3. Story)

Oracle of Seasons by DBM11085 (keyword: 3. Story)

interviews

Miyamoto, August 1998, Nintendo Online Magazine
Confirms Ocarina of Time as the first game in the timeline as of 1998.

Miyamoto, November 19th 1998, Nintendo Power Source
Reaffirms Ocarina of Time as the first, and contains the quote for the usually dismissed timeline of Ocarina of Time, Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link, and A Link to the Past. In that order.

Miyamoto, early 2003, Nintendo Power
Confirms The Wind Waker's placement in the timeline.

Aonuma, May 17th 2004, GameInformer
Contains the infamous Aonuma quote about Four Swords' placement. It also confirms Four Swords Adventures as the sequel to Four Swords.

Aonuma, late 2004, Nintendo of Europe
Confirms the placement of The Minish Cap in relation to the other Four Swords saga games.

Aonuma, early 2007, Nintendo Dream
confirms the split timeline.

misc

Character/Race Guide by Canadian Dude

Ending Guide by ReyVGM

US/Japan Changes in The Oracle Series by Shdwrlm3

VIDEO RESOURCES

game runs

Legend of Zelda by louischou

Link to the Past by louischou

Link's Awakening DX by louischou

Ocarina of Time by louischou

Majora's Mask by louischou

The Wind Waker by louischou

The Minish Cap by DenkitekiKesshiRune

NOTE REGARDING THE MANGA: The manga is not canon. They openly contradict the games, and are not made by the same people that make the games. Consider them an artistic interpretation of the games; so is fanfiction. Neither is canon. Please don't bring up manga explanations in theory threads; it doesn't add anything to the discussion, as we just have to correct you.

Feel free to suggest any other resources you've found useful for aiding discussion by PMing me (I need this thread open to edit it); I'll continually edit this.

Wow, nice! Thanks a lot for making this list. ^_^ I'll tell you what I'd love to see; Japanese text dumps and scripts. The only one on ZeldaLegends that works is OoT, because the TXT don't show Japanese characters. >> And I'm sure SOME Japanese gamers have made scripts for TWW and TP; I mean, English-speaking players did. >>

Any chance you can find the GBA ALttP manual?

shouldn't you include a few links to where people could acquire the emulator versions of some of the Zelda games such as the GBA, SNES and GBC versions. if some of you want it just PM me and i can send you the files needed if wanted

I'm not going to place emulator files, but rather text files and video of the games. I'll work on getting my hands on some Japanese text files and the GBA A Link to the Past manual. If all else fails, I'll type up the latter.