New Hyrule CONFIRMED!

Originally Posted by IGN

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is the direct sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. If you played that game, at the end of the adventure you set sail for New Hyrule. Well, in that journey apparently the pirates did land at Hyrule – they just hit undiscovered land, set up the stakes and called the area Hyrule. Pretty convenient.

So there you go.

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I'd like to see a map of this new Hyrule, maybe it's the same Hyrule from the original LoZ game!

EDIT: MAP LINK'S GONE- MAKING SOME COMPARISONS IN LATER POST

Courtesy of Eralk Fang on ZI.

Looks like FSA to me... coast with palm trees in the southeast, mountain in the North with Gorons. North west forest with skulltulas.

I love life.

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Two. There's two Hyrules.

Although this ties in some games on the Adult Timeline pretty nicely (LOZ, AOL, ALTTP etc.) I can't help but feel it diminishes the importance of Wind Waker's ending. The idea of Wind Waker's ending was for Hyrule to be forgotten forever in the mists of the Adult Timeline, and then suddenly Link, Tetra and the pirates discover a great big landmass and just go ahead and name it after Hyrule and revive all of it's culture and symbolism? :/

On another note, confirmation of there being two different incarnations of Ganon? The idea of this beastly Demon King coming and attacking Hyrule, only to be sealed underneath it, ties in nicely with the demonic pig incarnation of Ganon seen in the rest of the games in that potential new Hyrule timeline. Some of Ganondorf's "essence" escapes his dead stone body, constructs itself as a new, beastly demon form and terrorises new Hyrule from Spirit Tracks through to LOZ? Or better, he was simply possessed the whole time, and his death forced the demon to leave his body and find another one?

Originally Posted by I Я

Zelda's a ghost, you know who to call.

Who are you gonna call? Ghostbusters!!!

Originally Posted by I Я

How many "Hyrules" are there now? :Z

Seems like it's confirmed that there are two now... But one of them is deep underwater.

Well it's about time, now we have one less subject to endlessly argue about.

Ok, I'm a little more excited about the game now. I remember being somewhat disappointed last night when they said it was a "direct sequel" thinking that it mean it was the same Link/Zelda. But it's a century after so that makes me feel a little better. I think this may add a bit of information to the time line geography wise especially.

River Zora: Since when is there a single Armos in the SouthWest forest area of LoZ?
(except for the blue ring store I guess)

So there is a new Hyrule. That doesn't mean we've ever seen it before.
The only games I can imagine in New Hyrule are LoZ/AoL. None of the
other games fit the concept of a New Hyrule.

lmao. Some people are reeping what they sowed right about now. Sweet irony and payback.

Its like another Blue Swamp, yet dream come true. I feel like all my regrets have been eased.

I predict CT majority placement theorists will do everything in their power to keep the LoZ/AoL, ALttP/LA, and maybe even OoX timeline arcs on the CT, should ST lead into the FS series.

Well, whatever. Hurray, hurray, ZU and ZI were right about one thing for a change.

Not trying to be smug...but in your face new Hyrule disbelievers! Oh I love this moment, I know I shouldn't enjoy this so much, but it just feels great to know that you where on the right train (pardon me being pun). I mean it was fairly obvious that this was going to happen, but now it's undeniable.
Unless IGN is making up ****e, which I doubt much.

Originally Posted by bitterlime

Not trying to be smug...but in your face new Hyrule disbelievers! Oh I love this moment, I know I shouldn't enjoy this so much, but it just feels great to know that you where on the right train (pardon me being pun). I mean it was fairly obvious that this was going to happen, but now it's undeniable.

You should live this moment up. Everyone should join in.

I'm thoroughly pleased that a minority theory (from a web-wide perspective) got proven by Nintendo. It puts peoples ego's in perspective, as it were for when the Split Timeline was confirmed. Both sides learned and got over themselves, and then moved on.

That's why Zelda Theorizing is our SERIOUS BUSINESS.

Edit:

Also, Cukeman's sig is extremely hilarious.

I never doubted a new land, I just hoped it wouldn't be named Hyrule,
and it has yet to be proven that New Hyrule is in games other than Spirit Tracks.

Kinda jumping the gun there bitterlime...

Thanks!

Originally Posted by bitterlime

Not trying to be smug...but in your face new Hyrule disbelievers! Oh I love this moment, I know I shouldn't enjoy this so much, but it just feels great to know that you where on the right train (pardon me being pun). I mean it was fairly obvious that this was going to happen, but now it's undeniable.
Unless IGN is making up ****e, which I doubt much.

here here, I feel the same. And don't feel bad about the puns. Just look at my user name

Not to grasp at straws since I already figured it was likely that the land would be a new Hyrule, but there's something kinda wierd in the article.

Apparently in the land that's now called Hyrule

It seems possible that he's saying a new Hyrule appeared because of the NoA quote saying that ST takes place 100 years after PH.

But I think we assumed the land would be Hyrule, anyways.

In the trailer we clearly see a Force Gem. The crest got rid of the Triforce. Now it's an upside down triangle (IE a Force Gem).

I think the ATers should stop overreacting. Most of us assumed it would be called Hyrule, anyways.

Also, I'm callin' it now. "Apparently Cole’s using Zelda’s body as a vessel to bring the Demon King back to life."

The "Demon King" creates a trident!

Originally Posted by LOZ Historian

I predict CT majority placement theorists will do everything in their power to keep the LoZ/AoL, ALttP/LA, and maybe even OoX timeline arcs on the CT, should ST lead into the FS series..

I predict AT majority placement theorist will do everything in their power to try connect ST to FS arc, LoZ/AoL, ALTTP etc. even if ST batantly and completely doesn't even lead into any of those games. At all.
A New Hyrule huh? That is interesting indeed. I wonder how this fits into the grand scheme of old Hyrule theology of Triforce, Sacred Realms and Ganondoers.

I'm just glad the concept got proven in face of those who were so adamantly against the idea. That's good enough for me regardless if any 2D games come after or not.

Originally Posted by LOZ Historian

I'm just glad the concept got proven in face of those who were so adamantly against the idea. That's good enough for me regardless if any 2D games come after or not.

Good for you.
Don't expect that most CT theorist ( even those who was heavily against the New Hyrule concept ) to get all depressed and cry huge post about how they hate Nintendo and that it was undeserved etc. etc. like a certain individual did when the split was confirmed.
But really, good for you.

Either way, I am really eager to see what ST has to offer, except for a new Hyrule.

Originally Posted by Nerushi

Good for you.
Don't expect that most CT theorist ( even those who was heavily against the New Hyrule concept ) to get all depressed and cry huge post about how they hate Nintendo and that it was undeserved etc. etc. like a certain individual did when the split was confirmed.
But really, good for you.

Fair enough. That dead horse has been beaten into dust, so all theirs left is mud. You must like mudslinging.

The Universe does seem to have ways of balancing out things after all.

Edit:

You know what's funny? People like you continue to be fooled by my self-absorbed illusion; and still have to react towards it years later. I'm grinning at you people just as much as you're sneering at me. I'm LULZ/LOZ Historian, and I have two masks. How are you feeling?