What time period do you think that Legend of Zelda games take place?

Zelda games seem to have little of technology as you can see... They do have a heirarchy and the weapons as you can see are Middle Aged type aspects .. But do you think Zelda games can be set more later in time or even somewhat earlier.. I don't know if there is any proof of this.. I was wondering if the creators of the series told fans the game takes place so and so... But there is one thing some of the things in Hyrule are mixed with more technologized items and the music doesn't seem so Middle Aged and one thing the time periods change in the game according to them talking about centuries I'm just talking about the general idea of it and if you don't like the poll then what Age are Zelda games in?... So what do you think?

Your poll is kind of messed up. (that's what she said) You didn't give anything BCE specific, and all more modern ages, shouldn't you have taken it back farther instead of coming so far forward if this is to be based on what human history has gone through?

Well do you think I can fix that maybe... Yeah I admit I kind of screwed up on it so to speak.

the entire series covers about 1000 years on its own... at least. Also, I don't think Hyrule's timekeeping is based on the real world.

Middle Ages
plural noun
the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from c. 1100 to 1453.
The earlier part of the period ( c. 500– c. 1100) or early Middle Ages is sometimes distinguished as the Dark Ages, while the later part ( c. 1100–1453) or high or late Middle Ages is often thought of as the Middle Ages proper. The whole period is characterized by the emergence of separate kingdoms, the growth of trade and urban life, and the growth in power of monarchies and the Church. The growth of interest in classical models within art and scholarship in the 15th century is seen as marking the transition to the Renaissance period and the end of the Middle Ages.

Use B.C. and A.D. :|
B.C.E. and C.E. suck because they are meaningless.

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As far as the Hyrule/Earth history comparison goes I would say:

MC: The Hylian Age comparable to the Greek/Roman era
LoZ/AoL: The Dark Ages comparable to 500 – 1100 A.D.
OoT/MM/TP: Transition from the Dark Ages to the Middle Ages proper
FS/FSA/ALttP: The Middle Ages proper 1100–1453 A.D.
LA/OoA/OoS: Transition to the age of ships
WW/PH: Age of ships

Use B.C. and A.D. :|
B.C.E. and C.E. suck because they are meaningless.

B.C.E. and C.E. are perfectely acceptable as an alternate, especially for Atheists or those with a non- Gregorian calendar to refer to a different religious culture.

As for the question- I am not voting because it is in no real world time. In a land where there are bows and arrows, AND bazookas, AND colour photography, AND trains, AND giant electro-maganetic mining material- it's impossible. It's a magical fictional universe set in a magical fictional time that has no parallel to our world.

Originally Posted by River Zora

B.C.E. and C.E. are perfectely acceptable as an alternate, especially for Atheists or those with a non- Gregorian calendar to refer to a different religious culture.

As for the question- I am not voting because it is in no real world time. In a land where there are bows and arrows, AND bazookas, AND colour photography, AND trains, AND giant electro-maganetic mining material- it's impossible. It's a magical fictional universe set in a magical fictional time that has no parallel to our world.

Yeah, I'm with you

Originally Posted by River Zora

B.C.E. and C.E. are perfectely acceptable as an alternate, especially for Atheists or those with a non- Gregorian calendar to refer to a different religious culture.

It's not about religion. It's the fact that B.C. and A.D. revolve around the year '0'
this is an important date to Christians for obvious reasons.

The thing is that if you use B.C.E. and C.E., then you are still revolving around the
year "0", but now it's just some random point in time, if you remove Christianity
out of the equation, then there is no purpose at all for revolving around the year '0'.
That's why it is utterly meaningless.

If you want to make a dating system without religious bias, it should be one that
has some meaning to it.

As for the question- I am not voting because it is in no real world time. In a land where there are bows and arrows, AND bazookas, AND colour photography, AND trains, AND giant electro-maganetic mining material- it's impossible. It's a magical fictional universe set in a magical fictional time that has no parallel to our world.

I already know it's just a fictional place and stuff like that.. I'm just saying what time do you think Zelda games fit into or if you don't like that idea then you can choose whether or not what age it sets in.

I know it's a fictional place But there's absolutely no way I can give it a set time in our own world. It's like asking what corresponding age is Star Wars to us? It's a long time ago, but a culture so radically different, it has intergalactic travel as a commodity on planets where there is still slavery in abundance.

It has so many features of so many time periods it's impossible to fit!

Generally it seems to go with the Dark Ages, Arthurian type lore- so I guess I will vote just to make up numbers and put it 6th century (501-600) or thereabouts.

If you want to make a dating system without religious bias, it should be one that
has some meaning to it.

The meaning is still religious- it's just that it's now got a new name- the new meaning is 'Because it's what we've always gone by'- hence the term 'COMMON ERA' and 'BEFORE COMMON ERA'.

Besides, Christ was born like BC 4 by modern calculations and records- so it's already based on a date with no importance- unless you count 'The year Jesus was potty trained!' as a good fulchrum

It's clearly Middle Ages to me. But remember there are large skips of time . With Spirit Tracks they are going into 17 to 18 hundreds which makes it the most technological advance Zelda game. What we learn from the game will give us a more indepth look into what the franchise is going through.

Originally Posted by River Zora

B.C.E. and C.E. are perfectely acceptable as an alternate, especially for Atheists or those with a non- Gregorian calendar to refer to a different religious culture.

As for the question- I am not voting because it is in no real world time. In a land where there are bows and arrows, AND bazookas, AND colour photography, AND trains, AND giant electro-maganetic mining material- it's impossible. It's a magical fictional universe set in a magical fictional time that has no parallel to our world.

WORD

Originally Posted by River Zora

unless you count 'The year Jesus was potty trained!' as a good fulchrum

Yes. The world revolves around God's poo.

Originally Posted by River Zora

The meaning is still religious- it's just that it's now got a new name- the new meaning is 'Because it's what we've always gone by'- hence the term 'COMMON ERA' and 'BEFORE COMMON ERA'.

Exactly, why change it if you don't change it?
At least there's a reason for B.C. & A.D.
Christ is part of history, and we shouldn't try to forget the past.
That's what book-burning Nazis do.

That's what book-burning Nazis do

So you think I'm an book-burning Nazi? Just because I used B.C.E and C.E so what is your point..Just don't spam focus more on the thread.

I didn't say anyone was a Nazi, but we shouldn't adopt that particular trait.

Whatever, I know it's off-topic. But the use of B.C.E. and C.E. is truly sickening.
Period.

According to a history book I have:

AD 1 or 4: Jesus Christ, who inspired the Christian religion, was said to have been born.
AD 33: Jesus Christ was said to have been executed by crucifixion, after which his disciples began to spread Christianity.

When I first read this, I was like "What? How was Jesus born 4 years after he died and how did he die 33 years after he died?"

Originally Posted by Beemnorv

According to a history book I have:


When I first read this, I was like "What? How was Jesus born 4 years after he died and how did he die 33 years after he died?"

Because AD doesn't stand for After Death. It stands for Anno Domini, which means 'In the year of (the/Our) Lord.'

Their tech is comparable(mostly) to the Middle Ages-Early Rennaissance period so that's about were i'd place them. Although the series as a whole probably spans one maybe even two thousand years depending on what your timeline is.

Originally Posted by Triforce of the Gods

Because AD doesn't stand for After Death. It stands for Anno Domini, which means 'In the year of (the/Our) Lord.'

So, are you saying that Jesus died 33 years into the year of the/our Lord?