Aonouma talks to German magazine: claims that PH will not reflect TWW's story.

Posted on thehylia.com, there are some details from an Aonouma interview (although not properly quoted) that suggest PH will not continue TWW's story in the expected tradition, which could mean that it could be some sort of side-story like MM (which would support what Aonouma said earlier about PH starting a DS subseries). It's all rather vague so take what you wish from it.

Originally Posted by thehylia

- About Phantom Hourglass, Eiji says something disturbing: "PH is often called a sequel of TWW - that's not fully correct, as it merely makes use of the same graphics style."

Here's the full article:

http://www.thehylia.com/index.php?su..._from=&ucat=1&

Holy moly...this makes my "hero of men" theory more likely! This is sure surprising. It's because PH could possibly be what the intro of TMC is talking about. I mean that PH will lead out of the OoT saga, but might lead into the FS saga. See where I'm going here?

I have to disagree, I'm afraid. Aonouma already commented on PH beginning a possible sub-series for DS in contrast to linking the game to TMC. I honestly don't think the game will connect to TMC.

Well I do. We'll just have to wait and see when the game comes out.

I say that there isn't a shred of truth to it. I'd rather wait for the game to come out.

Bah....

PH may not be the backstory to TMC but based on other theories made by myself in the past and what the other Wise Men preach today, I'm inclined to believe that PH may even be the backstory to the backstory of TMC. Anouma said that Zelda DS would be a FS title originaly but was it ever totaly dismissed? Just because it was made the sequal to WW does not mean it wil not relate into the FS saga.

As Anouma said in the past he would move the series away from the traditional Zelda plot we have seen in most storylines in the past. What better way for him to use PH to connect into the FS series which really never has had much relatence to other LoZ's in there curent form. Thus is the reason most theorist have had troble finding a place to put the series into the overall timeline.

Originally Posted by LOZ Historian

Bah....

PH may not be the backstory to TMC but based on other theories made by myself in the past and what the other Wise Men preach today, I'm inclined to believe that PH may even be the backstory to the backstory of TMC. Anouma said that Zelda DS would be a FS title originaly but was it ever totaly dismissed? Just because it was made the sequal to WW does not mean it wil not relate into the FS saga.

As Anouma said in the past he would move the series away from the traditional Zelda plot we have seen in most storylines in the past. What better way for him to use PH to connect into the FS series which really never has had much relatence to other LoZ's in there curent form. Thus is the reason most theorist have had troble finding a place to put the series into the overall timeline.

So what we're expecting now is that if PH doesn't lead into TMC, it's sequel will... and if PH's sequel doesn't lead into TMC, the third game after PH will... and so on and so on. It's like connecting the FS saga to ALTTP all over again, lol. If a game doesn't connect to the next as we want it to, the sequel MUST do so instead.

Originally Posted by jhurvid

So what we're expecting now is that if PH doesn't lead into TMC, it's sequel will... and if PH's sequel doesn't lead into TMC, the third game after PH will... and so on and so on. It's like connecting the FS saga to ALTTP all over again, lol. If a game doesn't connect to the next as we want it to, the sequel MUST do so instead.

That may be a inconsistancy in your eyes, but I was looking at what Anouma said about moving Zelda away from the original Zelda staroy plot we have seen in the past. Leading the series right behind into the FS series would make since if he is truely trying to uphold his word by making the timeline more visable in the future.

Just wait and see when PH features some other important items, besides Force Gems, that appear in TMC or some other FS LoZ title. Then I will laugh hysterically when the Wise Men were right all along. But you shoul no better no to use this matter as an analogy to the SW problem. That has always been a consistancy in anyones timeline theory some to think of it. So I feel the matter of PH is not that sincitive as much as the SW is.

Originally Posted by jhurvid

Aonouma already commented on PH beginning a possible sub-series for DS in contrast to linking the game to TMC.

Sub-series tend to link other sub-series together. For example, the Four Sword saga links the Old Hyrule segments to the New Hyrule segments, as the Wise Men believe, and the Oracles saga links the ALttP games to the LoZ games by depicting the Triforce as being in the possession of the Royal Family (at the castle).

PH is stil set after WW regaurdless because the prologue has NOT changed about the game. Like Lion Harted said. It does not follow directly continueing off of WW's stroyline.

Alls we know is that Anouma is hovering on making the game definatly look like it takes place after WW but somehow connects into the FS related title that he said earlier in the year. If he says anymore on this issue without covering some areas up, some spoiler issues of the beggining and ending of PH are predicatble. And goes along with the quote of his that he would steer the series away from the traditional Zelda storyline plots - which the differnce of the FS saga surly shows a different atmosphere taken into the series in comparison to the other LoZ of the common plot. So what better way to have the series go into the backstory of the FS triloogy than here with PH.

I honestly thought what Aonouma said was kinda vague in a sense not trying to reveal much about PH. I still think there will be some kind of a connection between TWW and TMC. What can it be? I don't know at this point.

If anything, this is a smack in the face to those who believe that PH will involve the finding of a new land.

Originally Posted by LionHarted

If anything, this is a smack in the face to those who believe that PH will involve the finding of a new land.

It sure is a smack in my face! But anyhow I doubt they will even make a zelda game showing the Hero of Winds finding new land. It might be a backstory to some other future zelda game. But now that I think about it every Link that has been featured to date has been in 2 stories besides TMC and TWW.

Alls we can hope is that PH will some how give a hit of connection into the FS series in the future. Luckily it is still set after WW though.

They arn't letting PH be a sequal to WW, They want the sequal to WW to be on the Wii.

Originally Posted by Ninboy

They arn't letting PH be a sequal to WW, They want the sequal to WW to be on the Wii.

It comes after WW still. It is not a sequal to its storyline as Anouma says.